bgetchel
join:2000-07-05
Waterbury, CT
 ·Charter Pipeline
|  DSL Whoops Cable!!!
OK, I admit it, that was antagonistic.
In one sense, it's the truth. My brother-in-law, in the neighboring town, has @HOME through Cox. His speeds aren't even HALF of what I get with my 1.5Mbps DSL service. He envies my download speeds. Conversely, I envy his upload speeds. He runs a private FTP server and I can consistently get ONE FULL Mbps from his server. It's interesting that his UPLOAD speed is TWICE that of his DOWNLOAD speed. Go figure.
Those in Fairfield country, who use Optimum Online, are VERY fast, averaging 2+ Mbps. I'd ditch DSL in a heartbeat if I had access to that. I get consistent 1.5/384 DSL 24/7/365 for $40 per month. I have SBC/SNET DSL and couldn't be happier. I get every bit of what I pay for and what was advertised. It's ROCK solid. The SBC/SNET news server is FAST (150+kB/sec. always) and has acceptable completion (85%+). Their binary retention is on the poor side at 2-3 days, but that's better than most.
All in all, I LOVE IT! Rock on SBC! |
