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join:2002-09-10
Pflugerville, TX
| Speed boost? I have one that's even better:
Finally get around to offering 10 Mbps or better download speeds! I don't care about potential price hikes or being locked into a certain rate; I want download speeds that are progressive as technology advances.
I've had this 6 Mbps plan since roughly 2001 and AT&T's offerings have certainly stagnated.
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Bedminster, NJ | Re: Speed boost? I believe the theoretical limit of DSL speeds is approx 8 Mbps. | |
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join:2006-10-26
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| Re: Speed boost? you fail to mention:
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-'flavor' (adsl, idsl, vdsl, etc.)
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@direcpc.com | Re: Speed boost? brag on you spoiled little brat,anything over 6 meg is nothing but a waste of money.It is people like you that causing the new caps on broadband use | |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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2 edits | Re: Speed boost? said by dissapointed :
brag on you spoiled little brat,anything over 6 meg is nothing but a waste of money.It is people like you that causing the new caps on broadband use
WTF? Waste of money?
Never downloaded big files before, have you?
I got faster than 6mbps so I can use the file(s) sooner than tomorrow.
direcpc.com?
You're on sat internet, right?
You're telling me that if you had 8-10mbps DSL or 8-16mbps cable available to you - you wouldn't get it? 
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@direcpc.com | Re: Speed boost? yes i would get it i would love to get dsl or cable,but all IM saying is anything over 6 meg is a waste of money,and does nothing but cause users to use too muck bandwidth...6 meg connection downloads plenty fast enough | |
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
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join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA
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| Re: Speed boost? There is no capacity crisis. It's an excuse to nickel and dime by the Megabyte.
Think about it. If there really was, they wouldn't offer subscribers a virtual Ferrari with all the gasoline they would need to travel at a constant 150 MPH if they only wanted them to take a spin around the block at 35 MPH.
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@direcpc.com | Re: Speed boost? yea your prob right its all about money from the greedy company's,but when it goes to pay by the megabyte just think about how much those movies will cost then | |
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Miami, FL | Re: Speed boost? or the cost of seeing a popup flash advertisement | |
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join:2002-01-31
Richmond, VA
| Re: Speed boost? said by boast  :or the cost of seeing a popup flash advertisement You know, you have a great point! Why should I have to 'spend' my limited bandwith on an advertisement I didn't request to download?
I think there is a new issue for Congress to take up...maybe similar to the "Do Not Call" list, a "DO NOT ADVERTISE VIA WEB PAGE" list.
I don't want my valuable bits used up and costing me money when I go over my limit because some stupid advertiser shoves an ad down my limited bandwith! | |
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Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-01
Cleveland, OH
clubs: | Re: Speed boost? As much as I agree with you, the reality is that most of your favorite sites are supported by ad dollars. Would you rather have limited content, ads, or pay for every site you visit?
In the meantime, try Firefox + Adblock Plus.
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@direcpc.com | no I have never downloaded anything over 325 meg because that's all i can download without getting faped to less than dialup speed for 24 hrs on Hughes net.How many movies have you downloaded? | |
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Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Re: Speed boost? I download the occasional 700MB XviD movie.
With a 2MB/sec(16mbps) service, they can get here in a timely manner.
Like 5 minutes.
Allowing for variances, lets say within 10 minutes on a bad day.
Download game demos or full games. Having a 8mbps line or higher means you can play that demo within minutes, not hours.
Saying it is a waste tells us all that you have never used anything with speeds exceeding 6mbps.
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| Re: Speed boost? no I have not,nor will I ever even if I could.I don't waste my time playing games.I don't need a connection more than 2 or 3 meg.like i said before any more than that is a waste.It sux that they keep pushing more speed where they already have fast connections,and don't worry about their rural customer's that have dialup and that's it.very bad for business because tellcos are loosing more and more voice customer's to voip,as i cancelled my at&t voice service today.They better start worrying about extending their dsl because before long that will be all they have | |
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Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Re: Speed boost? Look friend, YOU chose to be rural.
One of the things about being rural is none of the city-esk perks.
Broadband seems to be at or near the top of that list of things you get to forfeit.
Moving to a place out of town and then trying to blame a service provider of being uncaring is... not right.
Common sense dictates that if you are out there, and want DSL or cable, and the providers aren't going to string it up for you - you get to move to a served area.
