DSL or Cable

**greymata** · 08-28-06, 02:31 PM

neither.... dial up is the way to go.

**KingKoopa** · 08-28-06, 02:35 PM

Ive had both, dsl was slower for me the first time, cable got me below 10 pings, but im about to switch to 3mb dl DSL so im going to miss a week of play but it should be worth it. DSL is fast as long as your close to the jump station. .. or whatever

**Hit_Sqd_Creative** · 08-28-06, 02:37 PM

Im with cable, had DSL for 4 miseriable years. Now with cable I have ultra d/u speeds.

**skervy** · 08-28-06, 03:09 PM

I had 5 great years with DSL. As far as downloading shit....cable is better. But DSL is the shit for gaming.

I can remeber only timing out while gaming 3 times in the last 3 years. I had it timeout 3 times in half a week with cable. Piece of shit Time Warner/Comcast!!!!

**SpamD** · 08-28-06, 03:35 PM

DSL will almost alway be better for gaming. You dealing with two different technologies for one. xDSL is a dedicated ATM circut you should be getting whatever you servica plan is set to. Cable on the other hand is still a shared service even today. You still have to share ALL AVAILABLE BANDIWTH with the people in your area that are on the same node. No matter what they say you DL/Up speed should be. So if someone is raping with a peer to peer app, or the provider has oversold the area your in your connect is going to suffer with cable.

**Mr.Jello** · 08-28-06, 03:41 PM

Cable, I do more downloading and such than I do gaming... and there's really not a downfall with having 15 - 30 ping... hell, Scuba plays with 100+ ping.

**digital** · 08-28-06, 03:57 PM

I do not time out. Also its sound like you have problem with your svc. I love when people call up my sales dept at my company pissing and moaning about things not working, but when you ask them. Have you called technical support to fix it? There answer is generally NO. I mean our society has become spoiled, i got have it now, and I am not gonna take the time to fix it society. No saying you fall in that area skev because i know u to be tech savvey guy. Plus I am writing this at work so I am still in my afternoon funk.

**Hit_Sqd_Creative** · 08-28-06, 04:56 PM

Im all for cable on reason being is because I get it for free + all the channels...legally.

**Bacon** · 08-28-06, 06:08 PM

Gotta love the small Canadian population..lol

Nah, rogers actually kicks ass for internet.... Wicked speeds, I rarely time out, although my ping is usually in the 40-60's, the server is far south and well, I run other apps while I game....

If you're next to the DSL sever, its the best, but attenuation would kill me as all the servers are 1hr from here (downtown)....

**digital** · 08-28-06, 06:27 PM

me too creative. i get about 250 channels that includes all the prem movies chans, 2 dvrs, 10mbps cable modem, 1/2 price phone svc and 1/2 price ppvs.

Gotta love employee benefits.