Resources E-mail Lists TechRepublic Linux Hardware My Computing. Cable can be slow at times especially during peak usage times. Even with the upload cap cable is faster. ADSL has an upload cap as well and it is lower than 16K that most cable connections are capped to.
Cable is a lot faster and a lot cheaper.
DSL is more, much slower and has all sorts of service problems. For now, cable beats DSL by a wide margin. It also depends on the company itself. Basically, the further away, the slower you get, simple. With cable it is different though.