Cable modems offered the best combination of speed and price, these users say. Cable modem services can cost two to three times that, but the data rates they deliver typically are in the megabit range. Although cable modems continue to grow in popularity, raising questions about whether service providers and cable infrastructures will be able to handle mass-market demand, today's subscribers say they don't notice any problems. Nearly every respondent says service was installed within a week of order placement. They had to burrow under my driveway and drill a new hole in my house.
Some installations are easier than others.
They put it into the hole for the drainpipe, but it did take some extra time. Skeptics say early adopters shouldn't get used to today's service levels. One analyst discounts this theory. If users have a gripe with cable modem services, it's that they can't use their links to set up personal Web servers. Second, cable modem services are asymmetrical, with much more bandwidth allocated to traffic traveling from the Net to the user.