patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
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I guess their beancounters said they can't have any growth from USF and T1 revenue. Upgrade or die. Nobody in their right mind would get DSL when cable is 2-3x faster for the same price. Also I wonder does Embarq offer sub-$20 DSL or not. If not, they are living off USF fumes in their gas tank. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | I don't believe they offer ~$20 DSL packages. But in some areas where you're the only provider I guess you don't have to. |
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cornelius785_nli
@verizon.net
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well it depends. what is the choices are 1.5mpbs dsl with nothing funky going with datapath to/from the internet or 3 to 5 mpbs cable that has various caps on total bandwidth, instanteous bandwith, various monitoring, dns redirection, and who knows what else? i think to some users out there, that dsl connection at 1.5 mbps starts to become appealing. |
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DarnellP
join:2004-10-12
Las Vegas, NV
| reply to hottboiinnc
said by hottboiinnc  :I don't believe they offer ~$20 DSL packages. But in some areas where you're the only provider I guess you don't have to. They offer 768/384 for $19.95 if bundled. |
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RainWind
join:2000-10-20
Van Wert, OH
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said by patcat88 :Nobody in their right mind would get DSL when cable is 2-3x faster for the same price. I said that once too, and switched to Time Warner. I promptly switched back to Embarq. Time Warner offered me double the speed for the same price. What they delivered was dialup speeds.
I'm happily surfing along on Embarq's 10 meg package. I rarely ever have any issues. They've done a few things to annoy me, and I've had a few hiccups, but compared to Time Warner its a huge difference. Plus when I call tech support I get someone who at least has a basic idea of what DSL is, and they can speak English. |
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Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL
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said by patcat88 :I guess their beancounters said they can't have any growth from USF and T1 revenue. Upgrade or die. Nobody in their right mind would get DSL when cable is 2-3x faster for the same price. Also I wonder does Embarq offer sub-$20 DSL or not. If not, they are living off USF fumes in their gas tank. I would like to correct you on that...There are people in their right mind who will chose DSL when cable is 2-3x faster at the same price. In my area it's either Comcast Cable or Embarq DSL. I have chosen Embarq DSL because they are more stable than Comcast, light years better support than Comcast, and Embarq has no issues with me running my own FTP/HTTP/SMTP servers on my connection like Comcast does.
When Hurricane Charley struck, all of the people on my block with Comcast had no service, TV or internet, for almost a month. My DSL never went down.
That, to me, is worth a heck of a lot more than 2 or 3 times the speed. What good is that speed when it isn't working?
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