DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| Bring It On.... Please!
In fairness to SBC, I should say that the ISP service that SBC provides is worth about 1.95 a month -- I spent 40 minutes of cellphone airtime talking to an airhead 1000s of miles away just trying to get one simple answer on behalf of a friend who has that service. That was after 15 minutes on hold, I might add.
I have a "land line" that I only use for DSL, and, when I add its recurring cost to the SBC/ASI snafus*, that I thankfully have sonic.net to buffer me from, Broadlink Wireless (also an option with Sonic) keeps looking better and better..
* After my last move, SBC/ASI had been claiming that I was any one of several, incorrect distances from the CO (9700 ft, 10500 ft, 16000 ft, and 22000(!) ft), while, according to a lineman working out in front of my place one day, I'm actually less than 7500 ft.
On installation, ASI had me "capped" at 192k/128k, based on their 22,000 ft claim, telling Sonic that 1536/384 simply wouldn't work.. On my request, Sonic "twisted their arm" and got the cap lifted, and at 1.5m, service has been flawless. Heck, the 3m/416k probably would have performed similarly.
Next time I move, if something hasn't changed with SBC, my options will be quite entertained! |
