Screw cable in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r8834655 en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:52:22 EDT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:52:22 EDT Re: Screw cable http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8879990 CCCMTech : Actually, we gain NOTHING by capping your downstream speeds. We provide you with a 24/7 ATM path flowing at your sync rate, most COs are backed with multiple DS3s or OC3s depending on the area. Our dsl routers (Redbacks as most people know them)usually have multiple OC3s feeding them and we currently have a OC192 for our backbone. We have no need to cap you. We set your speed limit based on your line's physical abilities and your purchased speed tier. Our routers have more than enough bandwidth to support you as you cannot hog everyone else's bandwidth (the reason cable caps).

If you were capped on downstream it was because of your line's physical abilities. One advantage to cable is the ability to boost the signal cheaply allowing for speeds over long loops. You were probably about 12000-15000 ft out and had to be capped to 768 to keep from dropping sync.
Also we now offer the deluxe package (768-1536/256-384) for $39 as well. It boils down to variables.
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Haw you ever seen a cable company decrease their prices for cable/internet and other services they offer?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8838353 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:38:13 EDT Re: Screw cable http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8837061 The Deuce :
said by TrainBuff See Profile:
Neither does Adelphia.
No, they just raise their prices until you cancel the service. :)
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said by MikeStammer See Profile:
All the more reason to go with DSL. SBC does not cap!

And neither do most other dsl providers :)
Screw cable
amen
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Shoot Straight, Fly Crooked]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8836600 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:38:13 EDT Re: Screw cable http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8836079 zabes63 : which is all well and good as long as SBC, in their infinite wisdom, sees you and your neighbors as being worthy of DSL service.

For those of us with no choice.....
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Letting the Oil companies do what ever the hell they want is not an energy policyTri-City Broadband ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8836079 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:39:17 EDT Re: Screw cable http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8835677 RavenTKR : I read that Adelphia s equally vague i their definition of excessive bandwidth, but unlike Comcast, Adelphia does not terminate user accounts because of excessive bandwidth, at least I have not heard or read it yet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8835677 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:58:08 EDT Re: Screw cable http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8834836 Matisaro :
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CNET and MSNBC touched on the tactic in September, and now Detroit Free Press columnist Mike Wendland tries his best to get answers from Comcast. According to Wendland, Comcast tells him that "less than one one-hundredth of 1 percent" have been kicked offline for too much downloading. But how many were simply warned? How do these users know how far to cut back their usage if the limits aren't defined? Is it unreasonable to desire a solid answer to what these mystery limits are?


It is unreasonable if the defined answer is far less than the flexable vague one.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8834836 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:12:01 EDT Re: Screw cable http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8834712 TrainBuff : Neither does Adelphia.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8834712 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:54:51 EDT Screw cable http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8834655 MikeStammer : All the more reason to go with DSL. SBC does not cap!
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