French guy need explanations on DSL offers...

Thanks, I haven't seen this offer...

Well, I'm quite astonished, as in france, an 512/128 connex from adsl (or cable, the pricing are about the same) costs about 45$, and an 1024/256 connex about 150$...

WahoO.

But what about the fluctuations of the speedof the network ? Rare, frequent ? And the guaranteed speed is only 384 Kbps Do i Take a risk by subscribing to such an offer ?

Both cable and DSL have their strengths and weaknesses. With cable you get no guarantee of bandwidth but the potential available to you is the actual capacity of the shared segment that you're on. Theoretically, if you were the only one using the segment you would get all of its available bandwidth. With DSL (and no you can't use your own DSL modem) you get a guarantee of a specific amount of bandwidth between you and the DSL access multiplexer at the phone company central office. From there you share the wide area link to the network backbone.

My experience, and I've used many different DSL providers and connection types, is that DSL connection rates are quite stable, although latentcy does increase at peak use times (weekdays from 9am -11am and 7pm-10pm). The same peak times for cable users hold, but the connection rates vary can vary drastically.

Feel free to research all you want about DSL offerings in OKC, but you won't be able to actually choose anything before getting there. Remember that DSL has a physical limit of 18,000 feet (maybe 5600 meters) from the central office, and it's quality decreases as the distance goes up.

"There are no mysteries with computers...just fix it you idiot!" (R. Warren 1909-1990)

The reasons that you can't (for the most part) use your own DSL modem are that a) there are so many different implementations of DSL in the US that the hardware you use needs to be very closely matched with the system that it's running on, and b) the contracts that you need to agree to dictate that you must buy, rent (or accept free) THEIR hardware.

The one case where you might be able to use your own DSL modem is if you have one now and move to another location served by the same ISP as well as the same phone company, as well as the same hardware implementation in your new area.

Cable modems, on the other hand, are a much more standard item (more standard than DSL modems, but less standard than regular analog modems) and are frequently sold retail in areas with cable internet access.

"There are no mysteries with computers...just fix it you idiot!" (R. Warren 1909-1990)

Thanks for all replys !

I will have to choose from different flat that are, it seems, owned by the university and reserved for us... and if they are not rent to us they are rent to another persons... well, it seems a bit complicated, then... I know I will have a big list to choose my flat from.

Then I'm gonna ask whose flat is better for cable services, because I'm quite addicted...

First, I didn't expected more than 512k/128k, what I currently have... if it's really fluctuating but never under these speed, I don't think it will be that disturbing...

I think I will choose cable as for DSL the only offers I founded are 1500/128k, but for about 70$ per month... and that's not in my price range.

And I dunno still if I can use my modem or not. Bewan sells an DSL modem, a PCI card which seems to be compatible with everything, and the alcatel (mine) seems to be selled in USA too... but if I choose cable, as I thought I'm gonna do, I wouldn't have to bring an answer to this...

But, If I can gather a lot of opinions, it would surely help me choose... then I waiting for experiences, advices, and maybe more ^^

Thanks for everything guys, and please forget my still poor english

ben Oklahoma university... www.ou.edu...

in france, access offered by unoversity are really fast... but very dependent of the period you're connected...

@ 12h00 you gorget your speed and have about 15 Ko/s max...

I'd like to avoid it then, if it's the same

OU has Cox.


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That's great its available there... And I'm gonna avoid if possible to be in a dorm...

That's not my kind of flat, I like silence, and I don't want to be disturbed by other student doing partys or such things... That's whhy I want a flat, not in a dorm...

Nobody is here in norman to talk about internet traffic on cox cable and on University's internet access ?

That will be great !

Thanks for everything !

Access should be just fine there, wouldn't worry about it too much =).

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