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John Navas wrote:
> 
> [POSTED TO comp.dcom.modems.cable; PLEASE REPLY THERE]
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> In <3A7CB1BF.6610F3BB@home.com>, David Knight <david-knight@home.com>
> wrote:
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> >I think it might be instructive to see customer speed experiences listed
> >at :
> >
> >http://www.dslreports.com/archive
> >
> >Note the 3 fastest (downstream) providers listed are using Cable modem
> >technology, not DSL.  Also, 10 of the top 14. This data is based on
> >customer speed tests run across the country, and this is clearly not a
> >cable modem web site.
> 
> At best, that kind of unverified anecdotal material is unreliable; at
> worst, it can be highly misleading.  

I disagree.  The more data points (and we are talking thousands of
customers in many locations with many different ISPs), the more
representative the data is, I believe.  This is much less anecdotal
(though admittedly not scientific) than 50 news group posts saying "the
service sucks because it is slow".  My point is that providers should
pay attention when this many customers share their experiences (good and
bad).

> Published reports suggest that typical speeds in general are
> roughly comparable for DSL and cable, with DSL seeming to have an edge
> in typical speed and consistency.
> 

Maybe you can cite these reports.  Hopefully, they are recent and
include data from many markets.

Here is a link to a PC Magazine report published a couple weeks ago
(Jan. 19). 

http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2675431,00.html

Speeds to 8 major sites (which likely have more bandwidth) are reported
to be much faster for cable modem customers, consistent with the DSL
Reports archive rankings. 800 DSL and cable modem customers from across
the country with multiple ISPs were surveyed.

David Knight