Time4aNAP
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join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
|  Fool Me Twice? Hell no!
Once upon a time, I had the bestest DSL service ever. It was only 1.0 Mbps, but it was symmetrical. And it came with a static IP address at no extra charge. That charge was $50/mo. That's 25 times as fast downstream, and 35 times as fast as the best upstream rates that I ever got from a "56k" POTS modem, for only 2 times the price. Although there was no SLA, my uptime was well over 99%. I was happy.
Then DirecTV stepped into the picture. I must admit that they were state of the art...at billing, that is. They didn't seem to care about anything besides that. But they had billing working like a charm, even after they quit service, they just kept on billing and billing.
No, DirecTV will not be seeing another cent of my money. They had their chance and blew it. Abandoning their DirecPC customers is yet another reminder of how little they care about maintaining business relationships. I wouldn't go to them for satellite TV service either. |
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@comcast.net | hell no BPL |
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oursys08
join:2001-10-10
Manchester, KY | I was wondering if this really is going to take effect? Im wanting fast internet in my area so bad but you can't game on hugnes I heard it was really slow. Thank You Everyone! |
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Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
| said by oursys08  :I was wondering if this really is going to take effect? After years of trying, it seems that nobody can make it production worthy. That's a bit of a problem.
I don't know how it is where you live, but in Chicago, the electric monopoly that got huge rate hikes based on the claim that they needed the money to maintain their aging infrastructure blew it all at the roulette wheel, or some lame excuse like that. So our infrastructure is quite literally falling apart, burning itself to the ground (plenty of underground fires too), or otherwise failing on a regular basis.
I doubt that we'll be seeing anything other than the usual unwanted noise and spikes coming over our power lines for a long, long time. I hope you have better luck where you are. If you're in TVA country, you have some hope. |
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