How much faster is “broadband” Internet vs. dialup?
• In our area, Mediacom is now offering cable modem service at 3 Mbps download, or about 3000 Kbps. Qwest DSL is now available at 1.5 Mbps, or about 1500 Kbps. That’s roughly half the speed of the cable modem service, but DSL generally has faster uploads. Compared to dialup, both of those numbers ROCK! Considering that your average 56 Kbps modem really only has an average transfer rate of about 33 Kbps, you can see that broadband can be, roughly, 50 to 100 times faster. Once you get a taste for broadband in your home or office, you’ll wonder why you put up with that old modem for so long.
