Anyone looking at switching or buying high speed internet service needs to know a few details that the service providers like to forget. In North America most people have to choose between service via the phone line which means DSL service. the other option comes over the cable connection.
So whats the big difference? Well the big difference is they both do not work as well as advertised for different reasons. After you sign up for any service and you use a free internet speed check web site you will see your actually performance.
So why the problems. With the cable modem you could actually receive that level of service if no one else in your area was online. test your connection speed with some internet speed checker at different times during the day. You’ll see the difference.
With the DSL service you suffer if you are to far away from the local connection box. In theory you could receive super fast service but since the signal suffers since its coming over that small copper wire you need to be located about two feet from the cable box to actually get what you were promised.