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Review by nutts5 
member for 8 years, 4 visits, last login: 8 years ago
lodged 8 years ago
 Lake Elsinore,Riverside,CA
 $39 per month about 1 days "Tech support, Reliability, Speed" "Great service, great speeds"
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Went from a big slow grey dish (Direcway), to a little grey dish (Coastinet). Size is not everything  . Sales, support, install went very smooth. Really good people to do biz with. For $40mo/$99install I got the 3000/384 service. And "Surprise" it's all of that and then some, wow! 3100down/1500+up
See test stats at;
testmy.net/stats/id-5G31LZDYJ
and
testmy.net/stats/id-QXI7GCTSU
Add to the plus list, static ip, unlimited bandwidth(no downloads caps), and more mailboxes than I need.
This is GOOD!
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Review by spjust
member for 12.6 years, 422 visits, last login: 231 days ago
updated 8.5 years ago
- Corona,Riverside,CA
- $49 per month
- (12 month contract)
- about 2 days
- "Tech support, Reliability, Speed."
 "None"- "Highly recommended"
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I had ordered service from another local provider over a month previously and had not recieved an install date (I was one of the 1st 5 to order) another dslreports member informed me about Coastinet and I called them about 3:00 in the afternoon, they did the install the next afternoon and was up by 6:00 or so. I ordered 768/384 for 49.95 per month the 199.00 install fee was waived if the 1st year was paid in advance which I did. At the beginning was lucky to get in the 600k range and the service was usually down for brief periods during the week for the first month or so but a quick call to tech support took care of the problem usually while I was on the phone. I have had no problem with the service since that first month and I have been with them since Feb or March. My speeds now range from 700k to 1100k usually in the upper end of that. Orinoco Equipment was installed. Here is the link for service plans. »www.coastinet.com/service_plans.htm
Update: After switching to Comcast and then DSLextreme for a while I recently switched back to Coastinet. When I called them to reconnect they were pleased that I decided to come back. They set the appointment for the same day and put in what they refered to as 3rd generation equipment which included an antenae on the roof, new Cat5 cable and a small box about the size of a phone jack in the house. Everything was completed the same day. With DSL I was recieving about 1100-1200 down and 128 up both have increased tremendously. I am now recieving at around 2K down and about the same up (peak numbers) on a static IP. Anytime I call I get someone on the phone, no messages or recordings (normal business hours) Install was great, on time and very professionally done. So far I have had no down time.
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Review by loudencl
member for 8.6 years, 1 visits, last login: 8.6 years ago
lodged 8.6 years ago
- Lake Elsinore,Riverside,CA
- $40 per month
- "Installed Same day as I ordered it"
- "none"
- "Can't beat the speed for cost. - as good or better then cable"
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I recently moved to Lake Elsinore, CA and was in need of an ISP. I was planning on getting cable TV through comcast along with internet. They were unable to connect my house. It is brand new an apparently they would not be ready for several months. I opted to get DirectTV for TV but their internet speeds are a joke. Next, I called Verizon for DSL was which was good because my home phone was though them but not hooked up yet. Again I have a new home their can't even connect my phone for two and a half weeks. I can live without TV and phone but not without Internet. I need broadband, no dial-up stuff. So I opened the phone book and called a company that I thought was an ISP. They were not but they had a referral. Coastinet.
They have plans for $30, $40 and $50. I picked the $40. Installation was $100, which I wasn't thrilled about at the time. Not only did they come out the same day he did all the wiring as i asked. The unit is barley exposed on the corner of my house hardly noticable. They ran the cable though my attic right to my wall mounted wireless Linksys router. The entire install was clean and professional. I got my money's worth on the Install. I highly recommend Coastinet to anyone in the Lake Elsinore area.
For the $40 a month I got a static IP included, 1800K/384K connection, and unlimited bandwidth. E-mail account also come with it but i didn't need them.
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 Review by Count Hogula$
member for 10.9 years, 218 visits, last login: 10.4 years ago
updated 10.5 years ago
- Corona,Riverside,CA
- $50 per month
- about 5 days
- "Stable latency, good enough for gaming, downloads minimally 10X than dialup."
- "Erratic speed typical of WISP...busy during evening hours...great during the day"
- "Advertised speeds most of the time, really busy during prime time only"
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I've had both Coastinet and their competitor (concurrently running through a Nexland Pro800Turbo dual WAN router) since about February and after a few months of growing pains which killed Coastinet's performance...they've come out of it. Now the service is very stable and outtages are infrequent. Latency is pretty good and stable too. The install was a bit messy (thus the "3" rating) but nothing a vacuum couldn't take care of (just an annoyance considering the high install fee). My main issue is the low download caps but this has the benefit of keeping the speeds up as the so-called web hogs go to other providers. Currently there is no DSL or Cable modem service available so our choices are very limited. Sure if WinFirst or OOL rolled into town I'd switch...but they aren't. I'm about 3 miles or so from the tower and use a small parabolic dish (which is permitted by the HOA). When first installed I experienced some packet loss but now that is not the case. The 768/384 plan but during peak hours I'll get 300-400kbps and during off peak hours I'll get as much as 900kbps. Uploads are pretty consistant 200kbps. Their site says DHCP but I haven't had an IP change since installation. Their mail server seems reliable and they have webmail available but I don't use it. No news server is included with the service.
Overall Coastinet is a good service to anyone who want to make that occasional DEMO download but wants the convenience of an always on speedy connection with latency similar to DSL and cable. It would be a great service for businesses not serviced by the local cable operator.
Equipment is an ORiNOCO AP with external roof mounted antenna.
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