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 Review by compgenius3 
Posted: 6.1 years ago
member for 6.7 years, 183 visits, last login: 347 days ago
 Naperville,Will,IL
 Contract price not specified.
 "Quick install, fast connection, excellent tech support"
 "occasional drops because of wireless connection"
 "Highly recommended wouldn't trade for WOW"
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They claim that the connection is 2800k download but I easily get 3000+ on every test. Came and istalled the equipment quickly and efficiently as well as explaining how it all works and fits together. I would recommend getting a router to share the connection as well as for the firewall. We have almost never lost the signal except for a problem with corrosion on the wires connected to the receiver. They provide a static IP and you can sign up for additional IPs for an added cost.
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Review by Ecipsecs23
Posted: 6.1 years ago
member for 6.1 years, 37 visits, last login: 5.9 years ago
Schellsburg,Bedford,PA
$40 per month (12 month contract)
 Sprint
CLEC party: Sprint
"The speed is awesome, so much better than dial-up. Good ping times."
"A little expensive, but i'm happy with it out in the boonies..."
"Good speed, solid connection, high price, great tech support."
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I ordered DSL off of PA.net on their website. I got
a confirmation call 2 days later. The modem came in the mail the next
Monday. Then, I just had to wait for Sprint to activate my line. It
took a couple days but finally the light was green and I was getting
sync. I ordered the 512/128 package. The price is a little much, but
for living out in the country surrounded by cornfields in the suburbs of
a small town, i'm very happy to have it. I set up my linksys router on
it and got all of my computers connected. On online games my ping times
are as low as 50 in servers in Maryland (i live in pa). I download at
around 70kb/s using DAP. Overall I am very satisfied with PA.Nets
service and their tech support is awesome and easy to reach. It fixes
my problems of slow online gaming, phone line in use, and just plain out
slowness. You guys may laugh at my speed, but I am very happy with it,
it kicks ass!
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 Review by MeNaCeDog
UPDATED: 6.1 years ago
member for 8.6 years, 1917 visits, last login: 86 days ago
Lansing,Cook,IL
$45 per month
 about 4 days
Sprint
CLEC party: Sprint
"Very fast Downloads! Low pings! great value for money!"
"Shared connection :( slow uploads and the equipment cost $299"
"other then the equipment cost Service is very much worth it!"
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I moved from chicago to Las Vegas and droped this service it was a real hassle to cancel they were rude to me and even billed me for a mo that it wasn't even on!
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 Review by Pontiac Freak
UPDATED: 6.2 years ago
member for 9.3 years, 4439 visits, last login: a few hours ago
Mesa,Maricopa,AZ
Contract price not specified.
"Speeds are amazing"
"Cost is more than some"
"I really like it"
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I finally switched over to cox cable and love it! Speeds are amazing and so far there is very little down time.
Pontiac Freak
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 Review by jonlam
UPDATED: 6.3 years ago
member for 8.3 years, 1207 visits, last login: 4 days ago
Sugar Land,Fort Bend,TX
$39 per month (24 month contract)
about 21 days
"It works... sometimes"
"Everything else; whats the point of 3000kbps avg if its 0kbps at times?"
"Horrible. Avoid it like the plague!"
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Update 8/3/2003
It's been two weeks or so since I finally switched over to Earthlink.net/RR cable, and I have not looked back since. Preformance is so much better and more consistent that SBBD ever was. I can't believe I lived through this service, and I'm glad to be off of it.
End Update 8/3/2003
Update 4/21/2003
I am so glad that I'm at a university now. SBBD has degreaded immensily since my initial review. There are massive outages for no reason, horrible lagging in games, and even disconnects in AIM, which is unacceptable. Road runner is now avaliable in my area, and as soon as the contract expries, my dad is going to jump ship to RR. I will have to experience SBBD for only three more months now when I go home for the summer; I will actually order it early and pay out of my pocket to get rr service.
End Update 4/21/2003
Ordered 3 week on July, got initial install date of 9/19/2001. Got a call and moved up to August 9.
Installed without event, and after tweaking, excellent d/l speeds.
I know SBBD is not for games, but the weird thing is that when I lag, everyone else is still moving.
A lightning stome took out my wireless modem. Called, came 2 days later, and replaced without even.
The only really bugging thing is that when tech support is busy, its really busy. I was on hold one time for over 1 hour, and I simply gave up. Otherwise, only 7min hold.
Overall, excellent service.
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 Review by dvd536
UPDATED: 6.3 years ago
member for 8.5 years, 2843 visits, last login: 1 days ago
Phoenix,Maricopa,AZ
$54 per month (12 month contract)
about 9 days
"Fast for downloaders"
"micro outtages, packetloss, slow upload, no servers"
"Great if you're a downloader/surfer. bad if you're a gamer"
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Update: 07-14-2003
Speeds are around 1.5mbps downstream and 30 to 70kbps up
packetloss is a little higher than normal for the last 2 weeks making surfing unbearable as with anything else. DNS page not found errors, not sure if thats due to the dns servers or the packetloss.
email: dont use earthlink's email so i really cant fairly evaluate it.
news: dog slow. i use a premium provider for news. (does any ISP do news well anymore)?
