[LUNI] Cable / Dsl

[Mike Scott]

Two reasons I have cable.
1. at&t (nee SBC, nee Ameritech).  The only way to get their DSL is to
sign up for their ripoff landline.
2. speed.  I get near T1 speeds with WOW. The best I can get with DSL is
IDSL (144KBps) because of how far I am from the CO.

I am not really unhappy with WOW, I just mentioned the rate sunset
because you have to keep your eye on the monthly statements.  In all WOW
has a pretty good track record IMHO and the prices are competitive (as
much as a monopoly can be).  WOW bought out the Ameritech network when
SBC bought them and wanted out of the CATV business.  The wiring is
pretty new, so that may account for reliability.  I also have a Comcast
box in my back yard and was considering signing up with them to get more
bandwidth and/or redundancy.

- Mike Scott


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [LUNI] Cable / Dsl
> From: Mark Stuart Burge <mark at msbrepairs.com>
> Date: Thu, September 27, 2007 1:00 pm
> To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion
> <luni at luni.org>
> 
> So from the 'Cable Modems' thread, it seems like a lot of people are a 
> touch disgruntled with their ISP.
> 
> So that begs the question..
> 
> Why so many cable users ?
> 
> 
> I am interested to know what you all ultimately pay for the broadband 
> connection of choice.
> 
> Myself, I have been using sbc's dsl for about 4 years now and pay an 
> average of about $40 / month inc the phone line
> 
> Broken down, thats $10 line charge, $19 dsl and the rest split between 
> call charges and taxes.
> 
> I regularly download iso files without needing to use torrent and the 
> modem that came with it was brand new and mine to keep.
> Down time I think was about 20 minutes one day (the only time it has 
> ever been down in 4 years to my recall)
> 
> On the negative side, I would say that I need to reboot the router now 
> and then (maybe once a month max), possibly due to spikes or something, 
> but I think that is just hardware.
> Oh, and their default dns is a little slow, but nothing that opendns 
> can't remedy.
> 
> Every time sbc(att whatever) decide to increase the price, I call them 
> and start a new contract to bring the price down  to the new promo, 
> which usually works out cheaper still.
> 
> 
> So,
> 
> I am assuming there must be a good reason why so many people are using 
> cable.
> 
> Is it for a static IP?  for higher upload speeds ? 
> 
> (or maybe att can't scrape off the ameritech from their shoes and it is 
> leaving a bad smell in the room)
> 
> 
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