 PolarBear03The bear formerly known as aaron8301Premium
join:2005-01-03 | Some cable isn't any better
CableOne Tiers for Lewiston, Idaho |
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There comes a point in your life when you get tired of fixing everything and wiping everyone's ass. But it’s not giving up. It’s realizing that you don’t need certain people and the bullshit and drama they bring to your life. |
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| Maybe CableOne should let you take fewer email accounts on the Residential Pro and trade them in for higher upload speeds...20 seems a bit excessive for any home user when many free email options are available. Really, any more than 10 per family is probably excessive. |
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 MrMoodyFree range slavePremium
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC
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Yep, TWC's upload in their "less competitive" areas is still 512k on the highest tier. That's why I switched to Embarq - and now I'd never switch back because of better service, uptime, and lack of anti-user policies like caps and blocks and TWC's seeming hatred of their HSI customers which extends even to their CSRs.
We could have faster upload if DSL providers would deploy VDSL hardware, but so far there's no interest in it unless they can sell TV on it, and the bandwidth required for TV cuts the distance limit way down so you end up like the T having to install new boxes every few blocks, which in turn greatly increases the investment required.
I wish Embarq (and the other DSL providers) would forget the TV carrot and start installing VDSL in their existing net-only DSLAMS so we could get more speed/options, but it's not going to happen.
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said by PolarBear03:You think Qwest's upload sucks, CableOne in my area isn't much better. I DO love their service (no outages in the 11 months I've had it), speeds are exactly as advertised, but the upload just sucks. I'd LOVE the SOHO option, but I'd only pay $99 month if it came with free beer! That's ridiculous
elite 6/768 only cost 34.99
and comcast 6/1 is only 19.95
you live in a sucky area where they have a monopoly on broadband. |
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PolarBear03The bear formerly known as aaron8301Premium
join:2005-01-03 | Not a monopoly, just no real competition. The other options are Clearwire (who's speeds and prices suck BOTH ways), and Qwest, which is the problem we're discussing. They don't have a monopoly, they just have no reason to offer more.
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There comes a point in your life when you get tired of fixing everything and wiping everyone's ass. But it’s not giving up. It’s realizing that you don’t need certain people and the bullshit and drama they bring to your life. |
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| said by PolarBear03:Not a monopoly, just no real competition. The other options are Clearwire (who's speeds and prices suck BOTH ways), and Qwest, which is the problem we're discussing. They don't have a monopoly, they just have no reason to offer more. no competition = monopoly
It means you ain't got an alternative
Why do you think comcast in select area have 16/1, 16/2 aka Blast while other area are 6/1, 8/2 or even 6/384k?
Why do they paid what I paid and get double the download speed. I am jealous...
God bless all
Amen. |
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PolarBear03The bear formerly known as aaron8301Premium
join:2005-01-03 | I acquiesce. Very good point. |
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