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Old February 23rd, 2008, 08:47 PM
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Which ISP will make my Internet experience zippier?
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Depends where you live.
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Depends where you live.
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Depends on where you live - well, where you use your internet service. Performance can vary even in the same community, so it's tough to provide an assessment of service performance from someone who may have no knowledge about the services that are available in your area. You may be able to ask in your local area with others who use those wireless services...
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Performance is partly depending on the distance between your house and the phone centre 9for adsl ofcourse). If they offer 20mbit, you may get that at close distance (less than 1 km, but at 2 km distance, it might drop to e.g. 10mbit or less.

Speed is usual the same for all providers , but pricing, stability and support do differ usual. And not all providers service all areas equally.


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Old March 7th, 2008, 11:02 AM
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Since I'm very centrally located in a major city, I'm pretty sure there are numerous locations of both providers surrounding me. So, in the case of equal distance, which one would be faster?
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Since I'm very centrally located in a major city, I'm pretty sure there are numerous locations of both providers surrounding me. So, in the case of equal distance, which one would be faster?
It depends on where you live. If you want a serious answer, then answer you get will not be both serious and accurate given the information you provided.

The most accurate answer will depend on your address. You will do well to examine the coverage maps of each provider for the types of service that they offer where you live, drive, walk, and work.
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Just ask some of YOUR geeky neighbors. They will know the area offerings for high speed the best.

It really depends on the cell tower locations from each company in your area.
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