| AK cable = stone age Here in CT, 10/1 Mbit cable has been in my area since 01.
So I was shocked on my 2004 AK visit when my relatives had... 64/64kbit (not bite) cable. It was so lethargic that I avoided using it. Plus it had a 5 gig cap which defeats the whole purpose. GCI is utterly pathetic.
Now they have 3/256 which is still lame. And GCI digital cable takes FOREVER to change channels. They are about 7-8 years behind my state.
The satellite net up there is pretty zippy though. 1/256 isn't bad for what it is. |
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 OwlbetIgnite the IcePremium,MVM
join:2002-09-24
Palmer, AK | said by uid1173726:Here in CT, 10/1 Mbit cable has been in my area since 01. So I was shocked on my 2004 AK visit when my relatives had... 64/64kbit (not bite) cable. It was so lethargic that I avoided using it. Plus it had a 5 gig cap which defeats the whole purpose. GCI is utterly pathetic. Now they have 3/256 which is still lame. And GCI digital cable takes FOREVER to change channels. They are about 7-8 years behind my state. The satellite net up there is pretty zippy though. 1/256 isn't bad for what it is. You said it better than I ever could and I live here. I probably pay three times what everyone else pays for DSL internet at 768 up/down. My ISP tells me I don't know what I'm talking about when the latency to my first hop goes from 10 ms (which has been 10 ms for years) to over 50 ms when I get provisioned to a new port that permits digital television. I know the reason for the huge jump, but getting my ISP to admit that is like pulling teeth. My ISP is damn lucky I'm not a gamer. I'd be screaming bloody murder. Because my ISP is the only game in town (ok, I could go to GCI, but they suck just as bad), I'm pretty much tethered to my ISP.
On the flip side, their digital television product is nice. 8/1 up/down with all channels for $124.95 a month not including equipment. If I was to dump GCI and go with MTA for my television viewing needs, I win. I save 25 dollars a month and basically get my local telephone service for free. But that latency to the first hop has to come down before I EVER go to their DTV offering. And the only way it's going to come down is for my ISP to upgrade to current technology. |
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 koolman2Premium
join:2002-10-01
Anchorage, AK | reply to uid1173726
For what it's worth, the 64/64 (with a 1 GB cap, by the way) is free with any cable TV package. You can go from 1-4 Mbps on normal cable modem, or 3-10 Mbps on a bundle. I'm currently on 7/384.
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