03-29-2005, 03:44 PM | #1 (permalink) |
Psycho
Location: cali
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WOOHOO! Faster Speeds
so i get this letter today from adelphia, it reads:
Dear <me>, We have great news about your Adelphia High-Speed Internet service! We're happy to announce we've made significant network improvements and product enhancements that will improve the performance of your current Adelphia High-Speed Internet service -- making it even better than before. First of all, we've increased the speed of your service to help you get more done online in less time. That means that the fast uploads and downloads you already enjoy are now even faster! Here's a comparison: then a chart stating that my NEW Adelphia High-Speed Internet will have a 6Mbps download and a 768 Kbps upload. supposedly they're gonna contact me and send out a new modem. anyone else get this? or am i gettin excited over nothing? and weren't they going down the shithole? i thought they filed bankruptcy a while back.
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03-29-2005, 03:47 PM | #2 (permalink) |
AHH! Custom Title!!
Location: The twisted warpings of my brain.
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If I were you I'd be more worries about where they're moving thier bottleneck to for the sake of thier marketing. That's an awful lot of bandwidth for an end user, do they have information anywhere listing how many people are going to be sharing the pipes and how many users per pipe is acceptable?
I hate to rain on the parade
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03-29-2005, 04:47 PM | #3 (permalink) |
Insane
Location: Michigan
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Actaully, Comcast is/was doing the same thing. 6.6mbit/768kb is their "advanced" package. I personally cant stand them and use Wide Open West where I get 5mbit/500kb.
Its alot of bandwidth, but it is realistic. You have to remember, 75% of people use their connection for a bit and then don't touch it the rest of the day. There are a few people that use their connection to it's max potential (myself being one of them). I have 2 desktops, 2 laptops, 1 file/test server, Vonage phone service and my iPaq that all use it. My connection is almost never idle and is often maxed out.
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03-29-2005, 06:18 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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We need some competition here in Miami. I currently use Bellsouth DSL at 3500/384 (as part of their "Xtreme" service) and I want a competing company to make them raise the speeds without raising prices. The service is plenty fast and reliable, but I want some competition so they raise their speeds, especially upload, and lower prices. We have Comcast here, but there isn't enough of a difference to justify a switch and apparently Bellsouth isn't feeling threatened enough by them.
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03-31-2005, 05:17 PM | #11 (permalink) |
Professional Loafer
Location: texas
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on cox cable here, get 5mb down and 1mb up for $40 / month
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