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General Discussion / Re: What type of internet do you use?

« on: July 27, 2007, 11:05:58 PM »

You have to realize that different companies have different levels of service. Comcast's happens to suck. Personally, I'd rather have Cox than Comcast. Their service and services are rated much better than Comcast's. In fact, most other companies are rated better than Comcast, because Comcast is down near the bottom of the list.

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General Discussion / Re: What type of internet do you use?

« on: July 27, 2007, 11:01:34 PM »

Quote from: TWCFan2007 on July 27, 2007, 10:55:51 PM

I think the prices for Cable will go down in the future, much like how DSL did. And to be honest, I don't mind the extra price for Cable because of what I've went through with DSL. It's not even worth bothering paying for an always-on DSL connection when in reality it is "Always Off".

I don't expect that to happen as long as cable co.'s are free to do as they wish.

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General Discussion / Re: What type of internet do you use?

« on: July 27, 2007, 11:00:24 PM »

Quote from: Concentric Eyewall on July 27, 2007, 10:54:26 PM

Well, they both have their odds and ends.

What problems did you have with cable, Gary? I do recall you having a comcast email address a while back now that I remember.

My problem was similar to the one that Stephen is having with his DSL. I had frequent disconnects. So frequent, in fact, that itmade using the internet a struggle. I had tech's come out on several occassion, and for the most part all they wanted to do was put the blame on my equipment (interior wiring, router, the ethernet card in my computer). finally a tech came out and after some testing determined that there was a problem somewhere because my bandwidth was much lower than it should have been and my packet loss was sky high compared to where it should've been. The problem never got solved, and eventually I dropped Comcast and went with Verizon.

Thunder, its not as much faster as you think it is.

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General Discussion / Re: What type of internet do you use?

« on: July 27, 2007, 10:52:34 PM »

Yeah DSL really has become very reasonable. Quite frankly, I wouldn't trade it for cable for any reason. It's very inexpensive, and has been pretty much trouble free. On the other hand, I can't say the same for my experience with Comcast.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: July 27, 2007, 10:41:50 PM »

LOL, yeah I guess its a moot point now.

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Local Forecast / Re: Possible lead on Billy Walsh?

« on: July 27, 2007, 10:41:08 PM »

Now THAT is more like what I had in mind.

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General Discussion / Re: What type of internet do you use?

« on: July 27, 2007, 10:40:36 PM »

It was a little higher, because back at that time DSL was a relatively new technology (cable internet wasn't even around yet). I believe the price was something like $59.99 per month.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: July 27, 2007, 10:39:30 PM »

Quote from: TWCFan2007 on July 27, 2007, 10:34:28 PM

Well, my mom called my ISP tonight, because the internet was down for a long time and she wanted to know if there was something going on at the ISP. Well, she calls them, and they say it's something interfering with the modem, and they asked to send someone out. Guess what she did? She said, "No thanks, I'm going back to Cable." *she hangs up on them*

Actually, that theory is probably the best one so far. Telecommunications devices are extremely prone to interference. May father recently had DSL service in the apartment he lived in and to start with he had problems like your having. The problem ended up being that lines from Verizon were interfering with those from Cavilier Telephone (another phone co. in this area). Are there other phone companies servicing your area other than the one your with?

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