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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:54:29 +0000 (UTC), desertrat <desertrat@nospam.com> wrote:


>AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com> wrote in
>news:slrndnn6t6.79n.aznomad@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net: 

>> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:49:33 GMT, AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com>
>> wrote: 
>> 
>> 
>>>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:33:41 +0000 (UTC), desertrat
>>><desertrat@nospam.com> wrote: 
>> 
>> 
>>>>Can any share their opinions on comcast for high speed internet?
>>>>Compared to cox or others?
>> 
>>>>Their webpage is very privacy invasive requring cookies and
>>>>javascript and they do not give prices until you give your address.
>>>>Already I have a bad impression. 
>> 
>>>works fine.  Keep in mind that cable internet is a party line. 
>>>Traffic out on the cble is visible to your neighbors and visa versa. 
>>>The more neighbors you have on the line, the less your available
>>>bandwidth. 

>Thanks for the reply. Is dialup usually given in Kb/s or KB/s? If KB/s
>then upload is slower than dialup (cannot be)? 

>Also not so worried about speed, but more worried about bad service and
>value for money and security. I've hear alot of complaints about all of
>them so am deciding whether the jump from dialup is worth the price and
>aggravation. 

>> 
>>>I'm paying the extra $20 for the higher speed version.  I routinely
>>>get over a MB/second.  Compare that to DSL's top speed of about
>>>.15MB/s. Upload speeds suck however;  standard cable internet is
>>>128Kb/s or 16KB/s. (b=bit; B=byte)  The higher speed version is good
>>>for upload speeds of 1024Kb/s (128KB/s)
>> 

Dialup is Kb/s.  A 56K modem is actually capped at about 50Kb/s and can
push about 5KB/second.

I haven't had any security problems, but I also have a 'router' between
my cable modem and home LAN.  It acts as a simple firewall.  

DSL has better security than DSL as you have a dedicated line between you
and the main office.  However, DSL means having to use Qwest.  I've personally
found DSL less reliable than cable internet.  Either is such a huge 
improvement over dial up that you'll never want to go back.