I'm sure I'm opening a can of worms here, but since the speed of cable vs. DSL is always a heated topic, it's bound to come up sometime. I recently heard that residential DSL (the kind we're paying just $40 or 50 for) is not really dedicated bandwidth as I understood it. I don't remember any more of the details, but this came from the technician who installed it at my roommate's business. Can anyone add to that?
FWIW, I have Telocity, and though I complained a lot about them last yeat (no service for a week in July, several other day+ outages), they have become much better. Their online CS is unresponsive, but once in a while I get a human on the phone and they're okay. Since the mail upgrade, I no longer get failed POP3 access messages from my mail client. They've definitely gotten better, but if something better comes up when I move this spring, I'll probably jump on it. Anyone recommend a good DSL in Cleveland? I need a static IP. I know cable isn't available and I'm hoping to get DSS anyhow, so no matter what I get, I still have to go through Americrap.