A cable modem has one cable output through out a big area (eg. neighborhood)

If many people have a cablemodem in that same area, then the user's speeds are cut. If only one person is on the output (on a farm if you have the choice) then it is extremely fast.

DSL providers give every suscriber a seperate line (more like a phone line) and that line is personolized. The reason DSL is sometimes more expensive is that you have to get a new connection for yourself. In a cable modem, you get a connection with the output that is already there.

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Communications

323.9 kilobits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

39.5 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download

25.9 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

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That's my DSL

you also forgot to mention that DSL is generally slower than Cable...

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