[DM-MUG] Moving to DSL or not, which speed is important?

[Bill Davis]

FYI, MCHSI / Mediacom is 5Mbps down, not sure about up.  And I see in  
my Medicom bill this month, they now have Medicacom Max for $14 more  
a month that's twice as fast: 10Mbps down, 1Mbps up. (So I'm guessing  
that basic MCHSI is 500k down).  In the words of the car commercial:  
"zoom zoom zoom!" ;-)

If I were you, I'd stick with Mediacom.  Unless you're sending a lot  
of large files or doing online gaming or heavy video conferencing,  
"up" isn't a big issue for most folks.

  - Bill


On Feb 9, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> I'm in the midst of comparing various DSL providers and there are  
> different up speeds and down speeds to compare, some have 800+ up  
> and 3000 down, some with 800 up and 1000 down....just generally, I  
> do know I want lots of speed both ways, but if I have to take a  
> hit, is it better on the up or down speed??  For instance, the  
> Qwest info is 840k up and 1000 down...and another carrier is 1000  
> up and 1500 down....but there's another plan of 896 up and 3000  
> down...which makes more sense?  [pricing is more or less the same]
>
> I assume if I moved to DSL the DSL provider would then be the ISP??  
> Right now MCHSI is my cable company provider and ISP but I don't  
> use any of its services other than the 'pipe' and if something goes  
> wrong, phone call or in house service.
> -- 
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