Is it worth it for a scalper? I currently paying $35 bucks and getting about 1000/248. Should I switch?
http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/dsl/ click on pricing for details http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,7153925~root=ilec,swbell~mode=flat actually its 1.5-6.0/384 from those test results people are actually getting around 5.0/ 384 in my area test results : http://www.dslreports.com/archive/swbell.net?1=1&p=1
I have used several connections in the past 3 years: Cox in SoCal (3Mbps/128Kbps), cable and dsl in Belgium (1Mbps/128 for cable and 750/128 for dsl). Now I am in the UK, my provider offers 150/56K, 600K/128 and1Mbps/250 I chose the 150K connection as I can't see much of a difference in speed whether I surf or ping a website and it costs less than $30 per month. I would not choose that speed if I was scalping minis but I think the issue of speed for trading is largely overdone. Reliability is much more important.
what kind of unreliability with cable have you experienced? I am going to move to SBC service area, need to choose between SBC ADSL and Roadrunner cable, which one would you recommend? Thanks.
Their reliability depends on the area ur in. I would suggest you ask other traders within that area for their opinion. Dont be so quick to sign any long term contract unless ur sure of its reliabilty. Right now i think both sbcyahoodsl/ roadrunner have a month by month thing going
that even though they may "offer" that kind of bracketed service, you may not have the infra-structure in your area to handle the speed. Remember, we are talking COPPER WIRE here which has a lot of resistance. Unless they have put in a REMOTE TERMINAL ( RT ) in your area, I doubt that a regular copper wired phone line can give you 6,000 on the download. Also, you are gonna have to be within 12,000 feet of the Telco switching office too, which I assume that you are if in fact you already are getting SBC DSL Service.