If you do not want higher speeds, they do offer DSL at 768k or 1.5mbps for kinda cheap.
Once moved in, call AT&T, Verizon, or Embarq.
They will be glad to help you get online. 
Call them again and ask why they aren't serving your house and see what they tell you.
Then, you can come back here and tell us all what they said.
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@direcpc.com | by the way you made this quote in a earlier post.I wasn't very truthful
WTF? Waste of money?
Never downloaded big files before, have you? | |
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Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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We don't miss you Bush
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North Babylon, NY | Unless you play PC games, some of the patches developers push out can be as small as 10MB or as large as 300MB. | |
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Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Re: Speed boost? I was a beta tester for America's Army - last install I had to down load was a gig - took 5-6 hours - did it over night. Most installs were at least 350 megs - took about 4 hours. No biggie and files that are 40-50 megs are less than 1 hour. | |
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| Yah I have to agree with Dadkins. I went from a 3/716 DSL connection to a 6/2 broadband connection for about the same money (annually). Watching full TV episodes full screen actually works at my new connection. Every time I can do that, it's $4 I don't have to give to Pay-per-view.
The truth is I get around 8 down and 2.5 up if I connect to my router wirelessly. Those numbers jump to 12/2.7 on average (off peak). The other thing is that is just pass through. That is not a true indication of how fast I can browse. That has more to do with my browser's behavior and the servers I'm in communication with.
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@direcpc.com | Re: Speed boost? all im saying is you all are a little spoiled....you could be stuck with dialup or satt. like me,and it sux.I would just love to have a 3 or 6 meg connection.downloading movies is the main reason the caps are being put in place on cable and dsl | |
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Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Re: Speed boost? Spoiled? How so?
I live in suburbia.
Like... 14 miles from San Francisco in The East Bay.
How close are you to civilization?
Someone in your family apparently made the decision to live away from the city buzz - so you get to use Sat.
Well, that doesn't make you depraved, does it? 
YOU would be considered spoiled with your speeds by some of my relatives - Sat is not doable for them.
Perspectives my friend.
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@direcpc.com
| Re: Speed boost? ohh yea my speeds are great from 3 pm to midnight i do good to get 50kdps.The only time i get what i pay for is from 12 midnight to about 9 am then goes downhill.all this great speed for 80 a month.your relatives are better off without satt.if i wasn't in a 2 year contract i would go back to dialup | |
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Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Re: Speed boost? said by dissapointed :
ohh yea my speeds are great from 3 pm to midnight i do good to get 50kdps.The only time i get what i pay for is from 12 midnight to about 9 am then goes downhill.all this great speed for 80 a month.your relatives are better off without satt.if i wasn't in a 2 year contract i would go back to dialup
24kbps on a good day is not great friend.
That and it drops constantly.
See, you are calling us spoiled and you have WAY better than my relatives.
I'll see if I can get my cousin to come here and post a speed test for you...
Who's bright idea was it to get that $80 Sat internet then?
Why did that Sat internet get hooked up?
Break the contract, pay the ETF and go back to dialup if it is so much better. LOL!
Knock yerself out pal!
Still though, all the whining here is not doing anything towards getting AT&T or whomever to extend that DSL, is it?
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Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16
| I live in a relatively rural area, but not so far into the sticks that I have no broadband options. My closest neighbor to my left is a half a mile down the road, and up until a few years ago I had no neighbor on the right, across the street there is a house on a huge hill about 300 ft away. We have 3 1/2 acres of land, and live in a town with a population of 5,500, with no real stores, 1 gas station, 2 bars and 1.5 traffic lights. I love my 15Mb Road Runner and wouldn't dream of getting knocked back down to 6Mb, 6Mb broadband is like so 2004, 15Mb is too slow for this day and age IMO, but PowerBoost with speeds of upwards of 30Mb are great. I often work on other peoples computers, and when downloading a year or 2 worth of Windows Updates, there is a huge difference between a 6Mb connection and a 15Mb connection. Downloading music and especially TV shows from iTunes also benefits greatly from faster connections.
It's pretty cool though, here I am living about 20 miles outside of Buffalo, NY enjoying the benefits of rural America, being able to hear the cows moo while downloading at 15Mbps rather than crappy satellite internet, for a hell of a lot less money.
