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Cable & DSL Routers

For home and small businesses, an Internet router (or gateway) is an essential networking tool. Like Cable vs. DSL '''Which is faster?''' * Speed difference does vary between cable and DSL, and most assume that cable is faster than DSL because cable runs at 30 Mbps and DSL at 10 Mbps. While this assumption is true to a point, there are other influences that determine how well cable functions. Still, cable tends to be the connection of choice in the United States. * If available, VDSL has the capacity to support 30 Mbps as well. * In neighborhoods where there are many cable users, individual user speed may diminish. * Internet traffic affects speed on both Cable and DSL. * Your home network system should support the Internet speed connection for optimum results. However, service providers often put a speed limitation on the cable and DSL, slowing down the bandwidth/connection speed. '''Which is safer?''' * DSL claims to be a safer network while providing a more stable way of accessing the Internet. However, there is little evidence to support these claims. * DSL is pricer and more complex to install, which keeps it from exceeding cable in popularity. * Because cable is setup as a LAN (local area network), in theory it would be possible to exchange information between all the computers on that network as well as access other people's IP addresses and other supposedly secure information. Firewalls have been implemented in a great number of cases to thwart such activities.