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 Verizon DSL Broadband

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Sheryl Griffin, Licensed Real Estate Broker,  Durham,  NC

Date: August 14, 2008, Number of Replies: 6


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Can I get some feedback on using Verizon Broadband compared to RoadRunner.  Thanks

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Win Singleton Vendor,  Falls Church,  VA

Date: August 15, 2008

Hi Sheryl,

"Can I get some feedback on using Verizon Broadband compared to RoadRunner."

The benefit of using DSL broadband over your phone line vs. a service like RoadRunner through your cable TV connection is primarily one of having a dedicated connection. The DSL connection is specific to you and isn't shared with any others while a broadband service over cable is not. While you may not notice much difference in speed, cable broadband can fluctuate as more cable users fire up their computers and come on line, trying to all use the same "pipe" so to speak at the same time. So at peak times of the day, your speed on the Internet using a cable connection can get slower.

Having had both at different time - with little or no problems overall, I prefer the DSL connection. Speeds don't fluctuate and the service is completely dedicated to my computer without sharing with others. Your only other consideration of course would be price and your usage. If concern about speed at various times of the day is not important to you, then price will probably be your biggest factor.

Hope that helps...

Win

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Tom Scaglione Licensed Real Estate Agent,  Lutz,  FL

Date: August 15, 2008

 

Can I get some feedback on using Verizon Broadband compared to RoadRunner.  Thanks
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Sheryl, I just switched two months ago to the entire package, TV, PHONE, BROADBAND and am very pleased. With my two phones, one personal, one fax, TV, and broadband I am saving over $50.00 per month and love the service. No problems here in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida.
 
Tom Scaglione, ABR, e-PRO, Realtor
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Steve Ervin Real Estate Lender,  Largo,  FL

Date: August 15, 2008

Hi Sheryl,

"Can I get some feedback on using Verizon Broadband compared to RoadRunner."

The benefit of using DSL broadband over your phone line vs. a service like RoadRunner through your cable TV connection is primarily one of having a dedicated connection. The DSL connection is specific to you and isn't shared with any others while a broadband service over cable is not. While you may not notice much difference in speed, cable broadband can fluctuate as more cable users fire up their computers and come on line, trying to all use the same "pipe" so to speak at the same time. So at peak times of the day, your speed on the Internet using a cable connection can get slower.

Having had both at different time - with little or no problems overall, I prefer the DSL connection. Speeds don't fluctuate and the service is completely dedicated to my computer without sharing with others. Your only other consideration of course would be price and your usage. If concern about speed at various times of the day is not important to you, then price will probably be your biggest factor.

Hope that helps...

Win

Win...that is not completely accurate.  I just spoke to a Verizon rep about their FIOS fiber optic service which will FINALLY be available in my area next month.  FIOS is the ONLY service that provides dedicated speed. other than the much more costly T-1 or T-3 connections.

I have both a DSL and a Cable internet service and I can tell you that the cable services is by far faster than the DSL service (even though I have the fastest available DLS download speed).  One of the reasons that DSL is the weaker of the two choices between regular cable or phone-line based DSL is because it is much more sensitive to distance between the phone company's router and your end point.  For example, my end point for DSL is 11,000 feet from the connection to the phone company's network so my maximum connection speed is not so good.  I also suffer from a substantial degradation in speed on my cable connection thru Bright House because it is further from the connection to their network but the speed on it is much higher. 

The speed of my DSL connection is 768/1500 meaning I can receive up to 1.5 mega bits of data per second and I can send up to 716 kilo bits of data per second.  Although much faster than the DSL connection the cable speed is not anywhere near the 15 megabits per second quoted by the cable company.  It also seems to fluctuate much more during the day than the connection speed for DSL.  But that may be just because the speed of the connection is 10 times (rated speed) of the DSL connection I have. 

With the \fiber (FIOS) connection my speed will be increased to 30 megabits per second in BOTH directions...and that is a true dedicated speed like a T-1 connection (except the T-1 connection is about 12 times as expensive and provides only 5% of the band width. 

