I gave up TV a while ago. It cuts into my conspiracy reading time.

Having had both Oceanic's RoadRunner cable internet and HawaiianTel's DSL internet in the house for a couple of weeks now, I can state the following:
RoadRunner is an unconditionally superior product.

With RoadRunner, I consistently get over 90% of the bandwidth I pay for when I test.  WIth DSL, I get as low as 30%, and never as high as 70%.

With RoadRunner, my service works most of the time.  It is a rare thing to have an outage.  With DSL, I get outages of 5-10 minutes several times per day.

With RoadRunner, using my iMac as a wireless router works seamlessly.  With DSL, the wireless router they supplied only works when I'm not talking on my cordless telephone.

Since the addition of DSL to my phone service, the quality and clarity of the phone service has degraded noticeably.  And, yes, I am using the provided filters.

Pricing for a phone-plus-internet package from each provider is quite competitive.  The Oceanic bundle I chose is $44.95 + tax & fees, while the closest HawaiianTel package was $45.99 + tax & fees.  There's no reason to choose one over the other based on cost. 

So, there you have it.  The definitive answer, if you are living in my house!

NICE!

With RoadRunner, my service works most of the time.  It is a rare thing to have an outage.  With DSL, I get outages of 5-10 minutes several times per day.

With RoadRunner, using my iMac as a wireless router works seamlessly.  With DSL, the wireless router they supplied only works when I'm not talking on my cordless telephone.

I use the computer more than most, and RR does have some outages - but nothing bad.  Man that DSL I would go all kind nerd rage and smash it!

Pulled the plug on oceanic as soon as directv was available and never looked back. Pretty happy with their service, costs me $55 a month with no frills two room HD service, a video recorder, and equipment insurance, but I get a special rate because I'm a good customer, and threaten to drop my service if they up my rates (which they try to do every six months or so). I might go with Hawaiian telcoms TV when it's available in my area because I have had everything bundled with them since I dropped Oceanic. I find their internet service has been far superior to RR.