Originally posted by: JackMDS
Well, I am afraid you are a Victim to the infamous bit Byte problem that is confusing the non Network savvy.
1 Byte (B) = 8bits (b).
In the price range that you mention you get the typical home user account.
The typical RR cable in NYC provides about 2-3 Mb/sec. (b=bit).
I.e. the down load, as would be reported by the I.E browser would be 250Kb/sec. (B=Byte) or more.
I should mention that the Internet Cable ?speed? to the individual account is only partially controlled by the ISP and depends on the load of you geographical node.
Standard DSL is around 1Mb/sec. (b=bit) Download of about 100Kb/sec (B=Byte).
The DSL speed is stable for each individual line.
There are also cooperate accounts that cost much more and provide more.
Check with the providers what you suppose to get, and it will be easy to make a decision.
Actually, i'm not a non-network savvy.
You've made some mistakes in your assesment of bit and byte:
250kb/sec is 250 kilo BITS/sec, not BYTES. You didn't use a capital B.
1Mb/sec = 125kB/sec, not 100kb/sec. Didn't use a capital B and you provided the wrong number.
Also, DSL speed is not as stable as people think for each individual line because all lines are pooled at the CO. So if everyone in your CO is using their DSL lines, there will be as much congestion as if all users in an HFC were using their service. This whole thing about "dedicated" DSL lines is just a marketing gimmick....Even though cable users are more susceptible to traffic, in the end, everyone shares their internet connection. No one has a "dedicated" line to the internet backbone, unless you're the isp.
All I asked was if RoadRunner was better or worse than Earthlink. Thanks.