Silentbob343
join:2002-10-10
Canton, GA
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September 13th, @09:47AM
| DirecPath at Post Collier Hills
Looking at picking an ISP and ATT requires phone service for their faster tiers. I don't need nor want the phone service. Comcast charges an additional fee of $38 to those people that aren't customers, which isn't too bad with their $19.99 promotion, but once that ends after 6 months it would be $38+$42 which is too much money IMO.
So my third option is direcpath, I've read some poor reviews of this service, but many of those were fairly old and I am hoping out of date.
I called to see how fast it would be where I am moving and of course the gave me "up to 10mbps", but many of the past complaints were about the speed being much lower than advertised.
So does anybody have any recent experience with Direcpath in the Atlanta area?
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skj
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Atlanta, GA
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| According to the poster here »Direcpath feedback in Atlanta, DirecPath was being offered at $40 to $45 per per month for 2.5/384 speeds, which was not a good deal. How much did they tell you they would be charging you?
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odog
Cable Centric Vendor Biased
Premium
join:2001-08-05
Norcross, GA
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| reply to Silentbob343
Comcast usually charges like ~$10-15 more if you don't have any video service, not $38. I would check what the cheapest comcast video packages is and then see what kind of promotional offer they have.
I'm paying $70 for HD/DVR digital whatever tier with HBO and 6/1 powerboosted. It goes up in a few months but as soon as it does, I'm gonna call and cancel HBO as well as all the other things I don't really need. |
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Silentbob343
join:2002-10-10
Canton, GA
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September 13th, @11:40PM
| reply to skj
Yeah I did see that post, while not a good deal by any means ATT DSL requires local phone service for anything above 1.5mbps.
As far as comcast goes their current internet promo is $19.99 for six months and then back to $42.95. The cheapest cable tier is $29.95, which is cheaper than $38, and their cheapest bundle is internet+voice for $52. I might go the internet+voice route. They also have a 12 month promotional offer for cable and internet for $66.
Really though, I have no need for cable or phone service. I wish we could get cheap broadband like they do in many other parts of the world.
Ah ha just scrolled down far enough to see that comcast offers a basic cable service for $18.95, not too bad. |
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skj
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Atlanta, GA | What did they actually quote you for their service? |
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Silentbob343
join:2002-10-10
Canton, GA | Direcpath was quoting $39.99 for "up to 10mbps", key words being "up to". |
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skj
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September 14th, @12:25AM
| I would suggest checking with your neighbors to see if they have the service, how reliable it is, and how fast of a connection they are getting.
Edit: Doing a Google search on them I see a lot of dissatisfied customers.
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Silentbob343
join:2002-10-10
Canton, GA
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September 14th, @03:37AM
| yeah, it isn't too encouraging. I wish windstream offered service in Atlanta. 12mbps without a phone line for $44.95 with unlimited newsgroup access. I download all my TV shows and put them on the HTPC, one of the biggest reasons I have no desire for TV service.
Interesting;
I typed in "ATT dsl without phone service" in to google and was greeted with this result: »www.att.com/gen/general?pid=11523
It shows several options for DSL without voice from 768 to 6mbps.
If I go through att.com and click on the "Internet & DSL" tab it kicks me to a bellsouth page where the only voiceless option is 1.5mbps. Odd, I have the same address in both sites. Then I stumbled on this link; »www.bellsouth.com/consumer/inets···pop.html
This popup shows several choices for a couple bucks more than my googled link.
I guess I'll have to call around Monday and talk to an actual person to see what my options are. Leaning towards comcast limited basic with the $20 6-month promotion and going from there, i.e. jump ship after 6-months and sign up with ATT. |
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fuziwuzi
Not born yesterday
join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA
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| reply to Silentbob343
I had AT&T DSL 6.0 service without a voice line (naked DSL). You just have to ask and be persistent. There is no technical reason that higher than 1.5M service needs the voice line. Now be sure that the actual speed you get depends on your distance from the CO. The 6.0 service is "up to 6Mbps" but your actual speed will be somewhere between 3.1Mbps and 6Mbps depending on distance. If you get the 3.0 service, your actual speed will be between 1.56Mbps and 3Mbps. Some neighborhoods simply don't support speeds greater than the 1.5Mbps service.
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GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA
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My 4Meg Adelphia service increased $15 from $42.95/month to $57.95/month with zero change in service.
I see they are offering double and triple play services, but every time I call the local number seen on the billboard they claim they cannot offer those deals to me because I'm already an abused customer.
The local office (Winder, GA), is clueless and about 10-15 years behind the times in terms of social evolution scale. |
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GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA
| reply to Silentbob343
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As far as comcast goes their current internet promo is $19.99 for six months and then back to $42.95.
This must be for customers with Comcast cable television. The no-cable monthly cost is $57.95--that is what they are charging me ever since they took over the Adelphia franchise in GA. |
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franknbeans
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| Covad and resellers of Covad is in your area. No phone service needed.
Covad -> »https://register.covad.com/registration/···,2,28,51
Speakeasy -> »speakeasy.net/ |
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Mizzat
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join:2003-05-03
Atlanta, GA | reply to Silentbob343
You don't have to have a phone line with AT&T, I have the 6 Meg line for $47.95 without a phone line.
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NgtFlyer
join:2000-07-09
Marietta, GA
·Speakeasy
| reply to Silentbob343
I'll strongly recommend Speakeasy myself as I am a long time customer. Their quality of service and support is several tiers higher than the average provider, but this comes at a price. The service is not cheap, but at least in my case, the uptime and speeds have been very impressive. I currently have the 6.0mbps by 768kbps DSL service which required no land telephone line. I have plans in the near future to upgrade to ADSL2 15x1 service.
I live in a loft community which allows me to take advantage of their Netshare program, so this offsets the cost of Internet.
Good luck with your ISP selection. Hopefully whoever you go with will provide good service at a price that fits your budget. |
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