Fox McCloud
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Re: 5GB Limit - How Many will try to get out of the contract?
not me...I'll stick with it until I'm terminated, then go back to dial-up once I am (if I am, that is).
I have no other option; there aren't any WISPs, cable is over 2-3 miles away (and now everyone on my road has satellite, good luck for people saying "yes" even if I could convince Charter and/or TWC to do a survey).
a WISP was going to put up a new tower a while ago, but it completely fell through...Verizon doesn't have EVDO in the area...and well...I'd go with Alltel if they did (I'd be willing to pay the $60 a month for truly unlimited service)....but they only offer coverage in far-east Ohio.
So, I'm truly stuck...my only hope is that Embarq deploys DSL, but with the sinking economy and my general location, it's doubtful that that will happen (and if it was, it probably wouldn't be until next year anyway).
Sadly, it looks like I'll be going back to dial-up in the not-so-distant future....*sigh*.
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powerspec88
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Harrisonville, MO
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| Im am in the same spot as you, cable is about 5miles away but dsl is only about 1mile away, Embarq said by this xmas so i can only hope. And for any WISP im on the very edge for both WISP in my area. I could go to Alltel but i can't go back to Rev. 0 as i need the upload speed for my live streaming i do.
I am just going to have to watch what i download and kick my sister off the network and give her a ded, dial-up line again ( for about 2 years we both had our own lines for dial-up) And now i am going to start having to use my DSL line the i bought at my grandparents house for all my downloading again.
Only way im going to get out of my contract is if i keep going over the 5GB cap which i know will happen as just daily web surfing can put me at almost 200Mb a day and thats not including streaming music with my di.fm account (which i got right when i got my EVDO to b/c its so great)
But we will see. |
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Fox McCloud
Crazy like a fox.
join:2006-07-23
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|  said by powerspec88  :Im am in the same spot as you, cable is about 5miles away but dsl is only about 1mile away, Embarq said by this xmas so i can only hope. And for any WISP im on the very edge for both WISP in my area. I could go to Alltel but i can't go back to Rev. 0 as i need the upload speed for my live streaming i do. 1 mile? That sucks :T
my case? I'm only about 4,400-4,500 feet away from a remote terminal...and it's a fiber-fed remote terminal (and the copper lines from my home to the terminal are good as well...I was able to connect at 50.6k with dial-up, back in the day).....the only issue? No DSLAM....if there was once, a large portion of my area would have DSL (and that's needed, there's been more homes built of late).
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"True Patriotism is more closely linked with dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security...I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist abusive state power." -Ron Paul |
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powerspec88
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Harrisonville, MO
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| said by Fox McCloud :said by powerspec88 :Im am in the same spot as you, cable is about 5miles away but dsl is only about 1mile away, Embarq said by this xmas so i can only hope. And for any WISP im on the very edge for both WISP in my area. I could go to Alltel but i can't go back to Rev. 0 as i need the upload speed for my live streaming i do. 1 mile? That sucks :T my case? I'm only about 4,400-4,500 feet away from a remote terminal...and it's a fiber-fed remote terminal (and the copper lines from my home to the terminal are good as well...I was able to connect at 50.6k with dial-up, back in the day).....the only issue? No DSLAM....if there was once, a large portion of my area would have DSL (and that's needed, there's been more homes built of late). Yep, the RT is just right up the street from me to, a good ~1000feet. And my dial-up speeds were that fast also. There would be a good 100 people in my area that could get DSL if they enabled the RT for DSL. But once i can get DSL im still going to keep SMB as i got the linksys router so i'll just be useing it for backup if the DSL ever goes out. |
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