[LUNI] Cable / Dsl

[Andrew Close]

On 9/27/07, Mark Stuart Burge <mark at msbrepairs.com> wrote:
> 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)

i'm not really a disgruntled Cable (Comcast) Internet user.  I'm
switching to WOW because they have a better bundle deal for Internet
and TV.  i'm currently only using Comcast for Internet.  when my wife
and i decided that we were tired of the snowy picture we get with our
antenna i researched both Comcast and WOW.  WOW had better rates and
my friends at work who had WOW were happy with their service.
when i first started looking into broadband, DSL was out of the
question because i'm too far from the CO.  they couldn't even
guarantee ISDN level service...