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Provider
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Promotions
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Availability
Cable
Roughly 80 to 85 percent of
America's 68 million cable TV subscribers, which is
approximately 55 million people, can get cable high-speed
Internet access. |
DSL
Only 50 million consumers can get
DSL, putting DSL a bit behind cable Internet in availability. |
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Installation
Cable
If you choose to self-install your
Internet, your cable company will provide a self-installation
kit. To install your cable high-speed Internet, you will need a
cable jack. You will also need a cable modem, which should be
included in the kit. |
DSL
If you choose a self-installation,
your phone company will provide a self-installation kit. DSL
requires phone jacks to function. You will need a modem, which
should be included in the kit. |
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Cable
Cable Internet services on average
promise higher levels of bandwidth than DSL Internet services,
and this bandwidth roughly translates to raw speed; however,
while cable Internet will theoretically run faster than DSL,
several technical and business reasons can reduce or eliminate
this advantage. |
DSL
DSL is fast, but its performance
depends on the consumer's distance from the central office. The
farther away you are from a central office, the slower your DSL
service. |
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