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

[Jerry Weida]

Basically it comes up between speed and true presence online.  While  
Mediacom offers the best speed for the money, if you want to run a  
server of any type, you are technicallly required to register for one  
of their business plans (notice, not any higher speeds, just costs  
more.)  But a simple webserver doesn't ever seem to catch their eye.

DSL on the other hand allows you more flexibility in your presence on  
the web.  You can get a truly static IP address for running a server  
(Mediacom online offers reserved IPs so they could still, and often  
do, change) and DSL offers DNS administration through Qwest that  
allows you to point a domain at your machine.  This also allows you  
to add email to your server if you want and not relay everything  
through their mail servers (something that is required by the way the  
reverse DNS is setup on the Mediacom network.)

In short, if you want to run a business, I would highly recommend  
DSL.  If you just want raw speed and maybe run a small family site  
where you are not concerned with telling people your address has  
changed, then stick with Mediacom.

Jerry
ex-Mediacom Employee!

On Feb 9, 2006, at 9:58 PM, Bill Davis wrote:

> 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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