Re:Cable Or DSL?
 

where we live, ADSL is the same price as cable, and since the phone company does ADSL, its cheaper to bundle it up. ADSL also doesn't loose or drop the connection as much as cable. And since ADSL works on a bed designed network, when your neibours get on it, it doesn't slow down like cable does. Before we got the T1, ADSL was teh ----.

Re:Cable Or DSL?
 

Sounds like you don't have a landline, get cable. Even if you had one I'd still say get cable. DSL is no reason just to have a phone line.

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yeah i know :-\ Thats why im going to get cable because its cheaper and faster

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plus when you get people using it, when the bandwidth is soo high, you hardly notice it. i still get 300 kbps download at peak houres. at night that runs up to 500 kbps on some servers. hella kick ass.

also if you wanna pay less, buy the modem. some companies will let you buy the modem. i think they will take 10 bucks off? mine does.

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i have cable and it works great but then again ive never used DSL. how have you been living with dial up? i think you will be happy with either right now

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dial up sucks. I can't stand it. I can't wait to get high speed.

I read the disclaimer as far as downloading there is no limit really listed. But i read this though

Pinging is expressly prohibited. Accordingly, EarthLink maintains the right to terminate any member's connection following any extended period of inactivity as determined by EarthLink.


what is pinging? I heard that before but not really sure what that is.

Re:Cable Or DSL?
 

I think that might have something to do with the bit-torrent ----?

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and most companies also have a few types of modems.. I recommend the Motorola.

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if you dont live in a crowded area i would get cable, if not get dsl

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pinging is kinda like can you hear me now? Good. kinda like that guy with the cell phone commercial. the computer just asks yo, you there to another computer, and if it responds with a yo, whats up bro, , you get a ping, the ping also comes back with a time, the timne it took for you friend or other compyuter to reply. thats all the a ping does. but if you do thids too much, your friend can get pissed. thats why earthilink sux. because when you play agame or use filesharing, it pings the hell out of other ocmputers and earthlink dont like that too well.