I dunno, Id say cable has the best preformance/cost ratio, but having T1 would be sweet. (Isnt is supposed to cost 6k to install? Im not sure) Were using DSL right now and it works just fine. Made the upgrade from dial-up to DSL back at Christmas.

i will say i miss having 100mbit directly to god
(the proverbial one)
got owned alot though...

*shrug*

What brazil said.

I have a cable connection. I love it. Its always on, doesnt tie up the phone. In 3 years the service has went out twice for a about an hour each time and costs me $35.00 a month. Here are the results from bandwithspeedtest.com...

650.8 kilobits per second

Your raw speed was 650756.3 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications
650.8 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
79.4 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
12.9 seconds

My own ISP offers a SpeedCheck too. They came up with 610kbps, which they say is below their average, so I should stop using my router. Yeah right. If its slow, it doesnt seem like it. Webpages open faster than some files from my harddrive do.
I have seen results as low as 513 and as high as 750.
I think DSL averages about 400kbps but can offer up to 1.5mbps. not sure about that one. T1 should pull 1.b mbps but IS expensive for home users.
I dont know what all these numbers mean for sure, but I do know that I downloaded PSP8 which was 85MB in under 20 minutes
I'll never switch. Ditto what event and brazil said... "bang for the buck" I think cable is the "poo", so catch a wiff

I have come a longgggg way from the old 14k dial-up connection. And after trying out some of the other services, I opted to stay with Cable (I wish I could get T3 or OC12 like the company I used to work for ) DSL and SDSL are good too, but If you live far from the main stream, your speed lowers considerably.
My SpeedCheck has clocked my connection up to 754kbps at times. Thats more than enuff for me

JM, you may need to format. Was having the same problem some time ago and it stopped after formatting.

You don't need a T1 for personal use. Cable is as fast, or faster than T1 download speeds (at least with mine, I get 1.5mbps - 3.0mbps). T1 is around 1 - 1.5 mbps dl speed and it's the upload where the T1 is superior (not to mention it's for multiple users) where I believe the upload is the same as the dl speed.

The more people on cable in your area, the slower the speed. DSL stays at the same speed.

Thats right DSL stays the same speed,,,,,SLOW.I have tried them all and for me DSL was the slowest most undependable,hard to install/get ta work connection.I have had cable in the most active area in my city and have never noticed any kind of slowdown.Day or night.When I had DSL it would unsynch at least once a day until a reset was done on the whole network.Cable smokes DSL no matter how you look at it.

And a T3 smokes Cable. My local libary has a T3 and it is pulling in close to 1 gbps (yes, gigabit) according to them.

My DSL is 1196 Kb/s down 110 Kb/s up (ADSL). Not as good as cable but plenty fast. Of course not every is lucky like me, I live about two blocks from the relay so my DSL screams.

I wonder if this'll work

Event Horizon

Does anyone out there use a Satellite connection (Like DirectWay)?  They appear to have come a long way since the time of the one way (download) option.  They appear to be somewhere between DSL and Cable for speed (except they have a higher latency).  Where I live, dial-up is the only option (which is what I have) except for Satellite.  No DSL, No Cable.