| reply to Jake223
Re: What are you rural people complaining about? I live in a rural area and I do have satellite via Direcway. I also am subject to Direcway's FAP, which means if I try to download a Linux CD of 650 meg I will have my bandwidth cut to dial-up speed a little less than halfway through the download. My direcway service is their "Professional" level service with static IP and A FAP of 350meg over a 4 hour period (that's what they say, but it ain't even that good). For this service I pay $145/month which includes $50 equipment payment and taxes. I typically get 1024/70 speed. Meanwhile city folks 10-12 miles from me pay $30 a month for 768/256 service that has no FAP. I currently have a PSC complaint against Bellsouth for failure to provide reasonable service upgrades to my state and plan to lobby my state representatives to further regulate Bellsouth operations and possibly reduce their tariffs. I know...I'm vertically urinating on a taut line, but it makes me feel better. A $100+ difference for a lesser level of service is what I'm complaining about.
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Direcway-DW6000/Pro, G4R - 1370 Mhz. XPpro/SP 2, 4 users (up to five PCs) on Lynksys WRT54G Wieless Router |
