 coldmoonPremium
join:2002-02-04
Broadway, NC
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Re: It can't hurt to ask... It is a useless tactic when there is only a choice between the service you get, dialup, or SAT. We definitely need more choices and competition in rural areas...
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | " We definitely need more choices and competition in rural areas..."
I agree, however, rural should be changed to all. |
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I have a choice between century tel and cox century tel sucks really bad. |
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said by me1212:" We definitely need more choices and competition in rural areas..." I agree, however, rural should be changed to all. I second that notion. |
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| reply to jchambers28
That won't work here in SW Ohio. TW's only competition is DSL from Cincinnati Bell, which TOPS out a 4-5Mb down/768 kb/up. They DARE you to cancel. |
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 sivranBack to Opera againPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1 | I'd switch to that. I'd gladly sacrifice 2-3 megabits down for a boost to 768kbits up. |
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| Ouch, must be bad in Arlington. Having to upgrade to get to 768 up. 
TWC has the same upload speed here as the phone company, but double the download speed for the same price. So, they are not too worried about people cancelling. They know they will be back. |
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said by ChrisDG74 :
That won't work here in SW Ohio. TW's only competition is DSL from Cincinnati Bell, which TOPS out a 4-5Mb down/768 kb/up. They DARE you to cancel.
There's one thing you have in your favor. Cicinnati Bell's 4-5mb down is more reliable than TW's 10-20.
That's the bargaining chip you have. I use it in my favor. You can too, I'm sure. |
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said by ChrisDG74 :Ouch, must be bad in Arlington. Having to upgrade to get to 768 up. TWC has the same upload speed here as the phone company, but double the download speed for the same price. So, they are not too worried about people cancelling. They know they will be back. Not when their service is unreliable. Which is better? Advertising "UP TO" 100TB per second and getting 5-10MB consistently, or accurately stating 3-6mb and getting 3-6mb consistently?
Im at teh point I dont care if they did offer "up to" a petabyte down, but, if i still only get 5-10 mb, what difference does it make what the "Up to" speed is? (And, yeah, I know, Im overly exaggerating things, but, seriously, why not tell people they are offering speeds "Up to" a gigabyte? I mean, THEY cant control matters if you only get 5-10mb. But, "Hey, at least we offer you speeds up to..."
Whatever. |
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