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Re: Speed increase for businss starter - northeast said by medbuyer:12/2 for $67 in my area isnt that bad since comparable resi accounts are just $5-10 difference.
you need to consider other things when paying a fee like support / service etc. to justify your cost.
I used to have WOW before I moved. They have 15/2 plan for $50/month, month to month no ETF fee, no installation fee when I signed up, modem fee is waived if you bring your own modem. Comcast that I have right now is more expensive, slower, and I'm locked into contract with hefty ETF. So yes, it is bad, and I'm being hosed because I have no choice... |
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| said by JazzJRabbit:I used to have WOW before I moved. They have 15/2 plan for $50/month, month to month no ETF fee, no installation fee when I signed up, modem fee is waived if you bring your own modem. Comcast that I have right now is more expensive, slower, and I'm locked into contract with hefty ETF. So yes, it is bad, and I'm being hosed because I have no choice...
you have a hefty ETF?
I asked my sales guy to put in a no ETF clause in mine, no install fee, but have to pay modem which I chalk it up as insurance that if the service fails they cant blame me or the modem...
besides, my 2 year agreement isnt that bad considering I will really be using it for that period with no thoughts of jumping service here and there.... |
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rmdir
join:2003-03-13
Chicago, IL | You have to go to »testmy.net and do a couple of tests with 200 meg download sample size to see what you are truly pulling. Mine is smoking with the speedtest.net test, but reality sets in with testmy.net since it negates Powerboost. I get what I am paying for, nothing more. Even Comcrap tech support admitted the comcast.speedtest.net reading was pure fantasy when I pressed them on it. I wish I'd get 55 Mbps down on our 12/2 connection like their test says.
2nd test was 200 MB, not 20. |
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rmdir
join:2003-03-13
Chicago, IL
1 edit | reply to medbuyer
oops, double posted. |
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 ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | reply to rmdir
Not sure that I trust testmy.net. I am on a 1Gb connection and they could only serve up 24Mbps to my location. |
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| said by rmdir:You have to go to »testmy.net and do a couple of tests with 200 meg download sample size to see what you are truly pulling. Mine is smoking with the speedtest.net test, but reality sets in with testmy.net since it negates Powerboost. I get what I am paying for, nothing more. Even Comcrap tech support admitted the comcast.speedtest.net reading was pure fantasy when I pressed them on it. I wish I'd get 55 Mbps down on our 12/2 connection like their test says.
shaperprobe is still the best way to go....
said by ropeguru:Not sure that I trust testmy.net. I am on a 1Gb connection and they could only serve up 24Mbps to my location.
I dont trust any speedtests sites at all... |
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| Shaperprobe isnt much different than a speed test site... It still downloads data from some server on the net and times it... |
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 EGThe wings of lovePremium
join:2006-11-18
Union, NJ
kudos:9 | said by PhReE5:Shaperprobe isnt much different than a speed test site... It still downloads data from some server on the net and times it...
Huh ??? |
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said by PhReE5:Shaperprobe isnt much different than a speed test site... It still downloads data from some server on the net and times it...
except shaperprobe doesn't count powerboost as data bursts....
the concept maybe the same, but the implementation or process isnt... |
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