b10010011
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join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA
1 edit | Hmmm...
Qwest DSL $39 for 1.5 megabit
Comcast HSI $42 for 6 megabit
Now I am not a cable fanboy but for the money cable is still the best deal.
Besides I still can not get DSL but two blocks away can? |
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BIGMIKE
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join:2002-06-07
Westminster, CA | FiOS |
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b10010011
Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA | Fios?
I live in a Qwest area and FIOS is a Verizon service. |
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iSEPIC
join:2001-04-17
Las Vegas, NV | reply to b10010011
ATT (SBC) is only $13.00 for 1.5 down here in my area. |
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hyperon
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join:2006-02-04
Bastrop, TX
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said by b10010011  :Quest DSL $39 for 1.5 megabit Comcast HSI $42 for 6 megabit Now I am not a cable fanboy but for the money cable is still the best deal. Besides I still can not get DSL but two blocks away can? Yes this is the way to compare services on a dollar per mbps. Using your data:
Quest DSL is $26 per mbps.
Comcast HSI is $7 per mbps.
I pay $110 for a 6mbps /28 DSL static account with ATT:
Static DSL is 18.33 per mbps.
DSL is way too expensive. |
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N3OGH
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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said by b10010011 :Qwest DSL $39 for 1.5 megabit Comcast HSI $42 for 6 megabit Now I am not a cable fanboy but for the money cable is still the best deal. Besides I still can not get DSL but two blocks away can? I dunno. I have Comcast now, and quite frankly, I'm not terribly happy. The price just went up, and the service is pushing $50 with my privately owned cable modem.
I'm only getting about 3.3 megabit down, when they advertise 6.
For the most part, all I do at home anymore is surf the web, get e-mail, and the occasional iTunes download.
I plan on re wiring the cable coax in my house, since it is, admittedly, like a spaghetti diner and a rats nest rolled into one. I believe this will improve my modem's signal to noise ratio, and hopefully it's performance.
If not, Verizon's got a pretty good introductory rate for 768 dsl that I may look into.
Unless Comcast offered some sort of "lite" tier in the future.
Bottom line, Comcast is telling me how much faster they are, but they don't bring those speeds to the table  |
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oliphant
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA | reply to hyperon
How much is static IP service with Comcast? The last time I checked it was $150/mo and you still had the restrictive TOS.
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | reply to b10010011
Verizon DSL $14.95
Comcast cable $52.99
THAT's why its like it is.. This is in New England, high population density. |
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hamburglar_
join:2002-04-29
Columbus, OH
 ·WOW Internet and C..
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said by b10010011 :Besides I still can not get DSL but two blocks away can? I can get cable from two different providers, but I'm too far for DSL faster than 144k. Go figure. |
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shashinka
join:2000-09-16
West Boylston, MA
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You got me thinking again on trying to save my grandmother some more money. I switched her off of Verizon DSL+POTs+cellularmonthly ($35+$25$40=$100 maybe) to ComcastCable+VonageVOIP+Prepaid ($42+$28+$10=$80) to save her $240 a year but now with Naked DSL I could get her down to $60 a month for another $240 a year savings ($25+$28+$10). Always good to be frugal with someone with a fixed income. Too bad I haven't used sunrocket enough. Could save another $120 a year with the 1 year service. |
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Omega
Displaced Ohioan
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join:2002-07-30
Cheyenne, WY
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said by hyperon :said by b10010011 :Quest DSL $39 for 1.5 megabit Comcast HSI $42 for 6 megabit Now I am not a cable fanboy but for the money cable is still the best deal. Besides I still can not get DSL but two blocks away can? Yes this is the way to compare services on a dollar per mbps. Using your data: Quest DSL is $26 per mbps. Comcast HSI is $7 per mbps. I pay $110 for a 6mbps /28 DSL static account with ATT: Static DSL is 18.33 per mbps. DSL is way too expensive. You cannot compare a static IP account with a non-static IP account. They are two different things.
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DarkSithPro
join:2005-02-12
Huntington Beach, CA
1 edit | reply to b10010011
Coke vs. Pepsi, Chevrolet vs. Ford, Intel vs. AMD, ATI vs. nVidia....
Yup, we know where this topic is going...
My puter is better than yours n00b! |
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sbdjaro
I Dunno
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join:2004-01-29
Grand Junction, CO | reply to b10010011
This is how it pans out in my area.
Qwest DSL $50/m 6m/700k (actual) $8.33/M
Bresnan Cable $56/m 2.5m/320k (actual) $22.40/M
I guess I dont have any rants about Qwest because I have nothing to compair it to... |
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NyQuil Kid
8f The Nyquil Kid
join:2001-01-06
Brick, NJ
·Comcast
·Verizon Online DSL
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Yes, from a strictly monetary measure cable is better, but I think quality of service (not always evident) has to be estimated and evaluated when determining which service is better. From my perspective, I prefer my 3.0/768 DSL service from Verizon - no caps, price effective and (thus far) rock solid in performance.
