[LUNI] Cable / Dsl

[Trev Peterson]

I use Speakeasy (and pay a lot) for 2 reasons:

1. I need static IP addresses
2. They are the only company with competent support for DSL that I have
dealt with

It sounds like you've had great luck with SBC.  That seems to be rather
rare in my experience.  I support several small/home business clients
and ALL of them have had extended or recurring outages with AT&T and/or
Comcast.  Neither Comcast or AT&T's tech support are capable solving
problems not in their knowledge base.  What's worse is they ask you to
remove ALL security measures before doing anything.  For this reason, I
advise my clients to pretend the computer is directly connected to the
cable modem or to have me deal with Comcast/AT&T to avoid further
problems.

The difference is quite noticeable between speakeasy and AT&T but so its
the price.  For my use a reliable connection warrants the extra cost
(not so for some of the home office users).

	Trev

On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 13:00 -0500, Mark Stuart Burge 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)
> 
> 
-- 
Trev Peterson
Advanced Reality
Email: trev at advanced-reality.com
Phone: +1 847 406 9018