[disneysteve]

I have cable at work and DSL at home, so I've got a reasonable idea of the differences. Cable is faster, but it really isn't a huge difference for most things. Yes, a webpage may load a bit faster. When you are watching streaming video, it usually buffers a bit quicker with cable, but really not enough to matter IMO. We gather around our laptop at home and watch streaming video periodically and have no problem. We were doing it every week when Pushing Daisies was still on as we weren't home on Wednesday nights so we'd watch it the next day.

One advantage of DSL (besides price) is that DSL is a direct line to you. Cable is a shared service. If lots of your neighbors have cable and are all on at once, it can slow things down. With DSL, it doesn't matter what anyone else is doing.

The only problem we've had with DSL, and it is significant, is that we seem to go through phases where the connection drops a lot. I used to call and complain but we pretty much came to the conclusion after a couple of service calls that the problem was the 45 year old wiring in our house and there was nothing they could do about it. Everything leading up to the house is fine. Sometimes, it will be fine for months at a time and then suddenly, we'll have a week or two where the service is off as much as it is on. Very annoying when it happens, but so far, not enough to make me want to pay more for cable.