Topic 'Re: Broadband - hardly' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22484704 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:30:13 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:30:13 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22489954
»telephonyonline.com/wireless/new···ay-0409/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22489954 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:25:11 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22487923 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22487923 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:14:55 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22487870 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22487870 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:59:00 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22487061 said by AlexNYC:

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more than two million broadband customers


The term "broadband" is kind of a stretch when describing CenturyTel's DSL service .... :D
Coming from someone who has been stuck with dialup for 25 years.. 256k would be heaven.. The more the better but I wouldnt throw a fit if I could only get 256k.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22487061 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:14:02 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22486849 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22486849 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:14:23 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22486445
Oh well. Service Electric Cable gives 30/2 which beats Embarq hands down.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22486445 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:46:09 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485599
Though if CenLink hooks together their backbone well enough for cheap enough other providers might come in due to cheaper startup costs (lot less expensive to start out with a few T1s than to build a wireless distribution system) and introduce competition into the area.

So I suppose the biggest factor in pricing such stuff out is competition. Though it seems cable companies tend to be cheaper than telcos for everything like this, albeit at lower quality levels...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485599 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:05:56 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485521 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485521 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:49:06 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485500 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485500 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:44:48 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485457 CenturyHELL would be more like it ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485457 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:34:52 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485408 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485408 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:23:33 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485377 --
10,000/768 CenturyTel PPPoE DSL line (really 5,000/768 ;)) Now it's really 1500/256...again lol]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485377 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:17:01 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485279 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485279 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:54:35 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485238 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485238 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:46:55 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485009 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22485009 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:06:39 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22484826
FWIW, while service could be better at peak times, my experience of a family member's Embarq connection (3072/640 due to loop length) was enjoyable, even with interleave. Sure, 10/896 isn't next-gen, but the merged entity just might be able to upgrade infrastructure and give better service to everyone in their footprint.

As a potential plus for Embarq customers, CenTel has a regional backbone network (Lightcore) and Embarq doesn't. Then again, Embarq's typical bandwidth mix (Sprint + Level3) isn't bad at all...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Broadband-hardly-22484826 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:33:48 EDT Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Broadband-hardly-22484704 quote:
more than two million broadband customers


The term "broadband" is kind of a stretch when describing CenturyTel's DSL service .... :D ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Broadband-hardly-22484704 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:07:50 EDT