dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
 ·Armstrong Zoom In..
 ·AT&T Midwest
| What a joke
For the price, the performance, usage caps, you may as well stay with dial-up. If they really want to get into a market they should figure out some way to hard wire these rural communities in another form. I looked at it when DSL wasn't available here back a few years ago and decided to stay with dial-up. Now I'm one of only a few lucky houses to have been close enough to the central office when it was lit, but I know people who are suffering with satellite that live not to far up the road. Actually for them, they think it's broadband because they've never used better but they say the price just isn't worth it, only reason some still have it is because they're locked in contract. If they didn't commit to a contract, they would've been paying $99.99+ a month.
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SierraRob
join:2007-01-10
Prather, CA
 ·Unwired Broadband ..
| "For the price, the performance, usage caps, you may as well stay with dial-up."
This is based on the mistaken assumption that dialup is ALWAYS available. It is not. Where I live, my phone calls are clear as a bell, but a modem connection reaches 4800 baud if I'm lucky, and frequently disconnects. There are many homes that are strung miles away from the central office, with their phone lines running through coils/repeaters/whatever. Those things are modem killers.
For us, satellite IS the only option. |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
| said by SierraRob  :but a modem connection reaches 4800 baud if I'm lucky, and frequently disconnects. But, dial-up is still "available", they're not going to tell you "you can't get it". I'm sure there's some troubleshooting or perhaps modems that handle noise better for situations like yours, you probably have to do a little research but it probably wouldn't hurt.
So Satellite isn't the only "option" for you, it's the best.
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