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re: AT&T over Cox Internet?
Posted on 3/22/24 at 12:42 pm to Macfly
Posted on 3/22/24 at 12:42 pm to Macfly
If you can get 100Mbps DSL with at&t, it is just fine for an internet service. you'd have unlimited data (no caps) and you would likely be close enough to the first hop that you wouldn't need interleaving enabled. Interleaving is an error correction method that can add about 20-40ms to your latencies. Without it, DSL can have very low latencies. At&ts core network is also really solid.
EDIT: I accidentally submitted too soon. The biggest issue with DSL is that it can no longer be well maintained. So if at&t is doing fiber right now, great. Shouldn't be that big of an issue because you wont need to be on the DSL for several years. If you are looking at a several year long outlook, the DSL could very well have a fatality in the next 5-10 years leaving you without service but if that happens, you can just go back to COX.
EDIT: I accidentally submitted too soon. The biggest issue with DSL is that it can no longer be well maintained. So if at&t is doing fiber right now, great. Shouldn't be that big of an issue because you wont need to be on the DSL for several years. If you are looking at a several year long outlook, the DSL could very well have a fatality in the next 5-10 years leaving you without service but if that happens, you can just go back to COX.
This post was edited on 3/22/24 at 12:44 pm
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Posted on 3/22/24 at 10:40 pm to notsince98
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The biggest issue with DSL is that it can no longer be well maintained.
Fiber always. Fiber is on, or off. Unlike wires that involve copper wire or plastic jackets, it works or it doesn't. It makes both maintenance and troubleshooting easier (I didn't do dirt work, but spent too much time in places I didn't want to be.) I had AT&T fiber for almost ten years, and had three outages, including Harvey, which was power based. I've had four cable internet outages in the last ten days of about an hour each.
Notsince98 can correct me, but any cable that has an overly mechanical connector, like COAX is more subject to water intrusion, than a fiber cable is. The chance of moisture interrupting fiber is (again, tell me if you think I'm wrong) is logarithmically lower than than it happening to COAX. If OP is not aware, a COAX cable contains multiple layers for transmission which are all prone to water intrusion. You never know how tight that clamp was when your installer created to the connector that plugs into your house (DMARC.) You don't know if the cable was stripped properly. Did the installer put the right moisture loop (designed to collect condensation and keep it away from any copper, I think that's what it is called, but it's been a while since I got electrocuted by a T-1) in place?
Point being, fiber tends to be 1/0 (on/off.) Will anyone be able to tell me why my cable Internet died repeatedly? Nope. And then there is the fact I don't think I've met a human happy with Cox in 25 years.
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