swiftymc
join:2004-02-15
Mansfield Center, CT | AT&T Alternatives Anyone in the Storrs area that knows of any other Broadband Alternatives besides Charter?
Im positive I will go wayyy over the 150GB cap and of course U-Verse isnt even available here... |
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| Out of curiosity, what is Charter's internet like? Is it bad? Going by how you implied your post, it doesn't appear to be favourable. Please tell of their service. |
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swiftymc
join:2004-02-15
Mansfield Center, CT | reply to swiftymc
apparently there is a 100GB cap on the 6mbps service and below...but a 250gb cap on anything above...its not worth the price difference |
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| So Charter has a cap, too? I never knew that. When did they started doing this? Thank you in advance for any answers. |
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sdfox7Premium
join:2011-05-07
Bethel, CT
4 edits | reply to swiftymc
Caps started in February 2009.
»Exclusive: Charter Implementing New Caps
Kind of ironic (or not) that around the same time, their stock price went from being nearly worthless
»www.google.com/finance/historica···tart=210
to the ~$57 p/s it currently enjoys!
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so to answer youre question cable is the way to go most of the time even if you dont like it beacause if you choose satelitte internet youre upstream connection will be limited to 56k me personally I use a 56k modem alot beacause i can handdle waiting some people can't
at the end of the day you should choose between netzero,earthlink,charter cable or keeping youre exsiting circut with att and deal with the 150gb cap
its youre desesion dont let anyboby make it for you |
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 PeteC2Got Mouse?Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-20
Bristol, CT
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said by swiftymc:apparently there is a 100GB cap on the 6mbps service and below...but a 250gb cap on anything above...its not worth the price difference
That being the case, then you are better off just sticking with AT&T in your area, since their 150gb cap beats Charter's 100gb cap at the price that you are willing to pay. I don't really see satellite as a viable alternative. Besides, at least when/if you do go over the cap, AT&T will charge you less for it.
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sdfox7Premium
join:2011-05-07
Bethel, CT | reply to markell2011
said by markell2011:so to answer youre question cable is the way to go most of the time even if you dont like it beacause if you choose satelitte internet youre upstream connection will be limited to 56k... IIRC my parents have satellite TV and internet in North Carolina and they aren't limited to 56K. Their "first choice" provider was Randolph Telephone when they moved in 2009 and they're still with it as of now. I think they would get better performance if they switched to a national carrier with more choices, but don't know if they ever will because they're usually happy if something just works.
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Did you check to see if U-Verse ADSL2+ is available? That should get you the 250GB cap. |
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