 macyhEx-IspPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-24
Medina, OH
 ·Armstrong Zoom ..
| It all depends... Cable may have some inherent advantages over ADSL, in that the speed offered is the same top end for all users. However... a surprising number of cable companies continue to overprice cable modems vs telco xDSL and FTTH offerings. The effect of this cableco arrogance should not be underestimated.
A few examples:
- My Tampa home, has FIOS 6x2 #34.95/mo fast, solid, very reliable (previously had BrightHouse TW Roadrunner 5x512 which ran about 75% as fast and was down once a month.)
- My Ohio home, has Armstrong Cable 5x768, $44.95/mo (has occasional outages) and in practice runs well less that half the speed of FIOS
- My brothers house nearby has VZ ADSL 3x512 @24.95 and it runs faster than Armstrong and has fewer outages.
- My old Ohio house had Adelphia 5x512 @44.95/mo and ran about 80% as fast as my FIOS connection, but went down several times a year without warning for hours at a time.
Guess which service I like the best?
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Macy Hallock, Medina, OH and Lutz, FL
Ex-telco tech, network engineer and former ISP Owner |
