 HKM
join:2008-12-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to NormanS
Re: [Availability] DSL or Cable? @NormanS
Just some observations based on your misunderstanding.
Now when I was referring to "former AT&T" I was talking about Comcast purchasing AT&T network base in Florida in late 2000-2002 which include cable and HSI. Now if you read carefully this is not topic about CAP but it is related as I am thinking about switching the service thus its does reflect it. But this is more about price and availability as right now I am under monopolized plan which is now run by the Death Star, this is why competition is always good.
Upload scheme: (50kB/s)*(60sec)*(1440/min)=4320000kB/s > 4218.75MB > (4.12GB) * (31/days) = 127.7GB/month
PS: Don't make the mistake of offered bandwidth with actual line sync and the rate its capped at. Even if comcast does offer lowest speed in my area (zipcode: 33313) at 768kbps that would still be better but I have to do some research when I have time and the customer rating, actual ul/dl based on peak hour and mid hours. So who shall win? Comcast or AT&T (lesser of 2 evil), they both suck and ruined US market on HSI as they fear bandwidth no wonder why are so low ranked compared to other people who is getting 100x more for less than what we pay and they have fiber... |
NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
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| said by HKM:@NormanS Just some observations based on your misunderstanding. Now when I was referring to "former AT&T" I was talking about Comcast purchasing AT&T network base in Florida in late 2000-2002 which include cable and HSI. As stated in your post, "... Comcast HSI (former AT&T) ...". The syntax tells me the same thing as, "... AT&T (former SBC) ...". One of those statements is true, the other is not.
Now if you read carefully this is not topic about CAP but it is related as I am thinking about switching the service thus its does reflect it. But this is more about price and availability as right now I am under monopolized plan which is now run by the Death Star, this is why competition is always good.
Upload scheme: (50kB/s)*(60sec)*(1440/min)=4320000kB/s > 4218.75MB > (4.12GB) * (31/days) = 127.7GB/month
The prices offered by AT&T Southeast don't appear to be different than those offered by precursor, Bellsouth. Last time I checked, the only thing which changed vis a vis "Monopoly", is the name of the Monopolist. Bellsouth is now AT&T.
PS: Don't make the mistake of offered bandwidth with actual line sync and the rate its capped at. Even if comcast does offer lowest speed in my area (zipcode: 33313) at 768kbps that would still be better but I have to do some research when I have time and the customer rating, actual ul/dl based on peak hour and mid hours. So who shall win? Comcast or AT&T (lesser of 2 evil), they both suck and ruined US market on HSI as they fear bandwidth no wonder why are so low ranked compared to other people who is getting 100x more for less than what we pay and they have fiber...
Outside of Verizon, AT&T probably has the most FTTP out there (and Bellsouth probably had deployed more than SBC). Cable companies are betting the farm on DOCSIS 3.0, not FTTP.
There is no technical reason why DSL should be sold at "synch less overhead"; some areas of Verizon (and, I think, Embarq) "oversynch". I don't know why SBC chose not to "oversynch"; but it is a point of contention amongst former Ameritech subscribers (SBC bought Ameritech long before they bought AT&T, and, as AT&T, bought Bellsouth).
Bandwidth cap should be a consideration, considering that Comcast is far more generous than AT&T, despite evidence that AT&T can support higher caps than Comcast.
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Norman
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