 screavic4Premium join:2006-08-11 Paron, AR kudos:1 | Broadband 'influencing where people live' Yeap, my wife and I are looking for a house and one of the criteria is that it has real wired broadband. Wireless just isn't reliable/fast enough for me. -- Keyboard not found press F1 to continue. My software never has bugs, they just develop random "features". |
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 Mactronel Camino RealPremium join:2001-12-16 CM94sv | said by screavic4:Yeap, my wife and I are looking for a house and one of the criteria is that it has real wired broadband. Wireless just isn't reliable/fast enough for me. So does my house qualify ? 4 bed rms, 2 bath, 1600 sq. ft. with 3M/768 DSL (current) or 8-12M Cable HSI available work for you ? Serious question. Please answer. I want sell in the next some years. Thanks -- If only the Verizon CSRs worked this well.  |
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 VanPremium join:2009-07-08 New Orleans, LA | reply to screavic4 I understand that now.
I moved recently into an apartment which has fantastic location but terrible wiring for internet and TV so I am back to basics. No HD and the best internet is 3mb DSL from Verizon.
Again, love the place....but I am 100% going to be sure that my next place is fully capable of up-to-date technology |
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 koitsuPremium,MVM join:2002-07-16 Mountain View, CA kudos:14 | reply to Van said by Van:but I am 100% going to be sure that my next place is fully capable of up-to-date technology And how do you plan on doing that? This is the problem I've encountered out west: to verify what kind of service you can get at an address you *want* to live at, you have to provide a telephone number. Using the existing tenant's (or house owner's) number isn't necessarily accurate depending on if they actually have a land line, and if so, if it's non-VoIP. If an apartment dwelling, using the front/leasing office's number isn't necessarily accurate either (here we have apartments which span multiple city blocks).
So how exactly do you "guarantee" you can get said speeds without actually moving in first? -- Making life hard for others since 1977. I speak for myself and not my employer/affiliates of my employer. |
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 VanPremium join:2009-07-08 New Orleans, LA 1 edit | The same way I did it 2 years ago when living in another city.
If an apartment complex, ask the managers and/or people living in the building what they currently have
If a house, see what neighbors have and/or make some calls to companies around the area to see if service can be found in that neighborhood.
It takes some effort but in the end is worth it.
It isn't THAT difficult to find out what services can be offered to a location.
The reason for my current situation is due to me being given 2 days to find an apartment in DC and I decided based on location to sacrifice my tech specs for a quick fix. |
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