DSL ranges from 640k to about 3Megs Cable spans the same, but you have no set bandwidth. I can go lower or higher depending on access traffic in the neighborhood node.
Dialup is 56k (and even that is a misnomer as it operates at a peak of about 47k)
I can only get dialup in the specific spot I live. Without paying about $2,000 to run the cable that is. There was something I wanted to download that I estimated would take me about two weeks. A friend did it for me in a few hours.
you don't need to quote numbers. There's nothing like letting that person surf on your computer for a few minutes to see the "tortoise and hare" contrast.
Just to give you an example......... it used to take 20 - 25 minutes for me to download the anti-virus definitions at the Norton website. Now it takes about 50 - 55 seconds. I'm spoiled now.
11. You can have my cable modem when you pry it from my cold dead hands
Lets put it this way. I run 3-4 computers off my cable modem with no complaints. We DL movies in full screen mode as streaming video. I can have Air America Radio playing, be DLing a file, and have multiple internet sites open while surfing DU with no lag.
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