oliphant
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2 edits | reply to Eloquorius
Re: Go Comcast
said by Eloquorius  : Why? When you can get double the speed for five bucks a month more? The answer is simple. TOS/AUP. People like unlimited use and usenet that's not capped at 2GB. Some also aren't interested in the 30% "How dare you not have CATV" penalty.
I have both DSL and HSI and if I had to choose between the two I would take DSL due to 768kbps uploads and Comcast's restrictive TOS/AUP and lack of options (eg static IP). But you're right...for typical users who aren't warez whores gobbling up 100GB a month...the lure of cable is getting stronger with every DSL price increase.
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imrf
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| said by oliphant :Some also aren't interested in the 30% "How dare you not have CATV" penalty. What about the 100%(or better) "How dare you not have an active phone line" penalty that most if not all telcos have. $20 a month DSL through SBC seems nice, but then I would have to have an active phone line which is $45, so that makes it as expensive as Comcast's 6Mbps/768Kbps without tv service. |
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oliphant
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1 edit | Most people "need" a POTS line anyway...this in comparison to millions of DBS customers who are affected by the HSI penalties. And for us former ATTBi customers...this penalty from Comcast was a new thing that blindsided us.
Now of course I would agree with you...there are significant numbers of people who are cellular only or are cellular and VoIP...but I'm guessing those numbers don't compare to the number of DBS customers that the CC HSI penalties affect.
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VZSuckz
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6/768 service...cable bill is 72.82/mo. This includes basic cable (supposed to be REALLY basic, but they didn't install the filters...lazy asses...so i get 50-60 channels for $15 and some change  )
Verizon DSL was costing me about $90-$100/mo for 3/768. (Phone service + 3 meg service + about $10 in taxes and fees.)
Newsgroups have never been an issue for me because i don't use em.
My cable connection has NEVER gone down (i'm talking...NEVER. Not even once.) and i've NEVER had slowdowns of any kind or troubles with the connection. Verizon DSL continually gave me problems. I got booted every 10 hours...just long enough to make the PPPoE client re-dial. My upstream is also FASTER on this connection then it was on the DSL (uploaded at 50-60k/sec on the DSL, upload at around 85-90k/sec on cable.)
Don't get me wrong, I'm NOT a cable fan. If the comcast CEO were in front of me right now, i'd castrate him, but verizon needs to wake up and realize that Comcast has the lead in most areas that they service. |
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fddfsdf
@shawcable.net |  reply to oliphant
strange how u can paint them with all witht eh same brush, as "warez whores" |
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oliphant
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| said by fddfsdf:
strange how u can paint them with all witht eh same brush, as "warez whores"
Them? Call US what you want...whether it's bittorrent, usenet or whatever...not everyone of US is downloading 20 linux ISO's a day.
Please...I don't give a crap is the downloading is illegal or not. I'm a warez whore which is why I enjoy my unlimited use premium usenet from DSL Extreme.
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Blo0dwolf
join:2005-02-06
Lansdale, PA
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I switched to Verizon DSL (3m/768k) from Comcast about a month or so ago, just after Comcast raised their speed to 4m/384k in this area. It's not 'just' the cost issue, it's not 'just' the bandwidth issue, it's a combination of issues. My Comcast bill was about $110+ a month for digital cable and internet, but I also switched to DirecTV and now they are costing me around $80 a month. (already have local & long distance through Verizon so that wasn't a factor)
I have had less problems with disconnects and ping outs with the DSL than I have with Comcast, and I get my 3m/768k consistently to most people/places with decent connections. I also used to get the abuse letters every 4-6 months so not getting those will be nice.
I am also waiting for FIOS, but DSL is fine until then. I live in an area that's supposed to be getting it soon.  |
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UnKown
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Orlando, FL | reply to oliphant
As a college student, im one of those cellular only peoples, now im forced to pay for the pots line. This is bogus. All these internet companies are bogus. |
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