Review by db7099 - Location: Jefferson City, Cole, MO, USA
- Cost: $70 per month
- Install: about 4 days
- No Cap
Dependable at best Poor Speeds Go with someone else if possible
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I had Centurylink before and tried to get them to upgrade speeds for over 8 years with no luck. Switched to cable and got 15 MBS, now cable is dropping this area and I was forced to switch back after 2.5 years. After 10.5 years total Centurylink still has not upgrades this area, keep telling me I'm 17,000 feet from server and 1.5 mbs is all I can get. I'm sorry but 1.5 MBS nowadays is like Dialup was 10 years ago. Funny I live less than .5 miles outside the city limits of the Capital City of Missouri, you would think I could get at least 5 MBS. Pretty bad, No Cable company anymore and 1.5 MBS internet. member for 10.3 years, 68 visits, last login: 9.6 years ago lodged 10.3 years ago
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Cable company dropping?You must live in a very unprofitable area if the cable company is even dropping you.
Did you try to speak to a local tech about the load in the area and possibly VDSL2 install? If you're in such a low-profit area then the RoI must just not be there to maintain it. | |
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db7099
Member
2013-Dec-24 11:32 am
Re: Cable company dropping?From what I read on the net VDSL2 maximum distance is around 13,000 feet, I'm 17,000 feet from the server they tell me. | |
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brad152
Member
2013-Dec-24 10:58 pm
Re: Cable company dropping?Well if they do a remote VDSL2 terminal it's possible to get it closer, and there are other profiles other than VDSL2 8A (8b has same distance as ADSL2+ due to power output)
There are ways to get it done, and if you're willing to pay for a business account, at 17k feet you might be able to pay some cash to have a fiber line ran but since that's over 3mi i would not count on it.
Maybe get with your neighbors and offer to split the VDSL2 upgrade costs and sign a contract with the local management? | |
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db7099
Member
2013-Dec-24 10:06 am
Basically live in a dead spotWhat I was told by the Previous owner was that when they made the cable franchise in this area Mediacom got it but evidently this street wasn't on the map they looked at back in 1973. Basically Mediacom has this whole area except a couple streets, Classic cable came in and picked up this street, few years later sold it to Cebridge, then Cebridge sold it to Suddenlink. Worst Cable service I ever had. I can't pickup any wireless hotspots, but I can get 4g LTE through ATT, not paying that price for capped internet. Radiowire just works off of Hotspots doesn't it, can't find much info on the net other than a contact phone number.
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linicx
Premium Member
2013-Dec-24 6:44 pm
Actually1.5Mbps is a broadband speed. The fastest speed a dialup modem could manage was 56K; 48.8 was closer to reality. The truth if you want a faster speed you need to move closer to the equipment.
You will find the same speed and the same complaint from coast to coast. Telephone companies such as AT&T and Verizon, and cable companies like COX and Comcast sold off their small and midsized markets in the 90s to new companies like Suddenlink and Frontier. They don't want Troy or Branson. They want St.Louis and KC, and cities with dense population and universities. AT&T is in Rolla and Columbia, but it is not where you live, or where I live either. I lived in SWMO when Cox sold out and the sudden disaster moved in. It was total disaster which is one of the reasons I left. | |
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