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Technology Stocks : America On-Line (AOL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Vendit™ who wrote (23210)	6/19/1999 3:31:00 PM
From: CCGoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

I just wanted to add my opinion from personal experience on DSL and cable. I recently after a little research switched to a DSL connection after comparing current DSL and Cable rates, and services. The DSL service is currently much faster. Cable service could be faster if they used Data compression technology, but currently it isn't. I have had problems sending data to Cable users recently during peak times, it seems that cable speeds slow. I haven't had a similar experience with the DSL service and it seems like most of the problems lie in getting high speed data from slower sights. I believe that currently DSL is a better product with Cable not far behind. I also see Satellite access as being far superior with the unlimited band width. In my opinion, currently DSL is a better service than cable, and I think that as consumers see more access to DSL, and with more users already having phone lines, than cable installed in their home, that DSL will turn to be more popular in the long run. I also believe that this will be a significant way for AOL to increase it's user base in the near future with the current deals that it has regarding access by DSL. After all, it is only a short Jump (as it was in my case) to convert from dial up to DSL and was done with simply one phone call which ended up with me having the same email address, the same provider, cancel the extra phone line I had for the dial up connection, and get a much better service than I could have received with cable. The current cost that I pay here is approximately 10$ more per month, than if I would be using cable, but the modem is supplied with my service and there was no extra purchase of a modem that I would have had to get for cable. I also believe that there is room for all of these types of access including dial up connections as there is a difference in cost in providing all of these services. A similar comparison would be to Cable, TV, and Satellite television where there is room for all, and competition is driven by the cost at which each user is willing to pay for the quality of service that is offered. Thanks for the informative posts..... Chad