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Re: Speed boost? 6 Mb is more than enough for 99.99999% of the US population... Heck - I have no real reason to move from my 1.5 Mb down - I would likeot have more speed up but that is about it. | |
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| this is exactly what i have been talking about i live 2 1/2 miles from a town of 10,000 people.i have a house 300 feet from me on both sides and a house 1000 feet in front of me
dsl stops 1700 feet from me,and cable stops 1 1/2 miles from me,and they just keep putting millions into adding more speed to existing customers,and at&t cant spend a measly $3000 to add a dslam to add about 100 more customers.i hope they are charging plenty of money for faster connections,because they are loosing more and more voice customers everyday | |
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In Debt we trust
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join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA
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| Re: Speed boost? said by dissapointed :
dsl stops 1700 feet from me,and cable stops 1 1/2 miles from me,and they just keep putting millions into adding more speed to existing customers,and at&t cant spend a measly $3000 to add a dslam to add about 100 more customers.i hope they are charging plenty of money for faster connections,because they are loosing more and more voice customers everyday
I'm sure a DSLAM would cost at least 10 times that. Don't forget getting power to it, labor, concrete, and in some cases they have to purchase property.
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@direcpc.com
| Re: Speed boost? to add as many as 100 customers,that's just a drop in the bucket.they already own most of the property the labor is from their workers,and less than a yard of concrete give me a break prices were cut in half for Dslam for at&t when they promised the fcc that they would have dsl for all their customers by 2007 | |
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@direcpc.com
| I live in a relatively rural area, but not so far into the sticks that I have no broadband options. My closest neighbor to my left is a half a mile down the road, and up until a few years ago I had no neighbor on the right, across the street there is a house on a huge hill about 300 ft away. We have 3 1/2 acres of land, and live in a town with a population of 5,500, with no real stores, 1 gas station, 2 bars and 1.5 traffic lights. I love my 15Mb Road Runner and wouldn't dream of getting knocked back down to 6Mb, 6Mb broadband is like so 2004, 15Mb is too slow for this day and age IMO, but PowerBoost with speeds of upwards of 30Mb are great. I often work on other peoples computers, and when downloading a year or 2 worth of Windows Updates, there is a huge difference between a 6Mb connection and a 15Mb connection. Downloading music and especially TV shows from iTunes also benefits greatly from faster connections.
It's pretty cool though, here I am living about 20 miles outside of Buffalo, NY enjoying the benefits of rural America, being able to hear the cows moo while downloading at 15Mbps rather than crappy satellite internet, for a hell of a lot less money
you could just as easily not have any more options than dialup sounds like you are farther out than me with half the population than the town i live in.if dialup or sat. was all you had you would have a piss poor attitude too,as much as you download it would kill you wouldn't it
nobody with dialup,or sat. gives a shit about your opinion either.we deserve the same options as everybody else,and if that's all you had you would cry like a baby too.sounds to me that you have a piss poor attitude too,if you don't like my post then hey don't visit this board.i don't care how much you download you obviously don't have any patience or you wouldn't be crying about a slow ass 6mb connection
all IM trying to say is they need to expand to all customer's first,before they add more speed where they already have plenty fast enough connections, if you don't like me saying that then OH well i don't care what you think,and i do pay 80.00 a month for a 1.5 connection that is completely ridiculous to pay that much a month for internet when i could be paying 14.00 a month for the same speed with at&t.so you just keep crying about slower than 15mb connections,and i will keep crying about being stuck in 1990 your opinion means nothing to me
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Cablevision sucks donkey balls
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join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ
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| said by DaMaGeINC :Why would anyone want DSL when cable is beating it in every market??? Because my DSL is cheaper and more reliable than the cable service I had. | |
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@direcpc.com
| Re: Speed boost? yea i use charter at one place I work 5 meg connection,and its by far the most unreliable internet i have ever used even worse then satt.my other job we use at&t,and never have a problem with it plus at&t is over half the price of cable internet here | |
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Bloom County | Because in some areas - cable sucks especially TW... 1.5 down is plenty fast for me - I would prefer faster upload but... | |
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@direcpc.com | yea people like you are the cause for the new usage caps...anything over 6 meg is nothing but a waste of bandwidth and money | |
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Hello
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Washington, DC
·Verizon Online DSL
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| Re: Speed boost? said by to spoiled users :
yea people like you are the cause for the new usage caps...anything over 6 meg is nothing but a waste of bandwidth and money
Not necessarily. Some people buy 2-seater sports cars because they're fast. Some people buy 8-seater vans because they hold everyone.
