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Zoomtown gets 3mbit
41.95 a month
According to users, and the Zoomtown home page, 768 and 1.5mbit accounts will all get upgraded to 3mbit, starting mid March. Zoomtown is Cincinnati Bell, a regional ILEC.
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SaBo7Ge
join:2003-03-12
US

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SaBo7Ge

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Maybe I'm just uninformed

Can someone clue me in never heard of zoomtown?

Edit:Link's coming up dead

Edit2:Hmmm appears we have a new link
Flizesh
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join:2003-08-16
United State

Flizesh

Premium Member

Re: Maybe I'm just uninformed

ha! I'm guessing they're a DSL co. Excellent.
IGGY9
No Guru Just Here To Help
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join:2001-03-30
Chatham, IL

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IGGY9 to SaBo7Ge

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to SaBo7Ge
»www.cincinnatibell.com/zoomtown/

Cincinnati Bell DSL. many Insightbb users in the Kentucky area might benefit from this I think.

Didn't see the other post below that already gave you your answer = ooopz.:o

JE
JE 's BACK BABY
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join:2000-12-15
Charlotte, NC

JE

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It's The Nati!

Cincinnati Bell! That's who zoomtown is.

JE
schmattie
join:2003-07-20
Florence, KY

schmattie

Member

Re: It's The Nati!

said by JE:
It's the Nati!
LOL I alaways laugh when i hear that.

Have Zoomtown got upgrade to 3.0/768 on 02/19/04 for $41.95/month.
Biggies
join:2002-12-05
Chicago, IL

Biggies

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hmmm

wonder if this will trickle to the rest of sbc-land.

Hall
MVM
join:2000-04-28
Germantown, OH

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Hall

MVM

Re: hmmm

said by Biggies:
wonder if this will trickle to the rest of sbc-land.
It has NOTHING to do with SBC...

They are a regional ILEC in the Cincinnati OH/Northern Kentucky area. This only applies to people who's phone company is already Cincinnati Bell. Kinda like a new offering from BellSouth doesn't mean squat to me. It won't mean much to many people around here. One thing I've noticed about Cincinnati Bell/Zoomtown, they seem to have their sh*t straight. You hardly ever see complaints about their service. They're # 3 on DSLR's "Good, Bad, Ugly" listing for National ISPs/Telco ADSL...

DSLR's info on them: »Company entry - Cincinnati Bell

Shrapnel64
Premium Member
join:2001-01-24
VA, USA

Shrapnel64

Premium Member

Damn...

Hello Verizon? Can we offer this too?! Oh wait...that's probably only going to be offered to those within the first 3,000ft of a CO...lol.

Anyway, it would be nice to see...seems Zoomtown is listening to the customers...now why can't you do this?

CPM
Broadband, DSL, cable
join:2001-08-24
Denver, CO

CPM

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Re: Damn...

I am within 3000ft from my CO WOohoo Come to Momma

GNXPower
Got Boost?
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join:2003-12-18
Huntington Beach, CA

GNXPower

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Re: Damn...

Me too...come on VZ!

Hall
MVM
join:2000-04-28
Germantown, OH

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Hall

MVM

Cincinnati Bell part of SBC ?? Hmmm....

"Zoomtown is Cincinnati Bell, by the way. Part of the SBC group."

Since when ?? Where is this information from ?? They are a private company, not part of some bigger one:

About Cincinnati Bell Inc.
Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE: CBB) is parent to one of the nation’s most respected and best performing local exchange and wireless providers with a legacy of unparalleled customer service excellence. The company was recently ranked number one in customer satisfaction, for the third year in a row, by J.D. Power and Associates for residential long distance among mainstream users. Cincinnati Bell provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services to residential and business customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Cincinnati Bell is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information, visit www.cincinnatibell.com.
wentlanc
You Can't Fix Dumb..
join:2003-07-30
Maineville, OH

wentlanc

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Re: Cincinnati Bell part of SBC ?? Hmmm....

And I have to agree with JD Powers to most of these points. The service offering is excellent on all platforms. Where else can you get Residential service, cell, and DSL all for under $95 a month? And that is 30 minutes of LD a month on the residential and something like 5 cents a minute after. And 500 minutes a month on the cell with unlimited nights, weekends, and LD. Now stack on 3Mb down and 768k up on the DSL. Can't beat 'em.

puritan

justin
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justin to Hall

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to Hall
sigh, sorry.
I was thinking of that other weeny part of SBC, the one in vegas?

gdm
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join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL

gdm

MVM

Re: Cincinnati Bell part of SBC ?? Hmmm....

You mean Nevada bell?

justin
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justin

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Re: Cincinnati Bell part of SBC ?? Hmmm....

yeah them

Microhard3
join:2001-08-03
Huntington Beach, CA

Microhard3

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Re: Cincinnati Bell part of SBC ?? Hmmm....

Heh....dogs having a conversation...sweet.

insomniac
Oh Yeah
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join:2002-09-22
Naperville, IL

insomniac

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Nice deal.

