What is DSL internet service?

DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) is a technology for bringing high-bandwidth information to homes and small businesses over ordinary copper telephone lines. It can carry both data and voice signals. The speed at which a DSL modem sends and receives data varies from hundreds of Kilobits per second to many Megabits.

Advantages:

  • You can access both the internet and your phone line at the same time
  • Faster speed than dial-up
  • Ability to choose between different connection speeds and pricing from various providers

Disadvantages:

  • Receives data faster than it sends it
  • Sometimes not available in remote areas
  • The farther you are from the provider’s central location, the slower the transmissionCable Internet works by using TV channel space for data transmission, with certain channels used for downstream transmission, and other channels for upstream transmission. Because the coaxial cable used by cable TV provides much greater bandwidth than telephone lines, a cable modem can be used to achieve extremely fast access to the Web.

What is Cable internet service?

Cable Internet works by using TV channel space for data transmission, with certain channels used for downstream transmission, and other channels for upstream transmission. Because the coaxial cable used by cable TV provides much greater bandwidth than telephone lines, a cable modem can be used to achieve extremely fast access to the Web.

Advantages:

  • Unlike DSL, its performance doesn’t depend on distance from the central cable office.
  • Cable Internet service doesn’t tie up a telephone line.
  • Cable Internet is not as susceptible to drop out as dial-up connections are.
  • There’s no tedious Internet “logging on” required, and you’re never subject to busy signals or other anomalies of telephone line Internet service..
  • Fast downloads

Disadvantages:

  • A fixed amount of bandwidth is shared by a population of users. In the case of cable internet, users in a neighborhood share the available bandwidth provided by a single coaxial cable line.
  • Always on also brings with its security risk from hackers.
  • Not all areas can access cable Internet.