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Indymike
join:2004-12-06
Indianapolis, IN | reply to Omega
Why can't you compare static to dynamic? They are the same cost here. aDSL vs. sDSL I would agree are different. |
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Phil
Rojo Sol
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join:2001-06-11
Camarillo, CA
·Verizon FIOS
·DSL EXTREME
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said by DarkSithPro :Coke vs. Pepsi, Chevrolet vs. Ford, Intel vs. AMD, ATI vs. nVidia.... Yup, we know where this topic is going... My puter is better than yours n00b! Yes, but we all know that Pepsi, Chevy, AMD, nVidia and DSL are better.
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ebiebi
join:2003-08-13
Albuquerque, NM
4 edits | reply to b10010011
said by b10010011 :Qwest DSL $39 for 1.5 megabit Comcast HSI $42 for 6 megabit Now I am not a cable fanboy but for the money cable is still the best deal. Besides I still can not get DSL but two blocks away can? That's if you bundle with Comcrap TV. In Albuquerque, expanded basic costs almost 55 dollars a month. The reception is so bad here for CC that I had to cancel it. Basically I had really bad ingress issues with CC and there is nothing you can do about that.. except go with a comcast Digital box which will help a little since the shielding is pretty good to reduce ingress is. But the PQ is still bad and the audio on the analogs is a joke compared to my Dish setup.. In fact, I have 3 TV's on Dish all with interactive guides and one with a HD tuner.. AT120 channels for LESS then CC regular expanded cable (and that is with regular dish prices.. not a promo!) So for many, the only way to do HSI with CC is to un bundle the comcrap TV which then costs 60 dollars a month with predatory price and they only give you 4 megabit down.
As far as qwest goes... they have been discounting their DSL for a whole year for under 30 dollars a month. CC does not even have anything close to a full year promo.. not even remotely for their HSI as far as I have seen.. And if you do bundle their TV services to get their decent HSI price.. you will be spending alot more money then DSL/satellite. I am saving over thirty dollars a month with Dish/Qwest over what CC charged me for digital cable/HSI.. And comcast digital only provided me with a few local HD channels.. I have a OTA antenna connected to my 811HD receiver and get over a dozen local HD channels. Plus Comcast SA HD boxes suc big time.. the SA3050 makes the SD channels look dark.. PQ is horrible. The SA8000 was even worse screwing up the analogs something fierce when it was converting the analog to digital so it could record to HD.. Until CC goes full digital... which won't be anytime soon in Albuquerque, and drops their prices a bunch to come closer to sat prices.. I won't even try CC TV again.. But when my promo is over for qwest, I may jump on HSI promo with CC for 3 months and then go back to qwest on another promo.. Your right about one thing.. qwest 1.5 is not worth 40 bucks a month.. and CC HSI predatory unbundled HSI is not worth 60 either.. but there is a very easy way around that. It only takes me 5 minutes to switch accounts.
Qwest has also improved the distance issues a great deal my installing more RT's in Albuquerque.. Coverage is very good now compared to what it used to be. And so far, my up time is considerably better then it was with CC.. CC was not bad, but I do recall having small outages one or twice a month here. I have had my DSL connected since last July and so far not one outage yet.. which is pretty dang good.
I know that CC has lost alot of ground to Qwest.. at least in my local market. But to be honest, when streaming, and web surfing etc.. I can't tell the difference between CC and qwest connections.. And my DSL speed is as fast as advertised. And my upload is over twice as fast as CC was.. I think CC marketing speed increases in favor of lower prices is all marketing.. Most people will never notice. If anything, I do notice my improved upload speed.
As for installing my service.. I had a self install kit from Qwest.. When I received the modem everything was already done on their end.. I just put the dsl filters on my phones and I was up in minutes.. Never even called them.. it was more then smooth.. Every time I have had CC I have had to call them to activate.. and then wait hours for it to kick in.. But that is not a big deal for most being that is a one time problem. But I did expect more problems with DSL but I am happy to say that it has performed perfectly for me for over 6 months now in every way. |
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staticx57
join:2002-01-24
Toms River, NJ
clubs: | reply to N3OGH
Just remember though, it's never comcast's fualt. |
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
 ·VOIPo
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said by N3OGH :said by b10010011 :Qwest DSL $39 for 1.5 megabit Comcast HSI $42 for 6 megabit Now I am not a cable fanboy but for the money cable is still the best deal. Besides I still can not get DSL but two blocks away can? I dunno. I have Comcast now, and quite frankly, I'm not terribly happy. The price just went up, and the service is pushing $50 with my privately owned cable modem. For the most part, all I do at home anymore is surf the web, get e-mail, and the occasional iTunes download. If not, Verizon's got a pretty good introductory rate for 768 dsl that I may look into. If all you do is surf the net, check e-mail and an occasional download, the DSL web page loading is faster than cable.
50 bucks is just too much to pay for Internet access.
With your cable modem, if your upstream transmit power is less than 45 and downstream less than 13, un-ratting the coax will not improve your speed. It might improve your S/N ratio but not enough to boost your speed.
I had cable for4 years and dumped it because of the 45 dollar charge and LOUSY throughput. |
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GilbertMark
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join:2001-05-02
Gilbert, AZ
·Cox HSI
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said by b10010011 :Qwest DSL $39 for 1.5 megabit Comcast HSI $42 for 6 megabit Now I am not a cable fanboy but for the money cable is still the best deal. Besides I still can not get DSL but two blocks away can? My Comcast HSI is $56.95 a month since I have the cheapest level of TV service with them.
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