fatmanskinny
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join:2004-01-04
Wandering
 ·Comcast Digital Vo..
 ·Comcast
3 edits |  Hmm....
So I guess I will be going here on Sept 30th, 2008. Well, I may not download 250GBs yet but I guess I will hang in there until I get that first notice of the overcharge and then, off to another provider.
Hit them in the pocket and drain the blood (money) out of them.
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evgray
join:2003-05-19
Fort Scott, KS
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| We only have At&T or crappy cable internet available here. We have the elite 6meg dsl and I have yet to get above 5000 and they say that that is fast enough and don't worry about it, it's within their range of speed that they have to offer me. If you switch, I hope that you get faster speeds than me. |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | You maximum speed is only going to be about 5220kbps
What speeds are you getting? |
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SalesGOD
Got Money? Will Sell
join:2001-04-11
Tinley Park, IL | reply to evgray
With overhead on at&t, the best speed you could hope for on a 6M down connection would be 5100. |
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evgray
join:2003-05-19
Fort Scott, KS
·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to fatmanskinny
4900 down and usually 615 up. My speeds are usually consistent. We switched from a normal phone in house line to a dry loop and my speed went down. I did have 5200 all of the time. We have two lines into our house and when we switched, they moved our dsl to the other line and that is when the speed dropped. |
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to fatmanskinny
You don't really think AT&T isn't going to follow suit within 6 months? |
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fatmanskinny
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join:2004-01-04
Wandering
·Comcast Digital Vo..
·Comcast
| If they do, then I guess it is back to dialup. If dialup does it, then I guess the Post Office will begin getting more of my money. 
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Cabal
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join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA | reply to insomniac84
Real providers don't use the awful hack known as PPPoE. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to insomniac84
I don't understand why at&t doesn't compensate for overhead in it's stated speeds... just advertise it as 5.2Mbps. |
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to fatmanskinny
Cut off your nose much?  |
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fatmanskinny
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join:2004-01-04
Wandering | Nah, I just believe that the consumer must realize the power of their hard-earned (probably not in your case. lol) dollar.
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hottboiinnc
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join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
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yah it sounds like he is.
People are going over board on the caps. Especially if they are under the limit. The rule always applies though don't like it take your business else where. But if ATT, and VZ does it and you go to dial-up what's going to happen when you're limited to 150 or 200hours per month? ouch! didn't think of that did ya fatmanskinny? And yes most providers especially nationwide resell their access and limit the amount of hours one can get online with each account. |
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
 ·surpasshosting
·ViaTalk
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said by fatmanskinny  :Nah, I just believe that the consumer must realize the power of their hard-earned (probably not in your case. lol) dollar. Yeah, that's me -- Mr. Trust Fund Guy. 
Actually, I feel like I get more than my money's worth from my $42.95/month internet connection -- many hours of entertainment and convenience. In fact it's probably the best value out of all our discretionary household expenses. |
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DrModem
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join:2006-10-19
USA
·EarthLink
·1and1
 ·PeoplePC
| reply to hottboiinnc
Unlimited on dialup is easy, since on the maximum achievable dialup speed you can only download 13gb/month in a 31 day month.
Also, time caps are only used by really crappy dialup companies, or companies that want you to move to something like DSL (Which is why Verizon does 300 hours a month).
Good providers like PeoplePC are unlimited. |
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fatmanskinny
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join:2004-01-04
Wandering | Ok, what about sending mail through the Post Office? |
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hottboiinnc
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join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
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The good people at PeoplePC are actually owned by Earthlink. What are you planning on doing if they actually close?
it's up to Elink to sell PeoplePC customers off as a whole or just leave you hanging. And as far as Elink and done so far they'll leave you hanging. |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL
2 edits | reply to insomniac84
I agree with insomniac cause I live less than 1000 ft from my CO
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Corydon
Cultivant son jardin
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join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
clubs: | reply to fatmanskinny
Did you hear the price of a stamp is going up? |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | reply to Cabal
As crummy as PPPoE is, ATM overhead is the biggest culprit preventing him from getting his advertised speeds. At least Verizon over-caps to compensate for it.
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | The area I was in while in school was ex-gte verizon. They gave you the sync rate that compensated for overhead, but in that area they used dhcp instead of pppoe. Speeds were actually higher than the advertised rate because of that. |
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