I've had them both and I know what I see Cat. Insight was slow and always shutting down for "repairs."

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. My experience with Insight has been great. One factor that affects both cable and DSL is the neighborhood in which one lives. Cable internet subscribers basically share a 'hub' with their nearby neighbors and if they're all surfing the net, it will slow them down somewhat. With DSL, your distance from the central office will affect your speeds. Both services are usually classified as 'best efforts' services meaning they don't guarantee that you will reach maximum speeds. I’m glad you have a service which you are happy with.

I'm glad you like insight. I am shocked you haven't had your e-mails put on hold for their repairs. At first it was maybe once or twice a month then it started being a few times a week. It got very irritating.

Broadband over Power lines is a pipe dream.
It isn’t just something you can flip on like a light bulb and integrate into the system either.
Powered signal in this spectrum has significant problems.

A.) You have to load balance it. Meaning an entire new network of backbones and load balancing sources would have to be established along every power node. That costs money.
B.) It can be interrupted easier. Just toss a magnet at a power line and POOF,.. Thousands of homes without internet for hours.
C.) You have to regulate voltage AND signal wavelengths at the same time over miles and miles.
D.) It would be MUCH easier to steal internet from your neighbors then ever before.
Unless you want to strap an individual coded IP on every home WITH their power service. That means new digital power meters. A LOT OF MONEY!
E.) The FCC butting heads with every power commission in the country will have the very idea tied up for years on end. By the time anyone would agree on it or be able to pay for it, worm link would be available.
F.) Corrupt companies like insight wouldn’t have it. Seeing as insight is owned by Carlyle, it will NEVER happen. That is money out of their pocket.
G.) BUFFERING.
H.) Power lines are to accessible and the frequency spectrum can be read much easier then cat5 from OUTSIDE the cable. Also, unlike wireless, it is directed and the source is accessible. Nothing traveling on those lines would be safe.
I.) By the time it could be etsablished (if worm link doesn't come first. Idnie home power units will be in full effect. Like the ones taking over the upper class of europe as we speak.

Insight SUCKS BTW.
They may be able to carry SOME of their customers at 5 to 10m in some areas but over all, their network is frail and prone to brown outs daily.
I've seen plenty of Insight 10m service set up in offices that speed tests at 4 to 5m while just ONE computer is online.
Around midnight that drops like a stone.
Turn just one other computer on in the same network and you half that.

At least with DSL you get regulated speed that runs as it is supposed to.
Not just a few hours out of the day or hardly at all.
Not to mention NO PRICE HIKES at the whim of the cable company.

Charter com.
Now THAT is what a cable ISP is SUPPOSED to be.
They can run their speeds without brown outs and every customer gets what they are sold.
They still do hikes but at least their speeds are firm and their netwrk wasn't put together by a bunch of brainless bumpkins.

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Insight SUCKS BTW.
They may be able to carry SOME of their customers at 5 to 10m in some areas but over all, their network is frail and prone to brown outs daily.
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Once again, Justin La Plante is off his meds when it comes to what he spouts out of his mouth. I've had Insight broadband for years now and I am totally delighted with it. I have yet to experience any of the problems that Justin mentions. Justin loves to talk about things he knows nothing about. InsightBB rocks!!!