I am afraid that this may open a whole can of worms that really don't belong
on this list, but I disagree with cable being the winner over DSL. I have
used both cable and DSL cable offered by two cable providers in my area, and
DSL offered by the main phone company in my area. While the cable modem
providers claim that their service is faster than DSL, I noticed that at
times, it was significanly slower than DSL and at others only margionally
faster. Speaking from my experience, DSL is a more consistant product. I
don't remember the exact numbers, but presently, a speed test shows my
connection with DSL to be 1.4Mbps, and with cable even when paying for a
faster connection, I rarely got better than 1Mbps.
As for SpamControl, my ISP offer it for free if you use their web based
email (which I don't).
Just my 2 cents.
>As a former member of AOL, and a Present member of Charter Pipeline, I'm
>guessing that the real issue is price. I know what AOL charges for just
>dial
>up, and for a couple bucks more I get lightning fast cable and I am only
>guessing here, but AOL's broadband service is DSL? Still using phone lines?
>Granted, it would be voice over data, but I'm sorry, the cable connection
>seems to be a winner here. As far as the issue of Anti Spam compatibility,
>I
>believe AOL has that built into it, however I am not familiar with it.
>Personally, I use a free 3rd party Anti-Spam program which seems to work
>well, and as for other security, well, Norton AV 2004 Pro, and a cheap
>Belkin 4 port broadband router have done an adequate job of protecting me
>from all the Blaster, and sobig viruses and whatnot throughout.
>
>Just my thoughts... hope others reply with theirs...
> > I have just read a review of Norton AntiSpam 2004 which states it is not
> > compatible with AOL. It occurs to me that AOL Broadband is not prevalent
>among the
> > subscribers to this list. Is there something I don't know that would
>explain
> > that fact? Is there a reason why the rest of you seem to prefer other
>cable
> > ISP's or is it just happen stance? Thank you.
>
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