What do you guys pay for.....
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What do you guys pay for.....
DSL or Cable Modem and what bandwidth package?
I'm getting fucking raped but I just upgraded my DSL to 1.5 down 156up for $70.00 a month (Lube Prz).
Was just wondering what it's like in NON ass raping California for high speed access rates.
I'm getting fucking raped but I just upgraded my DSL to 1.5 down 156up for $70.00 a month (Lube Prz).
Was just wondering what it's like in NON ass raping California for high speed access rates.
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$40 cdn for DSL (what's that about $10 american?).
I'm not sure what my download restrictions are as I have never come close to hitting them.
I rarely download movies or games... the majority of my bandwith useage comes from playing games.
In the 4 years since I've been with this provider (Sympatico), I have never had any sort of extended downtime. Their network stability is outstanding.
I'm not sure what my download restrictions are as I have never come close to hitting them.
I rarely download movies or games... the majority of my bandwith useage comes from playing games.
In the 4 years since I've been with this provider (Sympatico), I have never had any sort of extended downtime. Their network stability is outstanding.
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That's what we have, too.Llaffer wrote:I have Time Warner Cable. I have the "All Channels" package and about 2Mbits/sec broadband internet (download - upload is like 350k).
$99 / month
Includes about 300 channels in the cable plan, including about 40 premium channels.
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I'm on Cable , been on it almost 6 years now. Started as @Home < AttBi < Comcast. I pay Nothing (perk of working for the company) The price in the Bay area should be $45.95/mo W/ Cable $59 w/Out. There are so many deals going on for the installs its almost ridiculous. Some friends have DSL and swear at/by it , depends on who ya talk too. I have had my cable on shit line the whole time, it has only dropped off once. That was because the Fiber splicers did a crappy job after a pole got taken out across town. In the end its your call. If you live in the Bay Area of Ca , drop me a pm and I can let you know if the area you live in is servicable. Much of the area has been launched over the last 2 months including the Central Valley areas.
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almost the same plan, i just have less channels, cant remember price but i think its around 80$Xouqoa wrote:That's what we have, too.Llaffer wrote:I have Time Warner Cable. I have the "All Channels" package and about 2Mbits/sec broadband internet (download - upload is like 350k).
$99 / month
Includes about 300 channels in the cable plan, including about 40 premium channels.
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I pay about $126.99 a month for a full package from Time Warner. I have a cable modem, 2 cable recievers (one in the bedroom and one inthe living room) digital cable plus Stars! and HBO. I found out when I signed up that you save money but adding packages.
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Re: What do you guys pay for.....
I've got Broadband Now, and they are the ONLY company here that provides high speed internet. Had I moved just a few blocks down, I'd have a choice between Comcast and several DSL providers. (I'm so bitter)Mort wrote:DSL or Cable Modem and what bandwidth package?
I'm getting fucking raped but I just upgraded my DSL to 1.5 down 156up for $70.00 a month (Lube Prz).
Was just wondering what it's like in NON ass raping California for high speed access rates.
I pay $70 a month for 512 down, and that's with my own cable modem. (think it was $10-15 more a month to lease a modem from them, not entirely sure though) My connection is usually ridiculously slow, but since they don't guarantee a minimum connection speed and they know they are the only provider out here, they don't really seem to give a shit.

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Same, runs ~$80 a month, will be less once I drop the movie channelsSionistic wrote:almost the same plan, i just have less channels, cant remember price but i think its around 80$Xouqoa wrote:That's what we have, too.Llaffer wrote:I have Time Warner Cable. I have the "All Channels" package and about 2Mbits/sec broadband internet (download - upload is like 350k).
$99 / month
Includes about 300 channels in the cable plan, including about 40 premium channels.

Depending on the site, 5Mb/s either up or down isn't unusual. The number of folks using data services on the local cable drop makes a huge difference in your speed. There are only 3-4 other customers on the same segment as me, runs amazingly well. I've no idea what the actual data rate your garaunteed is, or even if there is one.
DSL is a terrible deal here, would cost me more than double for a 1.5 bi-directional line. And I still wouldn't get a QoS agreement that was worth didly squat.
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Cox Cable 59.99 or something a month because I don't subscribe to their CableTV and lease a modem.
DirecTV > Cable
On the bright side, it's incredibly fast. The planets don't need to be aligned for me to get a gig/hour download speed off their newsgroups. I get it all the time. Upload speeds aren't the best but good enough for the few times I need to upload large files.
DirecTV > Cable
On the bright side, it's incredibly fast. The planets don't need to be aligned for me to get a gig/hour download speed off their newsgroups. I get it all the time. Upload speeds aren't the best but good enough for the few times I need to upload large files.
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69.95/month canadian for 640k up, 3 meg down DSL. I've had just a couple of hours downtime total in the 4 years I've been subscribing to bell sympatico here in Quebec. They're really one of the best ISPs around.
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42.95/month for 756k up/down DSL. It's a neat plan, because I know the owner of the ISP, and all of their level 3 (highest level) techs. So I get free months all the time. Like sometimes they'll call me up and ask me to troubleshoot a problem they might be having. That will net me 2 - 3 free months. Or else they'll route a Customer Service call to my cell phone and that will get me a free month or two. They might be upgrading me to quad dedicated t1's so I can run a server for this area, that would be nice. mmmm.........
On that note, my one friend has a 7.1mb down 2.5mb up DSL connection in his house. God that thing screams for the LAN parties. It's also nice to see download speeds of 1.5mb a second. God that is cool.
On that note, my one friend has a 7.1mb down 2.5mb up DSL connection in his house. God that thing screams for the LAN parties. It's also nice to see download speeds of 1.5mb a second. God that is cool.