Different strokes for different folks.
Where the broadband industry has done a disservice is that they haven't educated the public as to the difference -- so the public only looks at one number.
Watch what happens when cable starts up with bandwidth caps and (hopefully) telcos don't. Now consumers have two meaningful numbers to consider. That's a good thing.
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Duramax08
Oy, Pass It on.
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX | What would you do if your internet went out for a few days? Cause it sounds like you live on internet. Try living on dial up. You will know how we feel. | |
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Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Re: Speed boost? said by Duramax08 :What would you do if your internet went out for a few days? Cause it sounds like you live on internet. Try living on dial up. You will know how we feel. *I* have! I know what it's like...
Got REAL sick and tired of downloading things overnight only to find them disconnected, corrupted, or just a waste of bandwidth to download.
Forget the whole tying up the phone line thing.
I popped for "faster" service - screw price!
Today, that service clocks in at 16mbps(17.3mbps actual).
Out for a few days?
I have turned the computers off myself for a few days, what's your point?
I live because of the my laptops and the internet - long depressing story.
Don't judge, many people started without internet, got dialup, and stepped up.
I know it sucks for some people in that no other source is available. I have relatives that get 24kbps on a good day!
They would kill to get even better dialup, let alone DSL or cable.
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join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA | cause some people (areas)don't have a selection/choice.....where I live you can have ATT or Verizon, or Road Runner, but you have to be in that area....
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Saint Louis, MO | U-Verse. 6/1 for $35. How much do you pay? | |
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Hello
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Washington, DC
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| said by DaMaGeINC :Why would anyone want DSL when cable is beating it in every market??? When I shop for broadband, I want speed, speed, speed, and did I mention Speed.... Charter has 16Mbps/2 Att has 6Mbps/512 hahahah what a joke. charter gets my money hands down. Better luck next time Att. Not really. Your modem might be open to 16 Mbps, but the network can't sustain that if even 3-4 people in your neighborhood try to hit that speed.
I don't know how AT&T has provisioned its services -- but my bet is that their users hit their subscribed speeds more often, and that they can sustain them longer.
Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare.
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Collinsville, IL
clubs: | Charter ???? You've got to be kidding. Around here the system is down at least two days a week. With ATT I've been down twice in 6 years. One was a router upgrade in Chicago that went a miss, the other pots went down do to a traffic accident. | |
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join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | the new commitment to customers LOCK IN YOUR PRICE FOR 2 YEARS! NO INCREASE FOR 2 YEARS!
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Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
Premium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
clubs:
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join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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1 edit | Re: How about ... a decent overall package? Their digital TV is very reliable in Valencia. In the 6 or so years of using digital cable, there was only one period of time after the TWC takeover where they had some trouble with the HD channels breaking up. From what you've described, you have a weak signal going to your cable box. A bad install that's never worked right isn't the same thing as being "not reliable". Not showing up for a service appointment to fix it is very poor service, however.
Their internet has definitely been a mess this month, which is probably due to upgrades. The "big outage" looks like it was planned maintenance gone wrong, and who knows whats been up with the DNS, but fortunately that's easy to work around. I've been getting calls non-stop about it from other people, too. It's not the norm. You can check my line monitor, prior to this month I went for an entire year with exactly one hiccup.
I'm not trying to make excuses for them, especially for missing your service appointment, there's NO good reason for that, but the system does work a lot better than what you've seen. Its taken AT&T a while to get my U-verse service working right, too.
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Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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| Re: How about ... a decent overall package? Its always one of the reasons that I'm typically a little hesitant to change IPS/Telco/TV service... grass is always greener on the other side.
DTV has never gone out (a 5 minute loss of signal during heavy rain once).
POTS went out when SCE's 16kV line melted the POTS lines on my block, also killing DSL.
AT&T's Uverse killed my DSL a few times as well (contractor techs doing work put be on a different block, and killed my service for a weekend on both POTS and DSL). DSL-Extreme was very stable though... weak spot was the line between my house and the CO.
I have TWC scheduled (lets see if they actually show) to come out on Sunday.
