Cable vs DSL vs Fiber Internet Explained

What's the difference between cable, DSL and fiber. This is an animated video that explains these internet access technologies.

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[sanguinemcorda]

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[thedblockcrew]

This video should be shown by every ISP to its customers before they sell you anything. Your way of explaining the technology and details of the equipment is so easy to understand. You gave actual facts and explained how the bandwidth and connections different types of internet can have pros or cons. Best video I’ve ever watched when I’m trying to understand something. Amazing job

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[JoshuaEatonCA]

Years ago, I can remember going to the local electronics Megastore and buying a 28.8 dial-up modem and remembering how it was so much faster than our 14.4. I even remember the speed of upgrading to that massive 56k modem.

I remember the day that I got proper high-speed internet installed. It was a DSL. A glorious 1.5 M down. I thought I was King of the Hill. They later upgraded that service to max out at around 7M down.

When I move back home, I moved into a rural area and because I'm so far away from all of the modern infrastructure at the only thing we had available with a wireless internet system of 1.5 m

After several years of living like it's good old 2001, we finally get upgraded a couple of weeks ago to a fibre line. I'm enjoying having internet with a maximum speed of 1500 megabits

[qwertyCandy]

Wow, what a phenomenal video - the animations make it much easier to understand all concepts. And the way you explain everything in a straightforward, understandable way... Like others said, this short video gave me more than reading long articles on the topic gave me. Thank you :)

[alper]

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[josef]

Here I am, 1:00 a.m. watching about the different types of internet cables.

[raphaelcharlespinon]

Great video. Great for beginners to get an understanding of the technology. Would be wonderful if you could also create a video that explains these concepts individually in-depth. Overall, keep up the great work!

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I'm currently working as an IT Intern, and I found that this series has vastly expanded my knowledge of not just networking, but also computers in general. As a visual thinker, I really really appreciate the visuals, so clean, so simple.

I was also wondering if you could perhaps provide a video talking about the types of monitors that have existed over the years, including Analog VS Digital screens.

[magicalfetus]

Quick note - many modern "cable" companies use a hybrid fiber coax system in order to combat the slowdowns of peak times. Usually, there is less than a mile of copper before a node switches RF signals to light to carry them back to the headend.

[huh_whoknew]

Good video pretty accurate. Great that you discussed the difference in cable being shared bandwidth and dsl being dedicated bandwidth.
The Telephone companies have newer DSL services and offer some legit speeds. VDSL, VDSL2 and VDSL2+ with Speed Vectoring offer speed ranges up to 300mpbs down and 100mpbs up at short distances from the DSLAM (source)

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