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 Review by IowaMan 
member for 3.4 years, 1002 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 121 days ago
 Grinnell,Poweshiek,IA
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Review by peterweiter
member for 7.6 years, 49 visits, last login: 1 year ago
updated 1.5 years ago
- Arlington,Fayette,IA
- $79 per month
 about 4 days "Connection is faster than advertised and is always there." "none" "Would recommend to anyone, extreme speed dsl is awesome!"
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I have had iowatelecom for about 4 years, the company was purchased by windstream communications this last spring. I have always been happy with iiowatelecom. I recently signed up for there extreme speed dsl now that it is offered in my community of about 500 people. There download speed have always been faster than what they are advertised at and there tech support is always there 24/7. I work on computers myself and dont need much tech support but am happy to know they are there. I use my own equipment that way I am not renting it through them and paying an extra $6 a month for there modem. I use a zoom dsl modem with a Rosewill N router. The speed that is advertised is 12mb/s I am receiving over 13mb/s and my ping times have also dropped from 80ms to about 60ms when i signed up going from 1.5mb to 12mb.
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Review by jo3theguy
member for 2 years, 11 visits, last login: 1 year ago
lodged 2 years ago
- Audubon,Audubon,IA
- $70 per month
- (24 month contract)
- "I get 1656 kb on a 1500 kb connection. Modem works, Good support, No blocked ports, Utorrent works good."
- "Price, Modem CP complecated."
- "Its good for anyone running the web, I use TF2, a irc server, Google talk Steam and Xchat all at the same time and it works fine"
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Iowatelecom is the only isp in my area (70 for internet/phone). I have 1.5 Mb internet, Install was great I have a Netopia Modem, bridging ok Modem cp complicated though.
Also A FYI: IT is getting baught by Windstream, It will be for the best (12/3 Fiber)
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 Review by HaroldM
member for 8.4 years, 3012 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 2.9 years ago
- Newton,Jasper,IA
- $65 per month
- (12 month contract)
- about 5 days
- "Fast and Easy Install. Great speeds both up and down!"
- "Would recommend to anyone."
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3/12/09 - Still kicking it Iowa Telecom style. No major Internet outages or phone outages. Also have my DISH Network service billed through them so it's nice and convienent to have my Internet, Phone, and Satellite all on one bill. No plans to leave Iowa Telecom anytime soon. I REFUSE to EVER use Mediacom again.
8/1/08 - Service has been great so far. No major outages and speeds are consistent. Sure it's only 1.5 down but I don't use alot of stuf that needs a super fast connection.
01/2008 - Easy install. No inside work needed. Tech had to hook wires back up at NID from when I had VoIP through cable. Speeds rock! Only 1.5 down which is fine but faster than what my cable was and upstream is around 768k which is good to have.
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Review by duboisia
member for 3 years, 0 visits, last login: 3 years ago
lodged 3 years ago
- Newton,Jasper,IA
- $78 per month
- (24 month contract)
- about 7 days
- "None"
- "Mediacom has so much more bandwidth for less dollars"
- "I dropped Iowa Telecom asap and went with the 8MB plan from Mediacom"
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Wow imagine a whopping 8MBpS download vs 1.5 mbps for a cheaper cost. Lets do the math. Yes, Mediacom wins handsdown. Service was installed in 24 hours and have never had a glitch. Mediacom is so stinking fast it blows my mind. Plus, you don't have to have a land line like Iowa Telecom. Local LEC's are a dying breed.
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 Review by Ron86
member for 8.9 years, 2393 visits, last login: 2.1 years ago
updated 3.2 years ago
- Montrose,Lee,IA
- $39 per month
- (24 month contract)
- about 5 days
- "I love it"
- "price"
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Had a problem with the modem they sent me, had to have it replaced.
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Review by hurley1904
member for 3.6 years, 448 visits, last login: 1 year ago
updated 3.4 years ago
- Humeston,Wayne,IA
- $50 per month
- (6 month contract)
- about 5 days
- "Well, Honestly, There are none"
- "Way behind the times, max rate 1.5mbps, Unwilling to update crappy old servers"
- "I'd go with any other company out there."
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The max in our small town is 1.5mbps, woohoo....tech support didn't care about gamers, so if ya like to game alot, this is not the isp for you.
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Review by fedge
member for 4 years, 13 visits, last login: 2.6 years ago
updated 4 years ago
- Cresco,Howard,IA
- $65 per month
- (12 month contract)
- about 1 days
- "Fast, Reliable, Good Customer Service"
- "No big complaints"
- "Reliable service"
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I got the 15mb and I can get 15mb from certain situations. Have to remember that not all web servers will deliver the max speed but newsgroups and some speed tests confirm max throughput. Most of the time 80% is constant. The netopia modem that they include is kind-a shotty junk. It drops connections time to time. I'm considering upgrading to a real dsl modem. I have an older netopia caman 3000 that works but is not 100% compatible with the adsl2+ connection.
Customer service is a short wait on hold and most of the time helpful. i did have some problems with the newer modem and they kept saying it is my phone line but I think that the modem is to blame since replacing it with another brand fixed the inconsistencies in the Internet. I was going to go with mediacom but there are just too many stories about inconsistent service to make me want to switch. Besides iowatelecom freedom package with the 1.5mb dsl runs about 70 to 80.00 a month .. the 15mb is about 10.00 more for the first 12 months.. supposed to go up to 100 something after that I guess but I think that they would listen to negotiation if you told them considering moving to mediacom. (wink)
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I just bought a new adsl+2 modem... Dlink dsl 2640B... out classes the old netopia..is not that easy to install for a novice though. However, once i got it running (iowatelecom did help me a bit even though they don't support any modem that is not theirs) my speeds were more constant with better line quality.
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Review by famhisman
member for 9.9 years, 536 visits, last login: 50 days ago
updated 4.2 years ago
- Grinnell,Poweshiek,IA
- $40 per month
- "Reliable speed"
- "Ocaasional pop3 issues"
- "Better then cable"
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Cable was not available at the time DSL came out and our local cable company has the poorest service. I would not switch.
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Review by Isebas
member for 4.2 years, 2 visits, last login: 2.7 years ago
lodged 4.2 years ago
- Centerville,Appanoose,IA
- $45 per month
- (12 month contract)
- "Reliability,Speed vs. Price"
- "Can be slow, Service loss during heavy storms"
- "Reliable and worth the price"
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Overall I think that this company provides excellent service at decent prices. Although the speeds aren't as high as brodband from cable companies like Mediacom, they are still fairly fast. The price range for the internet is pretty fair. It's alot better than having dial-up and almost as cheap. I have had it for three months now and I can honestly count the number of times I have lost service on one hand; all of these times have usually been less than 20 minutes as well. Their customer service has helpful, and great people working for them. They can lead you through practically any problem you having from installation to maintanence. One of the bad things about this is I had to wait a week to verify I could get it at my address(I live in town). Also the dsl modem and the cables to hook it up with are sent through the postal mail and not through UPS. I had no real problems with setting it up but I can see where some people would have problems with it. The boxkit comes with both an ethernet cable and a cable to hook to a usb port if one of the options is unavailable. I also think that the phone cords they send with them were a little short, but they should do fine if the phone jacks are in the same room. Also they send what they call "filters" that well...filter out the connection from a phone jack. They send 3 or 4 in it because every jack in the house needs to have a filter on it. This is unfortunately a necessary evil because I can see what happens when you dont; the connection usually isn't as fast and sometimes you can have connection problems where you won't be able to use the net. Overall I would give this company an 8.5/10
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