m1k3
join:2002-01-31
Aurora, IL
| reply to MikeStammer
Re: Screw cable
They cap, but it is a speed limit, not a distance limit. I had Ameritech(SBC) DSL for several years, I'm glad to switch to cable after my experience. They didn't try suspend my service, they just tried to degrade it without me knowing and kept raising the price at the same time. I first started paying $39 for their 768/128k and at the end they had me paying $50 for 384/56k and I didn't even know it! I switched to Comcast as soon as it became available in the area and for the same price I got more than double the speed. 1768/354. |
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Bartolini
join:2003-10-15
Asbury Park, NJ |  I had the same DSL experience. I was wondering when I would be paying top price for 200/56k. I started out at 440/90k and never was able to get better. Now am on OptOnline and Jellin!.....5500/994k |
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CCCMTech
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2002-05-17
Pound, VA
| reply to m1k3
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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