Until Cox cable fixes the issues in my 'hood there will be no cable for me (dishes and antennas litter the rooftops in this area)
Update 11-18-2002
My contract has since expired. Price has been raised another $5.00/month. taking it from $49.95 per month to $54.95 per month. speed: speeds have dropped drastically since the last review. averaging from anywhere 500kbps to 2mbps download and 0 to 40kbps upload. packetloss: its been horrid since they moved from Genuity (bbnplanet) to sprintlink (their own backbone) pings on their routers go anywhere from 500ms to 2000ms to timing out. downloads are still fast enough but the packetloss ruins the surfing abilities of the service. one should enjoy surfing, not thinking "man i outta hook my 56k modem back up. Anyway my only other option is satellite (thanks but no thanks).
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I've had this service about a year now so i feel i can give them a fair review.
Installers showed up 15 mins early to set it up. There were 2 of them, one doing the outside work, one doing inside. I got the nice looking 6 inch roofmount. no ugly mast. They wanted to run the cable through a window instead of drilling through wall (everyone knows you dont leave windows open when you live in south phoenix)
The inside guy setup the modem on his laptop. Modem is a Hybrid (dark grey) with power supply thats a strip hog.
IP is static, you get one. you can buy additional IP's for $9.95/mo extra
Salespeople were friendly and up front about gaming, servers and VPN.
Modem and antenna were $199 with a one year contract.
Didn't rate email or news because i seldomly use them.
Speeds quoted were 1500kbps downstream, 256 upstream. after tweaking speeds average around 3000 to 5000kbps down and 50 to 110kbps up on average.
speeds seemed to get slower and instability seemed to increase after they stopped taking new customer orders around august 2001.
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Review by MysticWizard
UPDATED: 6.5 years ago
member for 7.9 years, 103 visits, last login: 2.7 years ago
Union City,Alameda,CA
$39 per month (24 month contract)
about 6 days
"Great Downloads (250k/s + all the time)"
"Slow Upload (usually below 20k/s)"
"Over all Great! Definetly worth the money!"
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Well where should I start? I could go on for
hours about their wonderful service!! I first checked into it early in June,
then I decided to order it on June 27, 2001. They offered a good service, saying
the speeds would be about 512kbps-1.5mbps, for a fairly good price of just 49.95
a month, 39.95 a month with Sprint Long Distance and 9.99 a month for additional
IP Addresses (yah right, that's what a broadband router is for), with the
install fee waived. The equipment was cheap enough, 299 if you go on a month to
month contract, 199 for a 12 month contract, and 99 if you go for a 24 month
contract. So I decided to go for the two year contract, and even changed my long
distance to Sprint (saved some big $$$ there!) So they set an install date of
July 3, 2001 between 3 and 7 PM. They showed up at 3:15 PM on he scheduled day,
and the install took less than 3 hours (I did give them a hand being an involved
person) I had never before seen anything above 56k modem running at
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Review by composition4
Posted: 6.5 years ago
member for 7.7 years, 174 visits, last login: 4 days ago
Stafford,Fort Bend,TX
$40 per month (24 month contract)
about 5 days
"Extremely High Speeds, Static IP, 24/7 Tech Support, Free Installation, Good Price"
"Low Upstream Speeds, Unstable Speeds, Lightning-Prone Antenna (10-ft)"
"I still prefer SBBD over DSL & cable.."
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Sprint advertised a speed rating of 1000/128.. However, I typically get 3200/160.. bad down/up ratio, but it's enough to get the high-speed download.. Off-peak hours can reach speeds in excess of 4000k.. Just to make it better, I get a static IP to boot.. Installation went smoothly, though I was one of the last customers in the Houston area to get this service.. Though Sprint's acquisition of new customers has been suspended, their customer service hasn't deminished yet.. When I need my antenna mast rasied from a 5-ft to a 10-ft mast, they did it, no questions asked.. Even their phone customer support is still running smoothly.. Even when there's a network problem at the worst hours, they're there to fix it, or at least start to fix it.. In all, I would recommend it for anyone that doesn't mind a steel tripod mounted on your roof.. I WON'T disconnect unless I was forced to..
--- C4
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 Review by L0GiX
UPDATED: 6.6 years ago
member for 9.4 years, 2508 visits, last login: 1.4 years ago
South Bay,CA
Contract price not specified.
Sprint
CLEC party: Sprint
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company went out of business... this was originally for a client of mine.
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Review by cat44
Posted: 6.6 years ago
member for 7.9 years, 1005 visits, last login: 10 days ago
Western Springs,Cook,IL
$40 per month (24 month contract)
about 7 days
"Fast downloads, system seldom down"
"packet loss"
"Good service for browsing and downloading files. Happy with it."
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Installation was professional with no problems. Few service problems. In two years, service was down four or five times and then for less than 30 minutes.
Very fast downloads, but variable. Somedays slow, but then reverts to higher speed. High latency and packet loss are problems on many ocassions. Other times very low latency and packet loss are observed. Would not want to be a gamer and use sprint.
Sprint BBD has been great for our family. Hope it continues in business.
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