I currently have 25Mbit(on cable network), but will be upgraded to 35Mbit on fiber for free later this year...
Also, the technician said that I would very probably get an 'introduction period' of 200Mbit for up to 6months...
They're upgrading everyone in my neighbourhood to fiber for free because, to quote the technician, 'uptime on the cable network is kind of sucky, and it's killing our reputation in the area'. I guess that the fact that another company is also about to launch a fiber service in the area doesn't have anything to do with it, then...
Cool! My current situation is I have the better of two bad providers. I'm in a borderline rural area, so they don't really care to upgrade anything beyond the bare minimum they need to provide to be better than the other guy who cares even less.
I just tried speedtest on my phone and the wireless (4G LTE) came in at 7 up and 1.5 down - this is better than the other ISP I have to choose from in my area. One of the bad parts about not living near a big city.
Last night I couldn't get any sleep before about 3am because a bl**dy owl kept hooting all the time.
I live literally a stone's throw from the woods... Not a park, but a wood-covered mountain-side.
The nearest town(23Km away) has about 20.000 residents.
Wow! And I was amazed to find I have 10Mb/s down and up and some times up goes faster, I've seen 20Mb/s going out of here. All for 5 Euros a month, I'm not complaining. I get a public IP address as well.
I have 250 Mb/s down and 20 Mb/s up, or would have if I could use network cable to connect. Was actually upgraded free from 100/10 a month ago. With WIFI the typical speed is 50/15 which is still very good for my usage.
With Roadrunner through Brighthouse Cable I'm getting a little more than I'm paying for, 23 down and 2.3 up. The ping is quite fast, at 7 ms. Currently paying for 20 and 2.
Price is low but the sun has to be shining and someone has to be looking.
Seriously, two of the five places have no hope of internet other than satellite link. No cable, no phone, no line-of-sight with any cell tower of any description.
Rich, Who the heck you using???? I have a measly 7 on Centurylink. I have been seriously considering a change but I am not sure if I really want Comcast or Frontier.
Rich, Who the heck you using???? I have a measly 7 on Centurylink. I have been seriously considering a change but I am not sure if I really want Comcast or Frontier.
We used to use CenturyLink. It was about 6 or so, sometimes worse. Then we switched to Wave, it was the only other choice. Reviews aren't the greatest for Wave but so far it has been better than Comcast which we had been using for years - which I considered to be pretty good. Haven't had to call them even once for billing or service related issues. It has just worked and has been fast, faster than Comcast ever was. Now of course it could be just a run of good luck, but so far I am impressed. The downside is that we have a data limit, if we go over we pay more. We have not yet come close to exceeding the 1,000GB/mo limit yet (more than 30GB a day) so it is no big deal. Something else I like about Wave, no contract, and no weird pricing that goes up after a year. We only use their internet service, we don't get cable TV. Wait, yes I forgot that Karen got the basic cable service for local channels but I never watch it so can't really comment on that part of their service.
One last thing, early last year when I was trenching to install power for my parents new home I accidentally tore through our neighbors cable (the locate service didn't mark it). They were already ticked at me for building a house in their sight line so it was important to get their cable back quickly. I called Wave (we were not a customer at the time) and they had someone out in less than two hours to fix it.
If Wave disappoints we can now go back with Comcast since just a month ago they ran their cable out to our area.
I have 5Mbps down (supposed to be 3.5 but the ADSL lines were upgraded some time back) and about 350kbs up (supposed to be 512kbps, argh). That's in Norway. I could have moved to cable, but I won't - too expensive and they force you to buy analog cable TV too, which I don't need. I don't have a TV, and if I did I would use digital over air which is better quality than even digital cable. So the cable company won't get my money, whatever speed they can give me.
In Japan I generally have 25Mbps down and >30Mbps up, sometimes more - much more - on both, it depends on time of day. Fiber straight to the house. And that's the place where speed matters more to me anyway.
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Also, the technician said that I would very probably get an 'introduction period' of 200Mbit for up to 6months...
They're upgrading everyone in my neighbourhood to fiber for free because, to quote the technician, 'uptime on the cable network is kind of sucky, and it's killing our reputation in the area'. I guess that the fact that another company is also about to launch a fiber service in the area doesn't have anything to do with it, then...
I just tried speedtest on my phone and the wireless (4G LTE) came in at 7 up and 1.5 down - this is better than the other ISP I have to choose from in my area. One of the bad parts about not living near a big city.
Last night I couldn't get any sleep before about 3am because a bl**dy owl kept hooting all the time.
I live literally a stone's throw from the woods... Not a park, but a wood-covered mountain-side.
The nearest town(23Km away) has about 20.000 residents.
Whoooooo.......whooooooo
I pay between $80 and $115 per month, depending on my negotiating. It's the fastest service available in my building.
-Phil
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Price is low but the sun has to be shining and someone has to be looking.
Seriously, two of the five places have no hope of internet other than satellite link. No cable, no phone, no line-of-sight with any cell tower of any description.
Sun's gettin' real low, Big Guy.
With a metronome and stretched animal hide, I can send synchronous communication at any time of the day.
dgately
We used to use CenturyLink. It was about 6 or so, sometimes worse. Then we switched to Wave, it was the only other choice. Reviews aren't the greatest for Wave but so far it has been better than Comcast which we had been using for years - which I considered to be pretty good. Haven't had to call them even once for billing or service related issues. It has just worked and has been fast, faster than Comcast ever was. Now of course it could be just a run of good luck, but so far I am impressed. The downside is that we have a data limit, if we go over we pay more. We have not yet come close to exceeding the 1,000GB/mo limit yet (more than 30GB a day) so it is no big deal. Something else I like about Wave, no contract, and no weird pricing that goes up after a year. We only use their internet service, we don't get cable TV. Wait, yes I forgot that Karen got the basic cable service for local channels but I never watch it so can't really comment on that part of their service.
One last thing, early last year when I was trenching to install power for my parents new home I accidentally tore through our neighbors cable (the locate service didn't mark it). They were already ticked at me for building a house in their sight line so it was important to get their cable back quickly. I called Wave (we were not a customer at the time) and they had someone out in less than two hours to fix it.
If Wave disappoints we can now go back with Comcast since just a month ago they ran their cable out to our area.
In Japan I generally have 25Mbps down and >30Mbps up, sometimes more - much more - on both, it depends on time of day. Fiber straight to the house. And that's the place where speed matters more to me anyway.