9.16.03
Cable vs. DSL part 2
Now, the cable question...
During my downtime, I went and ordered a trial of Charter's Pipeline service. I shouldn't have done that. The downstream is 600Kbps faster than my DSL, but the upstream is about 180Kbps. The only reason I got the 256Kbps upload on my DSL was to host this site and my mail server from home; also to have a better ping time in games (for some reason, the latency between a 128Kbps and 256Kbps upload decreases exactly 10ms). Since I won't host my servers over Charter's connection, the upload isn't all that important, so the download is a nice plus. My latency, on the other hand, is incredible! I can ping the main servers I play on at 28ms, compared to those over my DSL at 40-50ms. The price will be at least $20 a month cheaper as well.
I know what makes sense on paper, but my DSL is near and dear to me. Now that it is working without a hitch, I'd hate to lose it...especially since SBC is about to raise my upload to a 384Kbps cap for free. Ugh...at least I have choices!
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