text: is cable internet scamming me? i currently have cox cable 15mbps internet i pay $30 monthly. i was told that i dont really get my 15 megs..that i am sharing this with all the people on my apt. building floor..or street if i lived i a house. is this true? i was told dsl gives you less megs..but you dont share this with others..so it's a better deal. is this true? cable is like a series of pipes...you open more taps and the water flow slows. dsl is direct... no other pipes.and cable, you are connected to the other "pipes" so they are also connected to you. make sure you have a firewall. dsl is fast and not slowed by that flow and more secure. and guess what? the us government thinks so to. we use dsl and  t100 but no cable. so...