Review by wjtaggart 
UPDATED: 81 days ago
member for 2.8 years, 189 visits, last login: 78 days ago
 Cincinnati,Hamilton,OH
 $30 per month
 about 900 days
 Cincinnati Bell
 "it isn't Time Warner"
 "not constant on. Not dependable (mostly, but not always)."
 "not a proper utility connection."
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I've been a Zoomtown subscriber since it was first offered in my area (Forest Park). I'm equidistant between two COs, at the outer range of each. My speed runs around 1250/530. Occasionally, I call for a speed bump after reading a press release about some tech improvement deal. It is bumped to maybe 1800/500, which lasts for a month, then back down. The only advantage to me is cost. I'd love them to care. In the meantime, they advertise 3000kbps continually. I'm told by their helpdesk that they only "guarantee" 768.
2009 update (waiting for Cincinnati Bell Fiber-optics):
After about 4 tech visits, over the course of several months this Spring, I have obtained consistently, 2560/768. The modem almost never looses connection, but it does, maybe several times a week (briefly). Not Utility quality, which makes it undependable to, say, work from home, which I do once a week. All bets are off during storms -- nothing but repeated redials. Not too bad on good days, though.
CBT just wired an apartment complex about 3 blocks away from me with fibre ("Fioptics"). I'm waiting.
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