Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
 ·Comcast
| Doesn't matter to me...
Doesn't matter to me how they give me my connection. All I ask for is:
* Speeds that are competitively set with other providers in my area as well as meeting or exceeding the average tier plans in the country.
* Priced reasonably with the option to downgrade my service speed (AND PRICE) and upgrade my service speed (AND PRICE).
* Stable and reliable. I understand that my service can be interrupted and sometimes events outside of the control of the provider will hinder my service, but, like my telephone service, I except a stable and reliable service where my uptime exceeds my downtown by no less than 99%. This includes reasonable ping times.
Too much to ask? |
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ropeguru
Premium
join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
clubs:
 ·VOIPo
| said by Rob  :Too much to ask? Looking at the choices today?? Apparently so... 
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LeftOfSanity
join:2005-11-06
Felton, DE | reply to Rob
Too much to ask?
ummm...at this point yea. T-1 lines come with SLA's that gaurantee 99.999% uptime. Look how much they cost...and they ain't fast. Symmetrical yes, fast, no |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL | My DSL service by BellSouth provides me with pretty much 99% uptime. If BellSouth can do, why can't everyone else? |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL | reply to Rob
Can't edit my post, so please exchange 'except' with 'expect' and 'downtown' with 'downtime' |
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Matt
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
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said by Rob :My DSL service by BellSouth provides me with pretty much 99% uptime. If BellSouth can do, why can't everyone else? Bellsouth provided me with 99% downtime. Well, not 99%, but every time it would storm it would go out throughout the storm, every couple of minutes.
Back to Cable and it's rock solid.
It's largely dependent on your area.
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heathcpe
join:2002-03-19
Brandon, MS
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said by Rob :This includes reasonable ping times. Too much to ask? From my experience reasonable ping times is too much to ask for when your dealing with Comcast. |
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LeftOfSanity
join:2005-11-06
Felton, DE | reply to Rob
lol...i agree but pretty much isnt guaranteed |
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McLovin
Chicka chicka yeah
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join:2005-06-12
Fairbanks, AK
clubs:
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·PTIAlaska.NET
| said by LeftOfSanity :lol...i agree but pretty much isnt guaranteed They can guarantee anything they want, whether it happens or not is a different story. They can tie all sorts of guarantees to any service, and in the fine print say that the QoS may not be as good as advertised. Which is the case for most local telcos trying to play down from the big guys.
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
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said by Rob :Doesn't matter to me how they give me my connection. All I ask for is: * Speeds that are competitively set with other providers in my area as well as meeting or exceeding the average tier plans in the country. * Priced reasonably with the option to downgrade my service speed (AND PRICE) and upgrade my service speed (AND PRICE). * Stable and reliable. I understand that my service can be interrupted and sometimes events outside of the control of the provider will hinder my service, but, like my telephone service, I except a stable and reliable service where my uptime exceeds my downtown by no less than 99%. This includes reasonable ping times. Too much to ask? No. I would also add:
* No Speed or Download/Upload Caps. IOW: Delivery of the promised Speeds (no Up-To BS) and no Limits on How Much I can Upload/Download.
* Upload Speed should be fast enough that it does not throttle a full-speed download due to inability to send the Packet ACKs fast enough to keep the download flowing.
* If you ARE going to monitor my Bandwidth Usage, I want an accurate Monitoring Method (like that offered by Hosting Services so I can track my Usage as well as reasonable limits (ie: Set at some reasonable %-age of the 24/7 speed limit). |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to Rob
Over the whole time that Pacbell was the telephone provider for this house, uptime would be close to 99%. During the last two years, while operating under the SBC umbrella, there have been only three significant outages, only one of which dragged on for more than four days.
I have not had a DSL outage, per se; but the three phone outages did degrade the DSL service.
The neighborhood is over 40 years old. How much of the plant in the neighborhood is that old is a guess; but the termination blocks for the drops look fairly new.
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grcore
New and Improved
join:2003-12-06
usa
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Can't have all three, pick two.
said by Rob :* Speeds that are competitively set with other providers in my area as well as meeting or exceeding the average tier plans in the country. * Priced reasonably with the option to downgrade my service speed (AND PRICE) and upgrade my service speed (AND PRICE). * Stable and reliable. I understand that my service can be interrupted and sometimes events outside of the control of the provider will hinder my service, but, like my telephone service, I except a stable and reliable service where my uptime exceeds my downtown by no less than 99%. This includes reasonable ping times. |
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