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Review by duboisia 
Posted: 316 days ago
member for 316 days, 0 visits, last login: 316 days 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 IowaStudent
UPDATED: 351 days ago
member for 1.2 years, 316 visits, last login: a few hours ago
Grinnell,Poweshiek,IA
$70 per month (12 month contract)
about 7 days
"Over Provision Tiers"
"Everything Else"
"Go with Mediacom if available!"
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Ordered in 2003
Pre Install went O.K, However there is a long delay before reaching anybody.
Ordered the 512 kbps Speed (at the time it was the best I could get) and. the equipment came about a week later
Price for that speed was $40 a Month with 2 year contract
Install went good and was reliable until about 2 weeks when it went out for an hour
called the Number for Tech Support and They had me check the wiring and all and, would not listen to me when I told them that I had already done that! I Asked to speak to Tier 2 and they wouldn't do that. as I knew I had a blinking ADSL Light which is No sync to the DSLAM They put a ticket in and it was working within the hour
Then about 1 Month Later there was another Outage that lasted about 3 Hours I didn't evan bother calling them as I knew the lines would be jamed
The Modem they gave was a VisionNet 200 E.S and from My computer to the 1st hop is almost 50-ms as there DSLAMS don't support Fast-Path
In 2005 they updated there speeds to 768 kbps I would have terminated the service then but the Family just got cell phones and wanted to keep the Landline. Finally, we have had enough I called them and threatened to leave to Mediacom Going through there Phone system is atrocious. The best they could do for me was give me a Whopping 1.5 Mbps DSL and lower the bill by 5 bucks a month! Total with Phone is After threatening is $73.87 a Month
They are a Horrible Company and would not recommend to anyone!
Update :12-10-08 We order Mediacom on the 3rd of December with an Install date of the 19th
3Mb/256u at $35 for 1 year
and will cancel everything with Iowatelecom on the 22nd
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Review by hurley1904
UPDATED: 1.2 years ago
member for 1.3 years, 435 visits, last login: 12 days 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 iadevil
Posted: 2.4 years ago
member for 3.5 years, 5 visits, last login: 2.4 years ago
Brighton,Washington,IA
$46 per month
about 3 days
"faster than dial-up"
"little pricey compared to other high speed companies in other cities"
"its the only high speed option in my town"
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Living in small town Iowa has its advantages. A plethora of broadband providers isn't one of them. Iowa Telecom is the only broadband option besides satellite (and I'm not even sure that's an option). With that in mind, I haven't had to call customer service since I installed DSL over a year ago. Beings they are the only provider in town, they can set the price a little high.
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