Primis1
join:2005-06-13
Coldwater, MI
| reply to mig
Re: ...
To be fair, I'm an SBC user and I could care less about the download speeds cable users are joygasming over, blissfully unaware they'll never come close to hitting the advertised speeds anyways and they likely won't even notice an increase due to congestion.
Give me improved upload, or give me lower prices. The former's not likely from SBC (or anyone else for that matter)... so can I be happy with the latter? You betcha'... I'll merrily keep my current package and lower my rate...
Does that mean FIOS sucks? No. FIOS is undoubtedly a worthy consideration and option... to the couple ten-thousand that qualify for it and will in the next year. It's a pipedream to the other 99.5% of the population though, so why get all worked up over it?
Besides... you could easily still live in an area with no DSL or cable options at all... which people forget about. |
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LinuxJunkie
join:2005-01-19
Cyberspace
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blissfully unaware they'll never come close to hitting the advertised speeds
Comcast "promises" me 4000/384 and this is what I get:
Download Speed: 4114 kbps (514.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 359 kbps (44.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Close enough for me. |
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Netbum
join:2002-04-08
Oakley, CA
| reply to Primis1
Well said...
And,the prices for Fiber still look too high.
Didn't know it was that high. 
Very disappointing.
Ive been saying,the magic number IMHO is $30.00 for mass appeal broadband,no matter how fast it is. |
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Unlucky444
@frb.org | reply to LinuxJunkie
Consider yourself VERY lucky, I don't get anywhere near that from Comca$t. |
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