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Originally posted by tritium
I like the always online of the cable modem. I also like not having an almost imperceptable whine on my phoneline from the DSL modem.
I can hear it and it sucks. Some folks can't hear it and think I'm nuts. I'm convinced that DSL is the devil. 
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SBC DSL is online 24 hours a day, and they provide you with filters for your phone jacks that remove the whining sound.
I used to have Comcast, now have the DSL, and the biggest differences I've found are:
- SBC DSL blocks you from any newsgroups that have binary data. This means you can't download photos, mp3's, video files, etc. without using some sort of router to circumnavigate the SBC filters (I haven't bothered).
- SBC DSL puts way more software on your computer, which means more programs running in the background and slower overall computer performance. I have a Pentium 3, 1GHz processor with 512 MB Ram and when I restart my machine, I have only 50% resources available without any windows open. Open Mozilla, Outlook Express and AOL IM and the machine starts groaning.