Blueiyzboy
Jun 1 2004, 10:37 PM
I found out today Iam getitng YAHOO DSL. (sbc) Give me the pros and cons about it? What do you think....
tofumonzter
Jun 2 2004, 12:44 AM
Well, the easiest way to go online is to use Internet Explorer.
*look around* *click*
kryogenix
Jun 2 2004, 05:49 AM
hehehe, SBC. *laughs at old joke
Blueiyzboy
Jun 2 2004, 11:06 AM
Well? lol Iam looking for a answer? Is it good bad? Wat do you like? huh huh>?
LiNHy POO
Jun 2 2004, 07:18 PM
i have no clue... i have roadrunner cable... how should i know?
liquidize
Jun 2 2004, 07:21 PM
naw ...if you live far from a dsl booth crap ur speed will be slower, and then if u have broadband cable , its a more stable bandwidth thinggy . its confusing.
veemon3002
Jun 3 2004, 07:56 PM
mystical
Jun 4 2004, 02:30 AM
QUOTE(liquidize @ Jun 2 2004, 5:21 PM)
naw ...if you live far from a dsl booth crap ur speed will be slower, and then if u have broadband cable , its a more stable bandwidth thinggy . its confusing.
that statement is wrong, with cable your sharing a big connection as more people use that connect it will decrease in speed for all of the users. with DSL, distance is a factor but you will always have the speed consistant.
craziplaya21
Jun 4 2004, 08:29 AM
heh, im gettin dsl too. my parents ordered it w/o tellin me. in my opinion, cable would be better cuz of its higher dl speeds. frm wat im seein frm my friends, dsl is much slower than cable. in sum rare instances does dsl ever reach over 200kbs. if ur an avid gamer and downloader, go w/ cable, if not, go w/ dsl its cheaper
mechwarrior1989
Jun 4 2004, 11:46 AM
IMHO, DSL sucks. Of course it is a lot better than Dial-up or ISDN, but compared to cable, there is no comparison.
DSL prices are lower than cable, but if you have SBC for your phoneline (since you need SBC for phone in order to get SBC for DSL) you can bargain with the cable company to get you better rates after your special promotion is over.
I have cable and Comcast recently doubled their bandwidth to 3Mps (megabits) so I now hit 400KB/s, note that's Kilobytes, not bits (8 bits to a byte). My aunt has DSL, speed I got while downloading 50KB/s.
Depending on how much you're paying for your DSL though, SBC's basic DSL (most likely what you're getting) has max bandwidth of 758(768? somewhere around there)Kps, compare that to 3Mbs (3,000Kps) there's a huge gap.
Course this is where DSL users will bring up the "But when there are more users on Cable will slow down" excuse. In my experiance, not an issue. Even if your speed does go down, you won't notice it for surfing the web, and when downloading files your speed won't drop down to DSL speeds.
Blueiyzboy
Jun 4 2004, 10:49 PM
No... DSL has hit 3Mbz for my friend.. I diidnt beleive him but it did and the LOWIST it can hit is 358k
mechwarrior1989
Jun 5 2004, 06:49 AM
QUOTE(Blueiyzboy @ Jun 4 2004, 10:49 PM)
No... DSL has hit 3Mbz for my friend.. I diidnt beleive him but it did and the LOWIST it can hit is 358k
Oh I see, you're getting the pro package, 1 year service agreement and $36 a month plus other stuff. From SBC:
QUOTE
Pro Package
1.5-3.0Mbps
384Kbps
1 Dynamic
$36.99
Order Now
Order SBC Yahoo! DSL for a one-year term for $36.99 per month, and receive a $149 SBC Yahoo! DSL Wireless Home Networking kit, $179 laptop Home Networking bundle or a $99 DSL modem, and receive a $99 Instant Credit (taxes and a $12.95 shipping and handling fee apply). Plus, get free activation and a free self-installation kit
Ok so they've changed stuff since I last checked. But I still like Cable more. Plus they're speed is fluctuating, 1.5-3 while Cable is 3. Not sure about the upload speed, but I think that's slower too.
AngelicEyz00
Jun 5 2004, 02:59 PM
I have it, it's alright, we got it cuz it was a good deal. It's a lot better than dial up, so I can't complain, but I am getting cable soon, i hope
hybrid
Jun 5 2004, 03:05 PM
QUOTE(craziplaya21 @ Jun 4 2004, 9:29 AM)
heh, im gettin dsl too. my parents ordered it w/o tellin me. in my opinion, cable would be better cuz of its higher dl speeds. frm wat im seein frm my friends, dsl is much slower than cable. in sum rare instances does dsl ever reach over 200kbs. if ur an avid gamer and downloader, go w/ cable, if not, go w/ dsl its cheaper
Haha. I totally agree with that. My parents got DSL without tell me too. Haha, yeah, dsl is slower than cable to me..
LatinaLady
Jun 6 2004, 04:23 PM
i dont know. is that even good? i have comcast.
NatiMarie
Jun 9 2004, 07:33 PM
I just got SBC YAHOO DSL yesterday. It's really good and so fast. I had dial up but yeah, it depends on your computer. My friend has a Dell and it's really slow because of all the stuff that were put in there, but I have an HP so it was already fast with the dial-up. Now it's faster with both. I recommend though, not using the SBC browser because it slows it down too much. Use internet explorer. yay!
angel-roh
Jun 10 2004, 06:34 AM
wats a yahoo dsl? hmm heh i guess yahoo provides dsl, right? hehe newais i got msn dsl in my other computer but this one is jus internet explorer dsl heh i wish i have sbc dsl sigh
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