Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is one form of the Digital Subscriber Line technology, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide. ..
A technology that transforms a normal copper telephone line into a high-speed digital line. This technology gives you always-on access to telephone services and the Internet at the same time. An ADSL line has a higher downstream speed (into the end user) than upstream speed (away from the end user)
And, what is 3G (Broadband) ?
International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000), better known as 3G or 3rd Generation', is a family of standards for mobile telecommunications defined by the International Telecommunication Union, which includes GSM EDGE, UMTS, and CDMA2000 as well as DECT and WiMAX
- The common term used to describe third-generation mobile telephone services. 3G affords users a greater range of communications options, including access to Internet content (WWW, email) and video data.
- This brings us back to the main topic, ADSL vs 3G (Broadband)
As much as I encourage Wireless technologies, this fight is verily won by ADSL!
We South-Africans don't have to money to loose, and need to cut back on things we can, like our internet usage, but wait! You can actually safe more money, and at the same time get more internet space
Most of my clients I service, uses the most popular cellular service provider, Vodacom's 3G usb dongle for internet access, you have to agree 3G isn't cheap!
Lets have a look at the Prices for Vodacom 3G:
* For the most of you 1.2 GB (gigabytes) will do (remember: The more GB, the more internet data, which means the more you can use)
you will pay R 289.00 for only 1.2 GB
* For other people, 1.2 GB won't be enough, and they might require more. The next reasonable upgrade will be 3 GB.
you will pay R 520.00
3G might offer some additional functions for you, like being able to use it everywhere you go.
If you switched to ADSL today, you could save! You could Save money and also get more Internet space.
I currently run uncapped (unlimited internet) ADSL from Mweb and it cost me less than the 3 GB of Vodacoms 3G
Mweb's monthly costs:
* Uncapped ADSL costs R349 (with telephone line included)
R219 (without telephone line)
* 1GB ADSL costs R149 (with telephone line included)
R29 (without telephone line)
Remember: with the without telephone line, you still need a ADSL telephone line from Telkom, wich add's R152 to your purchase.
ADSL also has it's down sites, like not being able to take it where you go...
