Broadband
I've had cable and I've had DSL.
With cable, they send you a crappy CD and -- if you are smart that, that finds its way into a trash can -- you just plug the cable modem in and plug the ethernet cord in and then you are done and on the internet.
With DSL -- and I've also worked at an outsourced Verizon DSL call center for 8 months, so I have first hand experience on how much it sucks --- you have to do this:
1. Install their CD
2. It installs all kinds of sh*t you don't want
3. Half the time, at least some of the stuff has tons of bugs and runs in the background, consuming resources
4. It has a user name and password
5. You have to put all these filters on your phones
6. It isn't as fast as cable
7. If you call them asking for help, it is a nightmare and you will probably get a noob reading step by step instructions off a screen
8. If you get a wireless router or something, prepare for pain
The only reason anyone would get DSL over cable is
1. Not knowing better
2. The price
3. You can't get cable because of where you live, but can get DSL
There is satellite internet. Does this actually qualify as broadband? I would say no. I think it uses the phone for the upstream and is laggy. There was some Quake player we see occasionally that uses satellite internet and it is very laggy. I guess the downstream speed is ok for view pages, or at least it is better than dialup.
I might add there are some DSL using players that swear by DSL and say it is smoother. So this is just my opinion based on my experiences. I know some players that have had some real problems with their cable connections.
I've had cable and I've had DSL.
With cable, they send you a crappy CD and -- if you are smart that, that finds its way into a trash can -- you just plug the cable modem in and plug the ethernet cord in and then you are done and on the internet.
With DSL -- and I've also worked at an outsourced Verizon DSL call center for 8 months, so I have first hand experience on how much it sucks --- you have to do this:
1. Install their CD
2. It installs all kinds of sh*t you don't want
3. Half the time, at least some of the stuff has tons of bugs and runs in the background, consuming resources
4. It has a user name and password
5. You have to put all these filters on your phones
6. It isn't as fast as cable
7. If you call them asking for help, it is a nightmare and you will probably get a noob reading step by step instructions off a screen
8. If you get a wireless router or something, prepare for pain
The only reason anyone would get DSL over cable is
1. Not knowing better
2. The price
3. You can't get cable because of where you live, but can get DSL
There is satellite internet. Does this actually qualify as broadband? I would say no. I think it uses the phone for the upstream and is laggy. There was some Quake player we see occasionally that uses satellite internet and it is very laggy. I guess the downstream speed is ok for view pages, or at least it is better than dialup.
I might add there are some DSL using players that swear by DSL and say it is smoother. So this is just my opinion based on my experiences. I know some players that have had some real problems with their cable connections.
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