Re: Re: ADSL vs Cable

[Maccy <maccy@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, nsouthga wrote:
> Cost wise an ADSL and Sky subscription will cost you a bit more than
> a cable modem/tv but you get a slightly better channel choice with
> Sky (remember Sky supply all the content to cable) 

Not all, but most, admittedly. Sky rules for the sports fan at the
moment
as cable doesn't have any sports interactivity. The cable companies
have
so much potential to offer hearps more choice than Sky but it has
consistently fails to do so. That is why I will always be a satellite
viewer.

> and there are some benefits of ADSL over cable as you mention.

The main one I can think of is dedicated bandwidth, i.e. not having to
share it if cable modems take off in your area.

> But frankly all this aside, you really do not want to deal with 
> NTL/Telewest. Ask anybody who is a current customer of either!

You could say the same about Sky customer services.....they're all as
bad
as each other. And those deep scottish accents can be pretty hard to
understand on the dog-and-bone too. No offence to any Scots on the list
:-)

Maccy

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