areoh join:2001-11-10 Kansas City, MO 1 edit |
areoh
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2007-Oct-21 12:47 pm
CableOne Losing Customers due to caps?I'm wondering how many "power users" are starting to leave CableOne due to issues similar to this review: » Review of Sparklight by In_BoiseI don't use Torrents, but due to the super-low upload cap, the ones that do are probably having quite a time struggling with bandwidth. Have you or are you moving to a new provider due to these issues? Myself? I've looked into it, but unfortunately, their service is still the fastest and best option in our area. I remind everyone to send their comments and disapproval to CableOne via the "contact form" at cableone.net. |
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InGreenwood
Anon
2007-Oct-22 6:47 pm
Losing is spelled with one O, I can't make loosing make any sense in that phrase.
Assuming you meant losing, it solves the problem, if 10% are hogging 80% of the bandwidth and they leave, that is a win for everyone else. Their performance picks up by 5 to 1. Since losing 10% of the income opened up all that bandwidth for CableOne to sell to more reasonable (to them) customers, it is a win for CableOne. So one hopes the 'power users' are distressed enough to get a private T3, it would be great for everyone. (Everyone not paying the bill for a private T3, that is) |
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areoh
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2007-Oct-22 7:16 pm
Sorry my spelling offended you. |
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GuyOnComputer to areoh
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2007-Nov-2 5:51 pm
to areoh
Re: CableOne Losing Customers due to caps?I'm constantly capped at the 4MB speed and I have 8MB service...this is pissing me off. I dont even download anything. I come home, turn my computer on and my speed is capped. |
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areoh
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2007-Nov-2 7:29 pm
What's tech support say? Give them a call. |
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to GuyOnComputer
Have you run the Tweak test here on DSLReports? » /tweaks |
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to areoh
I don't think most of us on CableONE have any choice - there's nothing else available. - sheureka |
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areoh join:2001-11-10 Kansas City, MO |
areoh
Member
2007-Nov-10 6:23 am
True.
In my case (and assuming others as well), the DSL alternatives are simply not up to par w/ CableONE's speeds - caps or no caps. IE, in my part of town, only the 1.5 Meg Qwest tier is available (NOT the 7000/1000 plan).
There are other small companies that can provide 3.0Meg DSL, but they're way too expensive.
Sad but true. |
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ThePug join:2007-07-25 Sioux City, IA |
ThePug
Member
2007-Nov-12 7:19 pm
Yeah, I switched to the Qwest DSL plan. 3mb, not as fast as the new plans from CableOne, but I like the constant speed. No outages like CableOne and they have wonderful technical support. $40 for 3mb / month. |
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