Does DSL get congested at peak hours like cable does?
No. You get dedicated bandwidth with DSL.
depends on the network of your ISP. Every ISP I've been with has bandwidth problems at 8pm though
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
Yes, it is possible, since at some point you will mux with other customers, but it is much less likely with DSL.aimless wrote:
Does DSL get congested at peak hours like cable does?
Whereas the typical cable design muxes customers at their line rate (e.g. two 1.5 Mbps customers downloading files on their shared 1.5 Mbps line are reduced to 750 kbps) , the typical DSL design muxes customers onto a higher rate channel (e.g. the same two 1.5 Mbps customers are muxed onto a 30 Mbps channel and thus they remain at 1.5 Mbps).
The only ISP that doesn't have the issue with congestion is Verizon since their FiOS package is not shared with anyone.max wrote:
depends on the network of your ISP. Every ISP I've been with has bandwidth problems at 8pm though
I have the option to get either Time Warner Cable or ATT DSL for my room next semester. Right now, cable is horrendous. Right about 5pm, everything goes to shit. Servers I usually ping 12-14 to I get 300-400ms.
how are dsl tubes than other internet tubes?
I have Timewarner and never see my speed change. I have 10 down 1 up, and I'm always just slightly below 10000kBps down and 1000kBps up.
That is, until I have to restart my router every day cause it's dying... :s
That is, until I have to restart my router every day cause it's dying... :s
They don't supply you with a wireless router in place of your cable modem?CrazeD wrote:
I have Timewarner and never see my speed change. I have 10 down 1 up, and I'm always just slightly below 10000kBps down and 1000kBps up.
That is, until I have to restart my router every day cause it's dying... :s
Well I'm on a university campus and there's a ton of people here.CrazeD wrote:
I have Timewarner and never see my speed change. I have 10 down 1 up, and I'm always just slightly below 10000kBps down and 1000kBps up.
That is, until I have to restart my router every day cause it's dying... :s
It does if your ISP sucks, but it doesn't suffer from the same throughput-related issues as cable. Cable is a shared medium, meaning that you may end up sharing a ~170/120Mbps DOCSIS 3 channel bundle to the CATV head-end with hundreds or even thousands of other households. You don't get that with DSL, as that's typically run straight from your home to the DSLAM at the local exchange.
Once you pass the last mile, and end up in the provider's inner network, there's typically no difference between DSL and cable. The only congestion you get on DSL is distribution and core network congestion, and if you have that, the technology you use to connect your home to the service provider edge is irrelevant.
Basically, a decent DSL product with a decent ISP should give you what you pay for at any time of the day.
Once you pass the last mile, and end up in the provider's inner network, there's typically no difference between DSL and cable. The only congestion you get on DSL is distribution and core network congestion, and if you have that, the technology you use to connect your home to the service provider edge is irrelevant.
Basically, a decent DSL product with a decent ISP should give you what you pay for at any time of the day.
Anyone have any experience with ATT DSL? I was looking at the "elite" package, 6 Mbps down, 768 kbps up.