Unbelieveable

[Daddyjaxx]

Cable connection at 10 MBPS?

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Road Runner
as low as
$23.00*/month
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as low as
$29.95**/month

Speed Up to 10 Mbps/sec downloads^ Up to 7 Mbps/sec downloads
Times faster than dial up Up to 180 times Up to 125 times
Times faster than standard DSL 7 times 5 times
Always on internet connection
No extra phone line required
Email accounts Up to 5 Up to 5
Remote access when on the road
Free customer care 24/7/365
Free personal web pages
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This is the jerkberg town of Daytona Beach. I just moved from there last year. I'm in the freakin Atlanta area and can only get 5 MBPS.

[OkydOky]

I have 10 Megs Cable here in Calgary, Alberta. It's new.. used to be maxed at 7 :)

Still doesn't touch what they have overseas... I wish I could get at around 20 megs :(

[telexen]

Cableone.net offers up to 5mbit in this area ... standard is 3mbit. Based on speeds I'm starting to get late at night on some downloads, I think they may be planning an upgrade to 5mbit standard.

[Wiggles]

3 meg down and 256 kb up is all we have here in Sanford through Charter Cable.

The down is fine for what I do, but that up is terrible. If I lived about 15 miles north of here, I'd have Time Warner and get 5 meg down and 384 kb up standard, but also have the option of the 8 meg down and 512 kb up.

[stratcatprowlin]

Here in Queens NY we just got upgraded to 7/512 for standard Roadrunner.
Premium is still 8/512 though.If they push it up to 10/1 I'll get that.

[gorilly]

try living in the uk! its crap!

broadband is slow, expensive, unreliable, low upload...

i have 4mbps/256k up cable and its about £25 per month... yes thats $46.38 per month.

you can get cheaper ADSL broadband which i used to have (BT, tiscali, talk talk, sky...) but apart from pipex the service is pretty poor...

plus i get my tv through cable...

on the other hand these massive speeds dont really make much difference untill you are downloading huge ammounts...

[Mr. Chambers]

I've had 10mb down, 1mb up for a few months now - through Mediacom in IA. It works really well so far, no complaints.

[Captain Newbie]

256Kbit DSL.

You all should quit your complaining. :cool:

[ƒÓÒl]

Don't forget the "as low as" pricing is for the basic, smallest package, and usually only as a limited time offer to get you addicted. You gotta compare prices of the package you want, and what it'll actually be like in 6 months, once they know they gotcha.

[freakdiablo]

3mbps adsl. for all of you that dont know, adsl is a combo of isdn and dsl. I think. anyway, its got severe add so it closer to about 3mbpd, where the d stands for day. and i live in switzerland, and it 50 francs a month or ~$40.

[ccb056]

hehe, I pay $50 for a years worth of service, I get 100mbps up , 100mbps down (the upload is limited to 1.5mbps per host)

the catch is I can only upload 5 gigs and download 5 gigs for any rolling 24 hr period

/me is loving purdue university

[ilikepie]

Here in Queens NY we just got upgraded to 7/512 for standard Roadrunner.
Premium is still 8/512 though.If they push it up to 10/1 I'll get that.

Really? I never noticed the speed upgrade. I think my uploads have been faster but never noticed the download increase.

Fios just became available in my area so im thinking about that. 20/5 for $45 is pretty cheap even though i dont really like verizon.

[stratcatprowlin]

It is possible you havn't gotten the dl increase.Some areas have mixed speeds.The upgrade is still not official.Here is a thread on the whole thing.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16709274~mode=flat

[pik4chu]

I have the option for 6/768 or 8/768. I wonder if I can upgrade my service since those are faster than they were when I signed up :)

[stratcatprowlin]

Powercycle your modem and you might just get the new speed automatically.If not Call them and tell them to upgrade you.

[flapperhead]

im supposed to get 6 meg(comcast).. the most i usually get is 3 meg(down). I know the prob is load sharing cause around 6-10 pm its really slo.. On top of it its 45.00. a mo. Im tempeted to get the dsl from verizon(15.00-30.00 a month depending on speed) Im praying for fios... verizon now has the capability of delivering up to 50 meg and it seems like their price(s) are really affodable...

[K15]

I have 10 Megs Cable here in Calgary, Alberta. It's new.. used to be maxed at 7 :)

Still doesn't touch what they have overseas... I wish I could get at around 20 megs :(


I have 5mb here in SK, maxed at 7mb as it stands now. If you just got 10 we should be getting 10 soon too.

[Soundmaster2.0]

I have lived with dial-up for years and we just got cable the other day. It rocks.

[K15]

I have lived with dial-up for years and we just got cable the other day. It rocks.


After using cable for a couple months, go back and try to use dial up for an hour. Make sure you don't have a gun in the house...

[mbentley]

hehe, I pay $50 for a years worth of service, I get 100mbps up , 100mbps down (the upload is limited to 1.5mbps per host)

the catch is I can only upload 5 gigs and download 5 gigs for any rolling 24 hr period

/me is loving purdue university


oh how i miss being at purdue simply for the internet :)

[NettieZoom]

We are still stuck with crappy 2.3m/384k DSL here, our cable company is not offering internet at this time :(

[SuperDave1685]

I have Verizon Online DSL and haven't had a single problem from them... I have their 3Mb/ 768Kbps package for $39.95 a month.... it works great for me..

[Deadbot1_1973]

You should try living out in the sticks of Minnesota. I get one option for high speed ...my local phone company. They offer 512/256 for $50 or 1M/512 for $116. Otherwise it's back to the dial up for $10 a month. I hear someone complain about 3M-5M and it makes me want to scream.

[stratcatprowlin]

When I had dialup I used to drive 30 mins to my freinds house who had cable just to download Game demo's and stuff.Hehe.I'm glad those days are gone!

[Trap05]

I was stuck on 56k for several years. (40+min from a major center) Now I live in a decent sized town and have 3.0/640 DSL and I must say it's a welcome change.

[gorilly]

its all about be broadband, 24mbit down and 1.3mbit up for £24 per month (UK ONLY) https://www.bethere.co.uk/

no idea what their service is like mind and i've no idea why they have that ugly bint wearing a beret on their website.