Cable Beats DSL For Average Speed

zymano writes "CNET article here says cable modems are 50 percent faster on average than DSL connections which I think most have suspected . There are some connection rates that i found interesting like Cablevision reportedly having the fastest connections, averaging 800kbps, or 13kbps above the industry average. Mentions other cable company speeds. TimeWarner cable was not tested."

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Re:I don't care... and this is why

[Christianfreak]

however, under the Bush administration

Geez I'd be rich if I had a quarter for everytime those words were uttered on /. What does this have to do with Bush? What makes you think that a Dem in office would make it any different? Hollywood is all Democratic, they don't want you to have broadband (because you'll steal movies and music).

Remember that Clinton was in office for 8 years and we didn't all suddenly get cheap bandwidth and then suddenly lose it when Bush came to the Whitehouse!

Bush is a lot of things but he certainly isn't to blame for everything that's wrong in the world! As for the telecom industry de-regulation and competition is what is needed. The monopoly that providers enjoy (over their areas) is why they don't treat Internet like a critical service, they don't have to because you don't have a choice of provider. You either suck it up and pay them for crappy service or you don't get it at all.