Dsl Or Cable Broadband?

[prutkeyk]

CABLE internet..skybroadband to be exact.. so far no problems sa dl and games..

[THunDerZ]

CABLE internet..skybroadband to be exact.. so far no problems sa dl and games..

 

Hi! just wandering around, I have internet cafe and we have two internet provider, kaso nga lang yung globe for the past two months na eh! walang connection, sabi for upgrading daw. mandaluyong kami and I'm thinking if we can switch to skybroadband di ko lang lam kung ok ito sa location namin? San ba location mo? can you give more details regarding skybroadband kung paano kami makakapag subscribe and its performance? We have ten pc so far. thanks!

[Google]

imho, pareho lang yan. ang pinagkaiba lang nyan is yung CIR rate na pipirmahan mo as subscriber and the method of how data is transmitted and how the telco delivers it and performs customer and technical services.

 

i had bad experiences for both cable and DSL, so wala akong kinikilingan.

[basic_instinct]

Swertihan lang cguro kung saan mas maganda.

[Asker]

Ano bang mas mabilis gamitin sa tatlong available na broadband kit yung smartBro, Globe Tattoo, o yung Sun prepaid Kit?

[roundhead]

mydsl pldt really sucks almost 2 weeks now they cant fix the problem in my internet shop, at the moment i temporary closed my shop due to this problem ( intermittent from fast to slow). I dont want to suffer my costumer kaya nagclosed muna ako .CALLING THE ATTENTION OF PLDT MY DSL , IF YOU CANT FIX , I THINK ITS BETTER TO SHIFT NOW TO ANOTHER OPTIONS.

[jcsantos]

they said that copper wire is faster than the cables that's why i prefer DSL

[jczobelbadboy]

here in pasig naman (dela paz) over a month na, nawala internet during ondoy until now no service pa rin yung aming Globe DSL pati phone. Grabe!

 

Which is better DSL or Broadband, its the same. Better yet you ask for a trial, yun nga lang 24 months magiging lock-in period mo.

[nalalambutan]

CABLE FTW!!! Ok naman DSL kaso para sakin laging may problem sa line e, minsan sa modem, dami mo pang gagalawin para pag turn on ng PCP e automatic ng bukas internet. Cable kasi direcho na and talagang mabilis. You can never go wrong with cable internet

[riv123]

Experience with Cable Internet from Mountain View Cable of Baguio City.... VERRRRRRYYYYYYYYY SLOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[test1985]

Technically speaking, cable internet is faster, if you are near the source provider. Otherwise, ADSL would be faster because the telephone lines has long been established.

 

pero if you're paying 1-2 mbps lng, go for ADSL kc ndi naman nila nalilimit ung bandwidth na binibigay sayo. case in point: i'm paying for 3 mbps but i get 5 mbps sa caloocan monumento area. not sure w/ the cable internets though.

 

pero lately, the service has sucked so bad, and i'm opting to reach 6mbps through skynet. unfortunately, ndi pa daw servicable ung area ng caloocan.

[DellrepFox]

I'm using Globe Broadband. My location is Sta. Maria, Bulacan and I have the 1Mbps wireless plan. Only had it for 2 weeks. Globe has 2 annoying issues:

 

- My browser (whether IE8, Google Chrome or FireFox) always returns a "page cannot be displayed" error after I click on any "Sign in" or Log in button. Buti n lng may remember me option :glare:

- Upload is non-existent. Mag-upload k lang ng pic s facebook error n. speedtest.net confirms this also. The site returns an error saying "uploading test failed" (or something like that). The DL speed is good minsan 1.2 Mbps p nga eh kaso ung uploading function really ticks me off. Parang one way street lang talaga.

 

Avoid globe muna if you're near my area. I'll post updates here if Globe fixes it.

[DellrepFox]

Meron pa pala! Globe limits P2P downloading ny alloting only 20% of download speed. So if your into torrents, and alang available cable or DSL, Smartbro n lng kayo or Sun. You'll hate Globe because of that. :cry:

[HimuraButosay]

imho, pareho lang yan. ang pinagkaiba lang nyan is yung CIR rate na pipirmahan mo as subscriber and the method of how data is transmitted and how the telco delivers it and performs customer and technical services.

 

i had bad experiences for both cable and DSL, so wala akong kinikilingan.

 

Very true :goatee:

 

here's a basic rundown of how DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) works (got this from HowStuffWorks):

 

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/dsl1.htm

 

Most homes and small business users are connected to an asymmetric DSL (ADSL) line. ADSL divides up the available frequencies in a line on the assumption that most Internet users look at, or download, much more information than they send, or upload. Under this assumption, if the connection speed from the Internet to the user is three to four times faster than the connection from the user back to the Internet, then the user will see the most benefit most of the time.

 

Precisely how much benefit you see from ADSL will greatly depend on how far you are from the central office of the company providing the ADSL service. ADSL is a distance-sensitive technology: As the connection's length increases, the signal quality decreases and the connection speed goes down. The limit for ADSL service is 18,000 feet (5,460 meters), though for speed and quality of service reasons many ADSL providers place a lower limit on the distances for the service. At the extremes of the distance limits, ADSL customers may see speeds far below the promised maximums, while customers nearer the central office have faster connections and may see extremely high speeds in the future. ADSL technology can provide maximum downstream (Internet to customer) speeds of up to 8 megabits per second (Mbps) at a distance of about 6,000 feet (1,820 meters), and upstream speeds of up to 640 kilobits per second (Kbps). In practice, the best speeds widely offered today are 1.5 Mbps downstream, with upstream speeds varying between 64 and 640 Kbps. Some vast improvements to ADSL are available in some areas through services called ASDL2 and ASDL2+. ASDL2 increases downstream to 12 Mbps and upstream to 1 Mbps, and ASDL2+ is even better -- it improves downstream to as much as 24 Mbps and upstream to 3 Mbps.­

 

You might wonder -- if distance is a limitation for DSL, why is it not also a limitation for voice telephone calls? The answer lies in small amplifiers called loading coils that the telephone company uses to boost voice signals. Unfortunately, these loading coils are incompatible with ADSL signals, so a voice coil in the loop between your telephone and the telephone company's central office will disqualify you from receiving ADSL. Other factors that might disqualify you from receiving ADSL include:

 

* Bridge taps - These are extensions, between you and the central office, that extend service to other customers. While you wouldn't notice the­se bridge taps in normal phone service, they may take the total length of the circuit beyond the distance limits of the service provider.

* Fiber-optic cables - ADSL signals can't pass through the conversion from analog to digital and back to analog that occurs if a portion of your telephone circuit comes through fiber-optic cables.

* Distance - Even if you know where your central office is (don't be surprised if you don't -- the telephone companies don't advertise their locations), looking at a map is no indication of the distance a signal must travel between your house and the office.

[DellrepFox]

Update i2 dun sa pinost ko.. Globe performed repairs sa system nila nung sunday, Jan. 17th and it took almost 2 days (which means the service was down that long).. My problems are now gone and these are the results

 

 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/687331735.png

 

second test

 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/687332606.png