1. Cable modem is generally accepted as being faster.
You can ask your Internet Service Providers (for both DSL and cable) what their average download speeds are. You will probably find that cable is much faster.
However, you may find that DSL will be cheaper for you.
6. DSL is also dedicated to each subscriber. With cable, you're sharing a segment with many.
When someone else uses that bandwidth, it slows everyone else down.
On the same segment, it makes things slightly easier (and faster) to potentially hack into others' systems.
Many cable companies (the monopoly in your area) have per-device fees; and some can detect if a router is hooked up. They are harsh when protecting their standards.
Half the people where I live use wireless - unsecured wireless - maybe I'm the sucker, but I'm not leeching off their systems. And trust me, there's a quantity of idiots that defies description. But they will continue to have jobs in the field - the irony is astounding. Can't program rudimentary router security...
We've had both. DSL was fast when they first hooked it up and then it seemed to slow down quite a bit. We're back to cable again and are happy with it.
I have dsl because of price--like half as much as those thieves at time warner charge In terms of customer service-msn ran a study and customer service for the cable companies was actually worse than customer service from the major telecoms-a fact I have trouble getting a handle on-Worse???? Cable can be very fast--if you are the only user at a given time. However because of shared facilities, I have a friend who is close to a college campus and when school starts and the kids start up their use, her cable modem becomes a nice paperweight.
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