wrote:
I'm remodeling my basement and putting in a gameroom. Have it all
framed in and the electrics run, but I was
thinking about broadband internet. I know this is kind off the repair
topic, but since I have everything open now
I was wondering if you guys thought dsl was easier than cable for
connection? I'd rather do this now before the
drywall goes up. One of my friends emailed me this link
http://www.dsl-cable-broadband.com for info, but I thought
you guys are a better source! Thanks!

Run both wires. Wire is cheap. But get the proper wi CAT5 and RG8, I
believe.

There will come a day, next week, next year, when the service you chose
won't work for an extended period. This will inspire you, in turn, to sign
up for the alternate service.

Happened to us; our cable service was down for THREE WEEKS! After the first
week, we signed up for DSL. In a few days, we were back online - very much
slower, but online nevertheless.

I had to send an employee home twice a day to check our email. We couldn't
buy stamps (we use stamps.org), I didn't know the weather (that was fixed by
looking out the window), we couldn't process outgoing UPS parcels, our bank
balance remained a mystery, countless damsels who couldn't reach me via
eHarmony wept uncontrollably.

It's amazing how your entire life can get wrapped up in this internet
thingy!

Anyway, for $20/month we now have redundancy and I can sleep at night
(except for the aforementioned damsels).