Viper007Bond
Premium
join:2002-09-26
Portland, OR
| Wow
That's pretty sweet. Not the fastest, but those new packages look good.
What's the range and upload like? Or is this basically DSL over the powerline?
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JazzJRabbit
join:2003-09-27
Wheaton, IL | $30 plus whatever fees for 300 kilobit per second (or less than 30 kilobyte/second) down? Uhm... No. This is way overpriced. |
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ke4pym
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC | No, overpriced is my parent's paying $41/mo for 256/128 cable modem service. |
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bjbrock
join:2002-10-28
Mcalester, OK
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Let's see, 26,400 to 44,000(on a good day)bps for $20 versus 300,000bps for $30, sounds like a bargain!
Compared to some dsl packages, it may not be great. But when dsl ain't anywhere to be found... Plus don't expect dsl rates to stay low for long. They are eliminating all competition except cable, and they are working on that issue. Cable just happened to be a little bit too established when they started trying to eliminate that competition. But they have deep- pockets and more greedy politicians. Whoever can end up paying the most to the politicians will be the winner. And as a utility, phone companies basically have unlimited spending ceiling! |
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NetEng_Dude
join:2004-07-17
1 edit | reply to Viper007Bond
Re: Wow -- Overpriced & Underperforming
300 kbit/s for $30??? That's absolutely nuts!
Not much faster than dial-up for DSL prices.
Most cable modem systems are at least 2 Mbit/s with many moving quickly to 3 or even 4 Mbits/sec for $30-40/month. Similar story for DSL.
Only 200 users???
Underwhelming to say the least. |
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koolman2
Premium
join:2002-10-01
Anchorage, AK | You'd be surprised at how much more bearable the internet is at 256kbit than at 48kbps. |
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cptmiles
Premium
join:2004-04-22
Swayzee, IN
| reply to bjbrock
Re: Wow
If you think the phone companies are greedy just wait until the power companies start getting deeper in your pocket. There are a lot of industry people who think phone was deregulated as a precursor to deregulation of power (didn't work the way they hoped). No one and I mean no one is more money hungry and monopolistic than the power companies. Heck, I would be more interested if the phone company can figure out a way to provide power. I think we should start a forum on how we can get the evil money grubbing power companies out of our houses. |
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xrobertcmx
Premium
join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
clubs:  | reply to bjbrock
Yes, but Verizon services this area and offers DSL to most of Manassas for about the same price.
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to cptmiles
Want power without power companies? use Solar. |
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