For most people in most situations the DSL speed will be totally acceptable.  But you need to be careful in ordering either DSL or Cable internet service.  All of the suppliers offer different levels of service..w.ith the cheapest being not much better than a dial up connection over your phone line.  The only time you really have to worry about shared versus dedicated service is if you have very demanding requirements...like operating a remotely accessed database or other "power user" type application.

Hope this helps...

Steve Ervin

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Sandra Depaiva Licensed Real Estate Broker,  Port Charlotte,  FL

Date: August 15, 2008

Can I get some feedback on using Verizon Broadband compared to RoadRunner............
Hi Sheryl,
I use Verizon Broadband on my laptop (through my smartphone) and I have no complaints. I just got back from North Carolina, high up in the mountains, and connected immediately, which is the only method that has worked up there so far. However, I am not familiar with RoadRunner's capabilities because I have never used them.
Sandra de Paiva, CRB, e-PRO
Broker
CENTURY 21 Almar & Associates
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Sheryl Griffin Licensed Real Estate Broker,  Durham,  NC

Date: August 15, 2008

Hello Tom,

Do you have a limit on how much dowloading you can perform per month?

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Kris Coutant Licensed Real Estate Agent,  Hudson Falls,  NY

Date: August 16, 2008

The benefit of using DSL broadband over your phone line vs. a service like RoadRunner through your cable TV connection is primarily one of having a dedicated connection. The DSL connection is specific to you and isn't shared with any others while a broadband service over cable is not. While you may not notice much difference in speed, cable broadband can fluctuate as more cable users fire up their computers and come on line, trying to all use the same "pipe" so to speak at the same time. So at peak times of the day, your speed on the Internet using a cable connection can get slower.

Having had both at different time - with little or no problems overall, I prefer the DSL connection. Speeds don't fluctuate and the service is completely dedicated to my computer without sharing with others. Your only other consideration of course would be price and your usage. If concern about speed at various times of the day is not important to you, then price will probably be your biggest factor.

Wes,
First I need to disclose I am biased towards broadband for my internet connection. I worked for Adelphia, selling cable television and internet services before becoming a RealtorĀ®. And I would never have anything other than a broadband connection.

It has been a few years, and perhaps technology has changed, but I believe the statement about additional users slowing down the pipeline is incorrect. Maybe if you are in an area where there are many, many users that are using tremendous amounts of bandwidth you may on occasion see a slowdown in your speeds. For example you live in an apartment/condo building with 100 others and all of you are downloading high def videos or doing serious gaming at the same time and there are only 1 or 2 drops coming into the building. But for the average person, using average amounts of bandwidth, there is not a noticeable decrease in speed.

The statement about additional users causing a slowdown was commonly told to my customers when they called to cancel their DSL service. Along with the "fact" that watching television at the same time you are using your internet will slow down your speed. Totally false. Personally I have 3 computers - using both wired and wireless connections, 2 high def televisions and 3 regular televisions in my home. I have no problems with my connection speed. .

It has been a few years since the demise of Adelphia, but at the time, and I believe is still the case, your DSL speeds were not sufficient to support an internet based phone. Most importantly, and usually not explained to the DSL customer before they signed the contract- the connection speed you have for your DSL is directly related to the distance from the hub providing you the service. In a larger metro area it is probably not a problem. However in the suburban and rural areas - you can be miles from the hub. I can't tell you the number of past customers I had who lived just a couple of miles from the hub and had a connection speed close to dial up. One woman when she called to question was actually told that of course she was slow, she lived 15 miles from the hub, and she was never going to get anything faster. She was already locked into a contract for DSL priced service, and getting dial up speed.

I have Verizon's wireless for my laptop, and maybe it is because it is their wireless connection and not a direct line to my computer, but I find that my Verizon is slower than my Roadrunner.

I agree with your statement that depending on your usage that price often becomes the determining factor. Depending on where you live (distance from the hub) and what you will be using your internet connection for will really determine if DSL or a broadband connection is better for you.

Kris Coutant

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