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Posted by PeterH on June 20, 2007, 3:50 pm
Please log in for more thread options For what its worth... I would switch to DSL in a New York Heartbeat
(that's really fast!) ifall my clients (and all my printed material as
well) didn't have my Comcast information. Too many changes on too many
systems to do that. Meanwhile, if you call and bitch, they'll give you
their promotion of the day/week/month which around here might be as
low as $20 a month rather than $50. All you have to do is threaten to
go to DSL. They catch on after about three cycles of this so you have
to let them charge you full price for a few months and then go back at
it!
PeterH
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:19:07 -0600, "Bob Wang"
>Laura:
>
>You and PeteH are quite correct, I decided to download XP SP2 from the
>Microsoft download site, 266MB, averaged just under 5MB/min.
>Works out to ~666Mbs, if my arithmetic is correct. (Comcast *IS* the Devil!)
>Funny that that's actually slower than the cut-rate AT&T DSL.
>I know, not so funny for people who need the speed, but DAMN, I may check
>out DSL ;-)
>
>Bob
>
>>>>
>It also depends on the quality of the lines in your area. My step daughter
>just dropped Comcast because the lines were garbage. Comcast bought up so
>many old cable system over the years that their infrastructure in many areas
>results in poor internet service. One could also have the same type of
>issues with DSL if the phone lines in the area are old too. Only ISPs that
>are actively replacing their lines with fiber optics seem to be getting
>decent service.
>
>> PeterH:
>>
>> Well, that would explain why they're not making a bigger deal out of it.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>>>>
>> Be careful... this is their "Powerboost" or some such name. It allows
>> downloads at a very high speed for a specific period of time then goes
>> back to "normal" speeds.
>>
>> For quick text downloads like yours, it's fine. Get into larger files
>> and their speeds suck compared to what they say you are to get.
>>
>> Service people were here three times and said my "levels" were good,
>> but I get faster downloads via wireless from a neighbor's DSL.
>>
>> PeterH
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:20:48 -0600, "Bob Wang"
>>
>>>Totally off topic.
>>>
>>>I don't do any heavy duty downloading, don't watch videos, listen to
>>>music,
>>>etc.
>>>So, I was not aware that Comcast had quietly tripled download speeds.
>>>I WAS pleasantly surpirsed though, when I ran a speed test out of idle
>>>curiosity.
>>>
>>>Bob
>>>
>>
>>
>
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