maximus_808
Proud Veteran
Premium
join:2001-08-27
Green Cove Springs, FL
clubs:
| I cant wait to switch....
When DirectvDSL went under I went to Speakeasy..mostly based on their reputation around this site. I am now waiting for my contract to be up so i can make the switch to Comcast. I pay close to 70$ a month for 1500/128... I will get double both up and down for almost 30$ less.
For the money i pay simply having great tech support is not enough to justify it in my opinion.
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jose3030
Premium
join:1999-08-17
Manassas, VA | I'm like the opposite of you.
I am slated to get 3mb/down, 256k/up and I cant wait to go to DSL.
Comcast is gonna be ruling w/ an iron fist for "people downloading too much". |
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maximus_808
Proud Veteran
Premium
join:2001-08-27
Green Cove Springs, FL
clubs: | I do not consider myself or my family heavy downloaders...a lot of surfing ....some music...some streaming ..but nothing that would put us anywhere near the top of anyones usage charts. |
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vic102482
Premium
join:2002-04-30
Upper Marlboro, MD
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said by maximus_808  :
When DirectvDSL went under I went to Speakeasy..mostly based on their reputation around this site. I am now waiting for my contract to be up so i can make the switch to Comcast. I pay close to 70$ a month for 1500/128... I will get double both up and down for almost 30$ less.
For the money i pay simply having great tech support is not enough to justify it in my opinion.
If you have direct tv, those prices wont go down unless you switch your TV to comcast as well.
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Angrychair
join:2000-09-20
Jacksonville, FL | reply to maximus_808
You might be shocked at how much your household uses. |
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TheMadSwede
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join:2001-01-30
Holland, MI
 ·Charter Pipeline
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said by jose3030 :
Comcast is gonna be ruling w/ an iron fist for "people downloading too much".
It would be interesting to see some figures from Comcast, specifically the ratio of users that have received nasty-grams about bandwidth to the total number of users. I think it is a very small ratio.
For all the idiocy and incomprehensibility of Comcast setting up caps without posting what those caps are, I'd say the problem has been inflated by a vocal and concerned minority from this here website.
I'm not supporting the secretive caps that Comcast has, but rather guessing that the vast majority of users won't be impacted by this type of stuff, even those that download tons of crap daily.
I hope I'm right!
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cuindy
join:2000-07-21
Aurora, OH
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Do not forget Cheap DSL requires you to have SBC or another Baby Bell for phone service and you are locked into them. Switch to a 3rd party telco and they drop your DSL. I save as much on with cheap TalkAmerica Plan to cover the base cost of Comcast Limited Basic Cable ($12.95+taxes). Plus, if you want to dump local land-line and go Cellular you are out of luck with DSL. FYI in Indy the Limited Basic has all local plus others to made a total of 24 channels. Even If I did get a dish, I would keep the Cable service for local and it works on every TV. |
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Voyager2K2
join:2001-10-04
Wayne, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
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said by jose3030 :
I'm like the opposite of you.
I am slated to get 3mb/down, 256k/up and I cant wait to go to DSL.
Comcast is gonna be ruling w/ an iron fist for "people downloading too much".
Amen brother.
Those cable speed upgrades are like holding a carrot out on a stick.
Eat the carrot and first you get a nastygram, then they pull your service.
I'll stick with my good ol' ILEC supplied ADSL.
The only time I have to communicate with VOL is when something goes amiss and that is very infrequently.
I am happy as a clam with 1500/384 and no one looking over my shoulder. |
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