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Review by mturner Posted: 5.7 years ago (review was emailed from domain galvestonbay.net)
Seabrook,Harris,TX
$64 per month (24 month contract)
BellSouth CLEC party: Verizon
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Ive been a customer of Galvestonbay.net for 2yrs now (not by choice mind you). they are the only service in my area that covers what RoadRunner does not. I pay $60mon(+tx) for 756k"dedicated bandwidth". Bandwidth is not "dedicated" as primetime during each day bogs to a crawl as everyone gets home and checks their email. Service is spotty, and drops in/out daily, sometimes not to return for 24-48hrs.. Tech support has a total of 1tech, and will respond w/ answers such as,"i have no help, because everyone has real jobs to go to". I pay more than top$ for this service, and would change in an instant if possible.
Michael Turner Seabrook, Tx.
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Review by mbieljeski Posted: 6.2 years ago (review was emailed from domain galvestonbay.net)
League City,Galveston,TX
$73 per month (12 month contract)
Verizon (ex GTE) CLEC party: Verizon (ex GTE)
"Fairly reliable connection"
"High cost and no news server"
"Only choice available for me"
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I am a GalvestonBay.net residential ADSL customer. I pay $73.55 ($69.95 plus tax) per month for 1544 KBps downlaod 128 KBps upload rates. I avoided the $100 modem deposit by purchasing the required modem on eBay for $45. I was required to pay a $100 setup fee and sign a one year contract. I am not more than a mile from the Verizon CO and only get download rates of around 1100 KBps. This ISP has no NNTP news server either. In my opinion, I pay too much for the service I recieve. I do have a good idea of why the prices are so high as compared to other providers: this ISP is the only one in the area that sells service on the local Verizon circuits. I also found out that for some legal reasons Verizon cannot be both the circuit provider and internet service provider in this area. Thus, I am stuck paying a premium to the middle man. I would gladly get Time Warner RoadRunner if could, but my apartment complex has a deal with a satellite provider, so I do do have that option. A bad situation all around.
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