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Chrysalis · 27-02-2007, 00:12

I am not dsl bashing I am just been realistic.

When I moved over to adsl my expectations were too high, people read you get 20mbit and may think well I got 1.3km on samknows I will be fine. Even a 1.3km real distance not straight line will most likely get considerably below 20mbit so there is no point making people think otherwise.

The truth is the vast majority of lines are over 2km.
The vast majority of people will not get 16mbit on skys service.
The vast majority of people will not get 7.15mbit on BTs service.
Some people will get very good speeds on sky, I have never said otherwise.
It is more of a gamble then cable unless you already know for sure how other lines perform on your postcode.
Sky is cheap and probably the best value adsl service around providing you in one of their LLU areas.

So thats my viewpoint it isnt entirely negative at all but realistic.

The dedicated cable offers what advantage? if reduced noise remember there is crosstalk and I think you would find it hard to argue that a long poor quality 30 year old copper cable even if dedicated would have less noise then a short newer shared cable.

So we have established on very short lines xDSL is possibly a superior technology and on longer,poorer lines it is inferior, most lines are not very short meaning as a rule of thumb xDSL is inferior.

27-02-2007, 00:12	#43
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: Sky Broadband I am not dsl bashing I am just been realistic. When I moved over to adsl my expectations were too high, people read you get 20mbit and may think well I got 1.3km on samknows I will be fine. Even a 1.3km real distance not straight line will most likely get considerably below 20mbit so there is no point making people think otherwise. The truth is the vast majority of lines are over 2km. The vast majority of people will not get 16mbit on skys service. The vast majority of people will not get 7.15mbit on BTs service. Some people will get very good speeds on sky, I have never said otherwise. It is more of a gamble then cable unless you already know for sure how other lines perform on your postcode. Sky is cheap and probably the best value adsl service around providing you in one of their LLU areas. So thats my viewpoint it isnt entirely negative at all but realistic. The dedicated cable offers what advantage? if reduced noise remember there is crosstalk and I think you would find it hard to argue that a long poor quality 30 year old copper cable even if dedicated would have less noise then a short newer shared cable. So we have established on very short lines xDSL is possibly a superior technology and on longer,poorer lines it is inferior, most lines are not very short meaning as a rule of thumb xDSL is inferior.