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Re: EMBARQ DSL - is this considered a "normal" deal? Experiences with EMBARQ DSL?

Mark Lloyd

2008-02-26, 1:25 pm

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:38:31 GMT, George Grapman
<sfgeorge@paccbell.net> wrote:

[snip]

>
> AT&T offered me $21.95 a month for "up to" 3.0 if I agreed to a two
>year contract and automatic billing. I had to jump through hoops to get
>the modem rebate and Visa gift card (the funniest excuse was 4 months
>later when they said the delay was because they had to verify my address).
> Another poster noted that any DSL is better than dial up. I agree. A
>few months afterward my modem got fried and it took a week to get a new
>one. I had to use dial up and I had forgotten how s-l-o-w it is.
> Keep in mind that if you have a dedicated line for your dial up you
>will no longer need it thereby offsetting some of the cost.

I used to have a dedicated line for dialup. Now I have 8Mb/512Kb cable
for no more than I was paying for that dialup (ISP + phoneline). The
cable internet is more reliable too.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent
force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov

gfretwell@aol.com

2008-02-26, 5:26 pm

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:50:19 -0600, Mark Lloyd
<mlloyd@xmail.com10.invalid> wrote:

>cable internet is more reliable too.
You must not have Comcast.
My MediaOne was solid as a rock and really fast 5meg or so (one way).
When Comcast took over and "upgraded" to two way the speed dropped to
1.5meg on a good day and reliability sucked. I cancelled them and
restarted a couple of times based on promises they had fixed their
problems and the last time I was down over a week ... because of a
configuration problem on their end they couldn't seem to fix.
Embarq DSL isn't perfect but it does seem more stable and the people
are better when you call.

Mark Lloyd

2008-02-26, 8:25 pm

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:06:31 -0500, gfretwell@aol.com wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:50:19 -0600, Mark Lloyd
><mlloyd@xmail.com10.invalid> wrote:
>
>You must not have Comcast.

Correct. Other than the newsgroups, I have no experience with Comcast
other than the TV commercials that say "Comcastic" (and is
"televisiphonernetting" theirs too?).

BTW, the lack of DSL here may have something to do with the really
good non-Comcast cable internet here.

>My MediaOne was solid as a rock and really fast 5meg or so (one way).
>When Comcast took over and "upgraded" to two way the speed dropped to
>1.5meg on a good day and reliability sucked. I cancelled them and
>restarted a couple of times based on promises they had fixed their
>problems and the last time I was down over a week ... because of a
>configuration problem on their end they couldn't seem to fix.
>Embarq DSL isn't perfect but it does seem more stable and the people
>are better when you call.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent
force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov

Bob F

2008-02-28, 3:25 am

<gfretwell@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:50:19 -0600, Mark Lloyd
> <mlloyd@xmail.com10.invalid> wrote:
>
> You must not have Comcast.
> My MediaOne was solid as a rock and really fast 5meg or so (one way).
> When Comcast took over and "upgraded" to two way the speed dropped to
> 1.5meg on a good day and reliability sucked. I cancelled them and
> restarted a couple of times based on promises they had fixed their
> problems and the last time I was down over a week ... because of a
> configuration problem on their end they couldn't seem to fix.
> Embarq DSL isn't perfect but it does seem more stable and the people
> are better when you call.

The only problem I've had with Comcast in the last couple years was during a big
power outage, for a few days only. Otherwise it's been reliable and fast.

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