fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20 | reply to fatmanskinny
Re: Hmm....
I hear WI has a nice Amish culture too.. really a good place to be especially when you're 16 to 21  |
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fatmanskinny
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Wandering | reply to fiberguy
How about I just go to PA and live among the Amish?  |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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said by fatmanskinny  :Nah, I just believe that the consumer must realize the power of their hard-earned (probably not in your case. lol) dollar. The problem is that you're not showing them anything other than you'll spend more money else where to get the same thing done so they know you have the money to spend in the first place.
You're also proving the worth of the broadband connection, you do know that, right?
You're going to wind up paying more for what you had before and getting less - and they know it. Further, eventually, dial up won't be available anymore. some law will ultimately render it obsolete and the FCC will restrict it back down to 9600 or 14.4 or something to make it used only for small credit card or fax machines..
it's bound to happen.. but taking a step back and paying more, like I said, you're not proving anything to them. |
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hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH
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was that post to me? if so no i have Buckeye Cable No caps. But as far as dial-up- i have a ton of local companies i could pick from if i wanted them. I just refuse to pay for a landline and support ATT. |
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DrModem
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join:2006-10-19
USA | reply to hottboiinnc
That's all you have? Lol. |
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Couch Potato
What?
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Evansville, IN | reply to evgray
Back when I had AT&T DSL, I also had elite, I was about 300 ft. from my RT and had perfect line stats, new drop, new jack, and only received 5200 at most on the download. That's just how it is with them. |
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fatmanskinny
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Wandering | reply to Corydon
Oh man, I guess I will have to drive my mail to them. Wait, gas is going up!
Those caps don't look too bad after all. /sarcasm
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | reply to djrobx
The area I was in while in school was ex-gte verizon. They gave you the sync rate that compensated for overhead, but in that area they used dhcp instead of pppoe. Speeds were actually higher than the advertised rate because of that. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | reply to Cabal
As crummy as PPPoE is, ATM overhead is the biggest culprit preventing him from getting his advertised speeds. At least Verizon over-caps to compensate for it.
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Corydon
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clubs: | reply to fatmanskinny
Did you hear the price of a stamp is going up? |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL
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I agree with insomniac cause I live less than 1000 ft from my CO
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hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH
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The good people at PeoplePC are actually owned by Earthlink. What are you planning on doing if they actually close?
it's up to Elink to sell PeoplePC customers off as a whole or just leave you hanging. And as far as Elink and done so far they'll leave you hanging. |
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fatmanskinny
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Wandering | reply to DrModem
Ok, what about sending mail through the Post Office? |
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DrModem
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Unlimited on dialup is easy, since on the maximum achievable dialup speed you can only download 13gb/month in a 31 day month.
Also, time caps are only used by really crappy dialup companies, or companies that want you to move to something like DSL (Which is why Verizon does 300 hours a month).
Good providers like PeoplePC are unlimited. |
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jester121
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said by fatmanskinny :Nah, I just believe that the consumer must realize the power of their hard-earned (probably not in your case. lol) dollar. Yeah, that's me -- Mr. Trust Fund Guy. 
Actually, I feel like I get more than my money's worth from my $42.95/month internet connection -- many hours of entertainment and convenience. In fact it's probably the best value out of all our discretionary household expenses. |
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hottboiinnc
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yah it sounds like he is.
People are going over board on the caps. Especially if they are under the limit. The rule always applies though don't like it take your business else where. But if ATT, and VZ does it and you go to dial-up what's going to happen when you're limited to 150 or 200hours per month? ouch! didn't think of that did ya fatmanskinny? And yes most providers especially nationwide resell their access and limit the amount of hours one can get online with each account. |
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fatmanskinny
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Wandering | reply to jester121
Nah, I just believe that the consumer must realize the power of their hard-earned (probably not in your case. lol) dollar.
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jester121
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Lake Zurich, IL | reply to fatmanskinny
Cut off your nose much?  |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to insomniac84
I don't understand why at&t doesn't compensate for overhead in it's stated speeds... just advertise it as 5.2Mbps. |
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Cabal
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Boston, MA | reply to insomniac84
Real providers don't use the awful hack known as PPPoE. |
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