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What kind of internet connection do you have?
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 1:06 pm
by Nobody
So my 1 year commitment is up with Verizon DSL, and now Cable is available.
Verizon DSL speeds are 768/128 $35mo
Earthlink/Comcast is supposed to be >3M/384 or 1.5M/256 which would speed the website up a tad
$45-49
So what kind of internet do y'all have?
Anyone have cable? Has it been reliable? I'm specifically interested in anyone with earthlink cable. Did you have to pay for installation? PPPoE? Lease/own modem?
My DSL has been rock stable for years now, so I'm a bit hesitent to try something new.
Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 1:22 pm
by 89b24x4project
i have dial up but my freind has cable and it is fast i think he gets like 400mhz a sec
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 6:32 am
by plowboy
I have Comcast cable at work, nothing at home. It has been very reliable. We have had it for 18mo - 2yrs. Speed doesn't seem to be a problem.
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 9:33 pm
by Phillippi
Matt you know what I have... I love it still and with the city signing up 1000s of people the speed is only down to about 7.5mb/sec during the day. The great part is that its also 7.5mb/sec upload as well...
I do have friends and family with cable and they really like the speed and reliability of it. My brother says he get about 3mb at nights and a little slower during the day. Not too bad..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 9:36 pm
by Nobody
I called today, and Cable isn't available even though they called me and said it was
So it looks like it's DSL for awhile longer.
Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 11:14 pm
by Phillippi
Nobody wrote:I called today, and Cable isn't available even though they called me and said it was
So it looks like it's DSL for awhile longer.
That sux man. Well I guess hand in there for another year and wait for cable...
Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 5:42 am
by Elfasto
Sorry you can't get Cable 'net service.
To answer your first post, yes I find it very reliable, and it's pretty fast.
Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 8:32 am
by Nobody
I talked to a friend yesterday, and he told me about a free speed upgrade with verizon. All you have to do is ask. 1.5Mbps downstream.
http://www2.verizon.net/help/?case=13948
Unfortunately, faster downstream won't make the website any faster. I asked for faster upstream too, but I doubt I'll get that for free.
Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 6:49 pm
by Phillippi
Well if nothing else, faster download will be great for your own web surfing. As far as the upload, hopefully they will have something to help out.
Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 12:36 am
by FatMan
im back i just got comcast cable net and it's a hundred times better then dial-up. i know that dose'nt help you but i never had dsl so i have nothing to compare it to.....
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:22 pm
by Nobody
Talked to verizon today, and I got a June 8th confirmation for a speed upgrade to 1.5MB/384
That's 3x faster that what we have now. Should make the website significantly faster......
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:03 pm
by Phillippi
SWEET! That will be nice. I saw your other post on the slowwww and it explains things the last couple of days. I am glad its being taken care of.
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 5:11 pm
by Phillippi
Very nice speeds Matt. It is a world of difference.
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 6:32 pm
by Nobody
Now that's the best news I've heard in 2 days.