| Speed May be good news for Madison area what good is that for all other users in other states. I have 3000 DL and it will not download more than 350K I think they have a cap on it. We now have Comcast now in town watching it close and checking on service may change over to them. I have been with TDS DSL since it came to town 4 yrs ago and it has never been a solid service. I have no good reports SORRY... |
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 philfnaPremium
join:2003-12-30
Wisconsin
1 edit | I just got this service on the West side of Madison, and I could not be happier. The only issue is RF interference, but since TDS was smart and has its own spectrum it is limited. I am getting 5.1 mbits down to 6.1 mbits down all the time. The up varies from 500k to 2.8 mbits -- not sure why such a variance. But is quite nice. The Weston Place tower is high up as well. They have another tower that if its 40 feet of the ground that would be a miracle. In general a well thought out plan that really is nice to avoid having multiple telco's (i.e. AT&T) to point to when DSL fails. It should be a pretty decent option for most people. If anyone is interested I could take pictures of the roof install, and brick on the inside.
The tower is on their fiber ring so its quite fast unlike a bunch of bonded T-1's... |
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| said by philfna:I just got this service on the West side of Madison, and I could not be happier. The only issue is RF interference, but since TDS was smart and has its own spectrum it is limited. I am getting 5.1 mbits down to 6.1 mbits down all the time. The up varies from 500k to 2.8 mbits -- not sure why such a variance. But is quite nice. The Weston Place tower is high up as well. They have another tower that if its 40 feet of the ground that would be a miracle. In general a well thought out plan that really is nice to avoid having multiple telco's (i.e. AT&T) to point to when DSL fails. It should be a pretty decent option for most people. If anyone is interested I could take pictures of the roof install, and brick on the inside. The tower is on their fiber ring so its quite fast unlike a bunch of bonded T-1's... I'd like to see the pics. Charter just rolled out 16/2 service for the same price as TDSs new WIMAX. I went back to Charter. The first week on 16MB has been a delight. Even at peak night hours my latency is great. I really did like TDS, but Charter is the clear cut winner in Madison right now(imo). This is the last night on my TDS connection  My Charter connection has been maxed out for the last week. Speedtests are right around 16MB/2MB 24x7. |
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| May I ask where you're located in Madison? I live on the west side, and when I go to Charter's site they show 10/1 as the highest option for $55. If I could get 16/2 I would probably choose Charter over TDS Wimax. |
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| reply to leaving_TDS
Capital Times had reported that Charter would be offering 16/2 for $70/month. Are you saying that it's actually $55? On their website they list the 10/1 service for $59.99.... |
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