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@direcpc.com | well try paying 80.00 a month for satellite 1.5 meg with a 325 download cap.I would love to take their offer if i could get dsl.here in Georgia charter cable is much higher than at&t dsl | |
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join:2008-05-16
| Time to expand Maybe this is a sign its time to expand your networks!
My current options are Evdo or Dial up and I'll gladly drop my Evdo connection if Verizon ever gets around to providing DSL to my area.
What happens when everyone fishes in the same pond? Same effect with internet sales. Company's have pretty much secured the majority of there customer base.
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join:2006-01-07
Scottville, MI
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| DSL Well, its about value. Not price, not speed.
Most of the sites I "download from" seem to be choked by something besides my DSL speed (1.5m down).
I am not a gamer, and want a happy medium. I am happy with my ATT DSL, both price and speed (value) I would NOT pay more for more speed as my casual usage does not warrant more speed.
For what I pay, I will stay where I am. Its a good value. | |
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join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY | wrong industry.. the place I want to see a price lock-in is at the gas pump!
$2.50 a gallon no matter what... 2 more sky scrapers get knocked down, another katrina, world war friggen 3, I don't give a shit.. $2.50 | |
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Oy, Pass It on.
join:2008-08-03
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decifal
join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
| give me!! Bring me the service!! I will setup the lock down for 2 years! It just kills me.. They keep adding speed to places already with service, but yet continue to not spread out their service to people with "NO" options! I am not the only one on my RT! The ATT tech told me a little over 150 are on mine, all withen DSL service range.. Uverse on the other hand is questionable, but hell. We can get satellite TV thats acceptable for use.. But sat internet totally blows!
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join:2001-03-21
Smyrna, GA
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| I'm happey with 1.5 to 3 meg down.... Just give me 1 to 3 meg up to go with it....
Nothing more painful than sending some pics of my kids to my mother on someones killer 256k upload DSL...
Hey ATT... Instead of giving me $15 DSL, how about letting me pay you $75 to $100 for some 10 meg down, 1.5 meg up line bonded stuff... | |
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Fur It Up
join:2007-06-22
Portland, OR
1 edit | No Thanks I got an ad for Verizon touting 21 for a whopping 768Kbps a joke in my books. As I think about it I might go back to the 3.0Mbps plan $29-$37 beats $51 for comcast 6.0Mbps plus a cable TV I do not use. | |
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join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| if you live in a place without dsl, cable, or fftn/fttp MOVE if you live in a place with dialup or satellite as your only options, you have got to move it, move it. you really are missing out.
the days of dialup are nostalgic.. but then again, you weren't moving 100+gb of websites, software, movies, and music and streaming content per month, per subscriber-- maybe 100mb per month. | |
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@direcpc.com
| Re: if you live in a place without dsl, cable, or fftn/fttp MOVE yeah... moving isnt an option to some people, besides who wants to buy a house that doesn't have broadband access? no one.
and compared to the city.. RURAL KICKS ASS.
i wouldnt move to the city if my life depended on it. when i get older and leave my parents house ill move to a rural area that has dsl(2200ft down the street _), but never the city. heck, id rather spend all my money (part time job after school) on a t1 line to my house at 500$ a month instead of living in a city.
you really dont know how LUCKY you are to even have 1mbps.
*3.8 miles from the dslam(which should be operational within the next month or 2) but im still going to order dsl no matter what speed it may be.. even if it doesnt connect.* | |
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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| Re: if you live in a place without dsl, cable, or fftn/fttp MOVE If rural kicks ass so much, I suppose its worth it not to have DSL 
Honestly, I could never live in a rural area, I hate driving and like everything to be nearby... but to each his own. | |
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@rr.com
| Yea ... the people at the entrance to my father neighborhood 14 mile from Durham NC were smart. When Verizon needed to upgrade their phone switch they had to ask these peeps permission to do so cause the switch was on their land. They made a caveat that Verizon had to add a DSL Node on the phone switch and offer it to everyone around .... 14 miles from town, and you either have sat tv or a house antenna to get ok tv reception. Verizon got quite a few peeps from that deal and the people int he area are happy to at least have something better than DSL. | |
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Verizon, AT&T Offer New DSL Promotions
LOL, You Guys Make Me LUL.
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Here is a thought for ya AT&T.....
Heres the plan AT&T...