My personal experience with cable internet versus the phone company DSL. Fact: Cable internet uses a shared network. When you have cable internet at your home or biusiness, you are sharing your connection and download speeds and upload speeds with the nearest 100 or more users either in your building or on your street or in your neighborhood. Yes, this is a fact. Can't dispute the facts..Fact:DSL from the phone company is not a shared network, it is in fact private line. Your connection is your own dedicated connecton from your phone jack wiring all the way back to their central office or remote office in the field. All the way to the DSLAM, it is your dedicated connection. And to add to that, your dedicated port that connects you to their network is provisioned with your bandwidth that you are paying for all to yourself, no one else sharing.Little know secret:Cable company offers 'Power Boost' to make you think you are getting thsi mind blowing speed boost that just blows away the phone companies DSL.. In fact you are getting a milisecond data burst to download your larger than average sized file, but at the same time you are robbing from your neighbors bandwidth, i.e. shared network with cable internet.. And vice-versa with their connection and yours. Cable company 'misleading advertisements':When you see the commericals on television saying 'no more waiting for the phone line to free up, no more waiting on your connection to download files, no more busy signals'.. What are they talking about? HSI from the phone company's DSL does not work like that. They are talking about 'dial up' and who the hell sell's dial up any longer? The phone company quit selling dial up years ago. Yes, you are using your dialtone pathway to obtain the 'DSL' feature known as high speed internet, but who are they referencing when they run their commericals?Cable company's 'digital telephone':Cellular-like quality. Try it for yourself. Also, when you subscribe to their 'digital telephone', they sell your number to the highest bidder. you will, within 24hours, begin to recieve solicitor calls all day and all night. Cox sells to the highest bidder..Phone company fact:Their HSI prices are higher than cable internet. Why? Tariffs from the FCC and government. Also, consider this.. Yes, a KIA is significantly less expensive than a Range Rover, but which is the better make? Yes, the Rover is more expensive to repair when it breaks down, but hands down, which is the better make? That is an honest comparison.Do I get what I pay for with the phone company DSL?Yes. I have had three different HSI packages from them, on three different sides of town, using three different sets of facilities. Copper from the CO, FTTC, and DSL served from an AFC (fiber to the unit, copper to the serving terminal and to the house). I had 1.5 and 3.0 at the same address, no problems what so ever. Constant download speeds and upload speeds that matched the tier and pricing. 5.0 at another location that was a constant 5meg service, never any less, and a 10meg service on copper from the CO 8600ft out, never any trouble, constant 10meg download and 1 meg upload. Never once did I ever have downtime, sync/ping issues, no matter what time of day or night. I did have trouble out in the field a couple times, but that comes witht territory. Things happen. It's hot in Vegas and telephone lines overheat, open up, ground, it's life. Same happens with Cox's plant as well. All in all, dollar for dollar, residential or business, hands down, telephone company DSL beats cable interet, especially COX in Las Vegas HSI packages all the way through.FYI: Journeyman telephony technicians are 9 out of 10, LBEW or CWA Union members and paid, just on average $12 more an hour than coax technicians. That translates into technicians who take pride in their work, dedication, honesty, trust, integrity and dependability. Centurylink FBI backround checks each employee in their organization from the desk clerks to the customer-faced positions such as the technician at your door, the technician in your home repairing a jack in your child's bedroom. Not to mention, OSHA certifies each field technician annually. This is the phone company we are talking about, a utility company. The cable company is a cable televison comapny, even though they sell telephone, they are not a utility company. The 4 utility companies, PER THE FCC are CenturyLink, NV Energy (who share the same union IBEW396), SW Gas and LVVWD (the water company). Cox is the cable TV company. The cable company contracts out 100% of their installation work to contracting companies who hire technicans who are not skilled, qualified or educated to industry standards, who are not OSHA certified and who are definitely not FBI backround checked. You are letting a cable contractor in your home, aroudn your children, near your family, your valuables who is under compensated, not insured, not bonded and virtually unknown to connect your televisions and/or telephones. Stick to who you can trust. The phone company, CenturyLink. You get what you pay for! As well as peace of mind. Don;t fall for the cable companies gimmicky prices and slandering commericlas. Remember, the dog who barks the loudest is often the least listended to.