Review by zach_lloyd 
Posted: 1.4 years ago
member for 2.2 years, 286 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Greenwood,Greenwood,SC
 $59 per month
 "None whatsoever"
 "Connection speed is horrendous, especially during peak hours; outrageous price"
 "Go with DSL if you are in the Greenwood, SC area and wish to get your money's worth"
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I am apparently the second reviewer of Northland Cable, and I am experiencing the same issues as the previous reviewer: extremely slow connection speeds, latency times that are through the roof, and useless tech support that cannot do anything about it. I've been a Northland customer for over a year, and things have steadily gone downhill for the past 6 months. Like the previous reviewer, I too am an avid gamer, and because the latency times will skyrocket to about 1000ms on several occasions throughout the day, gaming is all but impossible. Speed tests clock me at around 300 kbps download and 50-100 kbps upload. Keep in mind that I'm paying for 3000 kbps download and 384 kbps upload. Outrageous! I might as well connect using dial up. Click here for a screen shot of a typical traceroute command ran any time during the day: »/r0/download/1···tled.JPG
Numerous calls to tech support have yielded no results. They are only able to correct problems on my end, such as signal strength. From the traceroute command, it's easy to see that the problem lies with heavily overloaded/outdated routers farther up on Northland's network.
Bottom line: GO WITH DSL in order to get your money's worth! Paying a premium price for sub-par service doesn't add up.
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