[OPLINTECH] High Speed Internet Question

[Craig Heaton]

While it is true that cable does offer consistently faster speeds, there are 
DSL providers that provide very fast, basic DSL service.  At home I recently 
switched from cable (Adelphia) to DSL (Zoomtown) and was anticipating a 
significant drop in speeds.  I was pleased to learn that the drop wasn't too 
significant.  My cable averaged 4 Mbps while my DSL has been running at 
2.2Mbps (and appears to be more consistent.  The slowest DSL speed I've 
benchmarked so far was 1.7Mbps while the cable sometimes dipped as low as 
1.2Mbps during periods when they likely experienced peak usage of their 
network).  The gist of this is...DSL companies vary.  You should check your 
provider(s) out...you might be pleasantly surprised.
   Craig Heaton, System Administrator, Clermont Co. Public Library

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JKENZIG" <JKENZIG at cuyahoga.lib.oh.us>
To: "Mindy Holmes" <holmesme at oplin.org>; <oplintech at oplin.org>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] High Speed Internet Question


> There is nothing comparable to the speeds of cable for consumers.  Time
> Warner will get you up to about 6 mb download speeds where any dsl
> provider will only get you 768 kb unless you pay quite a bit extra for
> it for business class.
>
> Jim Kenzig
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org]
> On Behalf Of Mindy Holmes
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:12 PM
> To: oplintech at oplin.org
> Subject: [OPLINTECH] High Speed Internet Question
>
> Hi folks,
>
>
>
>     I had a patron ask me about high speed Internet providers.  She is
> currently using Time Warner's Road Runner and likes it quite well, but
> is in need of a less expensive product with similar capabilities.  I
> know there are numerous alternatives.  Any thoughts on what's the best?
> Thanks for your input.
>
>
>
> Mindy Holmes
>
> Mason Public Library
>
> holmesme at oplin.org
>
>
>
>
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