RayW
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join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
 ·XMission
| I am waiting for it
I thought they had put the fiber into (well, about three blocks away) my area this fall, but according to the SL Trib we are not due until later in '06. I wonder if COMCAST and/or Qwest are getting scared and putting in preemptive strike capability?
*Sigh* I am not an economist, but I wonder if the incumbents had spent money on infrastructure instead of lawsuits to stop infrastructure, if I would have had UTOPIA like service by now.
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NetDroid2
join:2004-08-16
Excelsior, MN
| Well at least you have comcast to hold you over. They may be crappy but they most likely have faster speeds than around here.
With a choice of Qwest or Mediacom around your really stuck with two not so great services. Gotta love the speeds 5/256  .
Some day one of them will upgrade something. |
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olegy
join:2003-06-02
San Diego, CA | Why they are charging $40-45/month. They can easily charge $100 for it and get the same rate of subscribers. 15Mbps symmetrical! How sweet! |
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RayW
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join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
·XMission
| reply to NetDroid2
Prefer Qwest despite the power issues and the 60% helpdesk idiot rate, and that is because Xmission is a good ISP with a good help desk, even when it is Qwest's fault. And from what people say about Comcast, I think I will stay with the lower DSL speeds (1.5/1 or actual nominal 1.1/0.8).
Hmmm... well, I guess what I wrote up there makes sense, but I do not think I would want to write a report like that  .
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danawhitaker
Space...The Final Frontier
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join:2002-03-02
Urbandale, IA
·MSN
 ·Mediacom
| reply to olegy
If I recall, there are bandwidth caps, so the speed to me is rather moot. I'll take my friend's 100mbit synchronous uncapped connection in Stockholm any day, or, in the meantime, uncapped 1.5/896 from Qwest.
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Skidus
join:2002-10-06
Salt Lake City, UT
| said by danawhitaker  :If I recall, there are bandwidth caps, so the speed to me is rather moot. I'll take my friend's 100mbit synchronous uncapped connection in Stockholm any day, or, in the meantime, uncapped 1.5/896 from Qwest. Xmission informed me there is a 100 gig a month cap. |
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | reply to RayW
They can tap to anything even hear u taking a shit / |
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RayW
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join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
·XMission
| said by brooklynman4 :They can tap to anything even hear u taking a shit / ummmm...what does that mean in context of the original thread?
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grandpinaple
join:2006-01-03
New York, NY | reply to NetDroid2
Dude is that speed even possible I would think the upload would choke on the download. Well nah almost you need only 128 for the full 5Mb. |
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