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Option 3:
If you?re in an area in which Verizon Fios is available, there?s no other
choice. It?s FTTP (Fiber to the premises). Verizon continues to expand this
network.
In the 2 years I?ve had it, it?s never gone down and never slowed down. They
sell it in different speed packages, which vary somewhat based on
geographical area. I get 20 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up for $49/month less a
discount for having TV and telephone service through them.
This is so reliable and fast that it has become a requirement if I relocate.
No other service is acceptable.
Allan
From: Jimmy Snowden [mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:44 PM
To: Omega-List; Trader
Subject: Re: Cable vs DSL
My experience was that cable was not quite as reliable. That is
arguable but what is not is that cable is subject to outages that do
not effect your TV but kill your internet. If Grandma smashes into a
pole with the node your area is pulling from you could be out for
days not hours. It takes special people to work on the internet side
of the cable business. These things might vary from one area to
another. I don't know. I wonder if cable has dial up as a backup?
Guess not as they really don't have phone lines.
Jimmy
There was a discussion a while back regarding using cable vs DSL for
trading using IB/2000i. I belive DSL won out but can't remember the details.
Searching the purebytes archives starts at 2004 and older.
Can anyone point out the concerns?
Many thanks,
Dave...
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