$50 for 3.0/768 with a static IP? What a deal! The only providers I know that give those speeds and a static IP run about $100/month for a package like that.
jethrogump
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join:2001-03-02
Mesquite, TX

jethrogump

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Brokewing

This was all part of that great company Broadwing known in the industry as Brokewing I believe.

CINCINNATI -- April 29, 2003 -- Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW) today announced at its Annual Shareholders meeting that the company will return its corporate name to Cincinnati Bell Inc. and adopt the NYSE ticker symbol CBB.

Brokewing has a great backbone and they were at one time a great little company hopefully they will return to being their former self as CBB again.
wentlanc
You Can't Fix Dumb..
join:2003-07-30
Maineville, OH

wentlanc

Member

Just waiting!!!

As has been said, Zoomtown is the Internet provider owned by Cincinnati Bell. I'm waiting for my upgrade to arrive. It is the best deal going today as far as I know. Especially since there are many ares of Cincinnati whose only alternative is Adelphia and their Powerlink crap. I have not had cable internet available to me in over 3 years because Adelphia sucks, and Time Warner is nowhere in sight.

Another perk is that I get a corporate discount through my company. So my access is actually $34.95 a month.

puritan

yock
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join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH

yock

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It would figure...

...that less than a month after I get a new apartment that they would upgrade the network, and don't forget that Zoomtown isn't available in my area. Oh well, It's great that they have stepped up to the plate after letting Roadrunner walk all over them for 3+ years in Cincinnati. Maybe we'll see some much needed advancement in broadband technology in Southwest Ohio.
wentlanc
You Can't Fix Dumb..
join:2003-07-30
Maineville, OH

wentlanc

Member

Re: It would figure...

Yeah, I believe that most of the North and Northwestern areas outside the city are serviced by Sprint. Although, I have a coworker who has Sprint SDSL at 1.5 with a static IP for $50 a month. That's still pretty good too.

puritan

yock
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Miamisburg, OH

yock

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Re: It would figure...

I did place myself on the waiting list. Hopefully if this incites more people to show interest in non-serviced areas.

/me croses fingers

Krykyn
join:2001-09-06
Hamilton, OH

Krykyn

Member

Its on Its Way

Just ordered my Zoomtown think i will keep the RR to for right now it was just offered to me yesterday $25.00 with a self install a Month for the first 12 months!
cant beat that!
everything should be FedEx to me by Monday the 1st.
I will run some speed and ping test soon i get it going!
rjbasye
join:2000-05-24
Dry Ridge, KY
Netgear R7000
Linksys PAP2

rjbasye

Member

Can't get it here

I'm in an area served by Cincinnati Bell but I am 4 miles from the nearest CO. There are some people within Cincinnati Bells service area who can't get Zoomtown. I do have InsightBB,who lately has dropped the ball and is letting its competitors get ahead of them. I just wish Cincinnati Bell was competing against them where I live.

Potto6
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join:2001-08-22
Westerville, OH

Potto6

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Re: Can't get it here

Cinci Bell is a great local company. My friends in cinci like them. I had a cinci bell cell phone at one time....I loved it. 30bucks a month got me 430min a month with free long distance and roaming. The other good thing was their customer service. They overbilled me one month by 1.99 for a text messaging service I never ordered. In return they gave me a free month, free text messaging and free plantinum voice mail.

DeathK
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join:2002-06-16
Cincinnati, OH

DeathK

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Still waiting...

I'm still waiting for my upgrade. Hopefully it'll happen sometime this week. No more waiting.. I want mah speed!!

»Zoomtown Upgrade!

killa2712
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killa2712

Anon

Re: Still waiting...

If you havn't noticed they have upgraded all lines to 1.5 while they continue to upgrade their network. I just came from 768k to 1.5mbps and WOW!!! Now I can't wait to see what 3mbps looks like Go CBB!!!

DeathK
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join:2002-06-16
Cincinnati, OH

DeathK

Premium Member

Re: Still waiting...

Didn't realize they were doing that. I'm still only training at 768. At least my upload is training at 544 instead of the advertised 384. Actually, the upload speed for me has been that fast for quite a while now.
jme27121
join:2004-02-24
Hamilton, OH

jme27121

Member

Re: Still waiting...

Well maybe its just my area don't know
Paths
join:2004-01-23
Florence, KY

Paths

Member

Re: Still waiting...

I for one am not impressed thus far.

I swithced from a real 3Mb download speed via InsightBB to this and so far can only get less than 1Mb down and about 500Kbs up. I am spoiled in the sense that with Cable I got what close to what the promised speed was and I do not see the benefit in getting the extra few up K's when I lost over 2Mb in dl speed.

And what was really annoying was being told that I should be happy with it. I hope Cincy Bell DSL subscribers aren't just getting along with sub-par speeds all over. I know my buddy gets close to the advertised speeds, so thats what I expect too.

Fingers crossed hoping something gets resolved and I am surfing the net via DSL.

Paths

phil2k
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phil2k

Anon

Re: Still waiting...

hey anyone with the 3mbit upgrade could u tell me how far u r away from the co? i am 10,000-11,000 ft away is that too far?

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