SilenceGold
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join:2003-07-31
Benton, AR
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Re: Yep, backwoods
Charter in Saline county doesn't even provide cable internet because they are not even set up to. Too many promises "Coming soon" from them.
SBC won't sell aDSL to me but Earthlink will? Speeds are equal to what SBC would have sold to me but more expensive than what SBC packages are.
That tells you about the region that is south west from Little Rock.
The best broadband coverage of ever other than in the captial city of Arkansas is Russellville. I used to live there, the choices were awesome. It covered almost the entire Pope County.
I'm stuck in Benton so bring on the BPL. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | isnt Benton where Walmart world HQ is? one would think the town of walmart would have tons of BB options.
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SilenceGold
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join:2003-07-31
Benton, AR | No. That is Bentonville which is at the very northwestern corner of Arkansas. Tyson is another large company in Arkansas but is located nearby in Springdale. |
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BigCreek
God Is Good.
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join:2002-06-25
Heber Springs, AR
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That would be Bentonville.
But Benton is a sizeable town next to a sizeable city. There should have been lots of alternatives there.
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dg2
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join:2004-01-22
Lowell, AR
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Wal-Mart's office is in Bentonville. It's about 150 miles from Benton. Bentonville has pretty good coverage in town (Cox, ATT), but like most local towns suffers once you get out of range of the CO.
Wal-Mart has their own stuff, and doesn't use much of the local infrastructure. |
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russvegas428
@cox.net
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Coverage might be ok in Russellville, but Cox cant seem to ever keep the speeds stable here. When I go back to my parents house in Bryant, which is in Saline County, I'm always jealous of there constant 6mb connection. they are about to switch to SBC/At&t now, becuase of there new 12.99 offer and of the fact that the local CO is about a tenth of a mile from there house. |
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SilenceGold
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join:2003-07-31
Benton, AR
| My point is..
You can choose Cox cable, various of DSL providers/options, and wireless providers.
During that time and in the Pope county, I used Cox cable for a while until I went with TranEdge for sDSL. I was well beyond the city limits. I also sampled Wireless internet for a bit too. Their primary dsl provider is Centurytel. |
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Necronomikro
join:2005-09-01 | reply to BigCreek
I live in benton. We have... SBC (AT&T), SBC and, uhh, SBC for broadband. Ticks me off. $70/month total bill, just basic phone and DSL. 1.5MBit down, 384kbit up. |
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