hey Tech folks, how much faster is broadband than dial-up?

[NMDemDist2]

thanks in advance

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. depends on the kind of broadband

DSL ranges from 640k to about 3Megs
Cable spans the same, but you have no set bandwidth. I can go lower or higher depending on access traffic in the neighborhood node.

Dialup is 56k (and even that is a misnomer as it operates at a peak of about 47k)

[NMDemDist2]

2. thanks a bunch, i coulda researched it but figured someone

would have the numbers at their fingertips

[kerryin2004]

3. This will make it easy for you..

56k is like a small pickup, dependable but slow.. Broadband is like a porsche, highly erratic at times, but so much fun to own.

[NMDemDist2]

4. i already have broadband, am trying to sell another DUer on it

:)

[Syrinx]

5. Way!

I can only get dialup in the specific spot I live. Without paying about $2,000 to run the cable that is. There was something I wanted to download that I estimated would take me about two weeks. A friend did it for me in a few hours.

[NMDemDist2]

6. what in the world took a "few hours" to download?

the freaking Encyclopedia Britannica?? hehehehe

[Syrinx]

7. A concert bootleg that was about 3 hours long

In CD quality. :) True story.

[leftofthedial]

8. like Clinton's brain veruss bush's brain

especially if you get cable.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. If you're trying to convince someone else...

you don't need to quote numbers. There's nothing like letting that person surf on your computer for a few minutes to see the "tortoise and hare" contrast.

[lpbk2713]

10. I have Roadrunner and wouldn't go back.

Just to give you an example......... it used to take 20 - 25 minutes for me to download the anti-virus definitions at the Norton website. Now it takes about 50 - 55 seconds. I'm spoiled now.

[ACK]

12. I work for RoadRunner so I am biased but proud.

I see a lot of bullshit in this and every other company but honestly for the most part I am proud of the product.

That is not something I have said about every job I have had.

_

[Az]

11. You can have my cable modem when you pry it from my cold dead hands

Lets put it this way. I run 3-4 computers off my cable modem with no complaints. We DL movies in full screen mode as streaming video. I can have Air America Radio playing, be DLing a file, and have multiple internet sites open while surfing DU with no lag.

[NMDemDist2]

13. Thanks to all for the info,

I sent it on to DemVet so he can review

DUer's ROCK!!

[IronLionZion]

14. fire hose vs. garden hose?

[midnight armadillo]

15. I have 5 Mbps cable

A 56 kbps modem is 89x slower than my cable service (RCN company, Boston).