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Paradox26 · 08-06-2006, 21:17

Coming to think of it, I've found that cable is usually better than DSL [exluding LLU, before you LLU people start on me =]] when it works! [When it works - can't stress the point enough]

Compared to people I know on DSL, my pings are always less to the same server, my speeds will always hit 2Meg, day or night and the only prob Ive had so far is with TV for which a cable repull has been decided.

It really boils down to the area where you live and how many people will be sharing your bandwidth. Eg. For my street I reckon hardly anyone has ntl cable so I can max out my connection any time of the day on newsgroups plus my connection is rock solid 24/7.

The only thing that seems to be playing up atm are ntl's DNS servers. But that should hopefully be fixed soon. I would now only go DSL if I were offered an amazing deal that I could not turn down, otherwise for the near future I will be sticking with ntl [roll on 4 Meg]

Theres a fair few factors involved like cost, people in your area, so it's probably best to and use the net at a mates house in the same area with cable to find out how it works. If its not your cup of tea then DSL it is.

Oh yeh P.S. if you do get cable, make sure its all installed properly by the engineer [which it hopefully should]. The guy who did our BB via SACM did a great job and theres never been a problem in the 1.5 years we've had it. The TV install was dodgy, so we had to call out a tech to sort the levels after a poor install.

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Paradox26 Inactive Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Durham Posts: 69	Re: The big question.. NTL or ADSL? Coming to think of it, I've found that cable is usually better than DSL [exluding LLU, before you LLU people start on me =]] when it works! [When it works - can't stress the point enough] Compared to people I know on DSL, my pings are always less to the same server, my speeds will always hit 2Meg, day or night and the only prob Ive had so far is with TV for which a cable repull has been decided. It really boils down to the area where you live and how many people will be sharing your bandwidth. Eg. For my street I reckon hardly anyone has ntl cable so I can max out my connection any time of the day on newsgroups plus my connection is rock solid 24/7. The only thing that seems to be playing up atm are ntl's DNS servers. But that should hopefully be fixed soon. I would now only go DSL if I were offered an amazing deal that I could not turn down, otherwise for the near future I will be sticking with ntl [roll on 4 Meg] Theres a fair few factors involved like cost, people in your area, so it's probably best to and use the net at a mates house in the same area with cable to find out how it works. If its not your cup of tea then DSL it is. Oh yeh P.S. if you do get cable, make sure its all installed properly by the engineer [which it hopefully should]. The guy who did our BB via SACM did a great job and theres never been a problem in the 1.5 years we've had it. The TV install was dodgy, so we had to call out a tech to sort the levels after a poor install.