[LUNI] Cable / Dsl

[Mark Stuart Burge]

So from the 'Cable Modems' thread, it seems like a lot of people are a 
touch disgruntled with their ISP.

So that begs the question..

Why so many cable users ?


I am interested to know what you all ultimately pay for the broadband 
connection of choice.

Myself, I have been using sbc's dsl for about 4 years now and pay an 
average of about $40 / month inc the phone line

Broken down, thats $10 line charge, $19 dsl and the rest split between 
call charges and taxes.

I regularly download iso files without needing to use torrent and the 
modem that came with it was brand new and mine to keep.
Down time I think was about 20 minutes one day (the only time it has 
ever been down in 4 years to my recall)

On the negative side, I would say that I need to reboot the router now 
and then (maybe once a month max), possibly due to spikes or something, 
but I think that is just hardware.
Oh, and their default dns is a little slow, but nothing that opendns 
can't remedy.

Every time sbc(att whatever) decide to increase the price, I call them 
and start a new contract to bring the price down  to the new promo, 
which usually works out cheaper still.


So,

I am assuming there must be a good reason why so many people are using 
cable.

Is it for a static IP?  for higher upload speeds ? 

(or maybe att can't scrape off the ameritech from their shoes and it is 
leaving a bad smell in the room)