Chet,
Comcast has been pretty awesome for me, even though I'm not entirely happy
with paying $50 a month for the service. But it has been extremely reliable
(I have worked from home for the past three years at two different locations
with maybe a total of two days of downtime). Mail is almost always up. Never
have needed to call their tech support except for those two days things were
down.
And you can't beat that 4MB download/384KB upload. They just upgraded me
recently for no extra charge and man is it nice to get DLs completed so
quickly.
-Chuck
Since we're on a Linux mailing list ...
I would suggest getting a web hosting service in addition to your
broadband connection. The hosting services (Linux based, of course)
give you some web space, host your mail services, and can give you some
global database access (MySQL).
I have my hosting through SmarterLinux.com for 100MB of space, mail,
etc. etc. for about $8/month. I know that there are several out there
that are less, for around $5 or $6 a month. (You may need to buy a
domain for around $20 a year as well.) Another thing I like with
SmarterLinux is that when you call them, you are talking to a human
being by the third ring. 90% of the time, that person that answered the
phone can answer your question / solve the problem.
I really like having my email address "unbundled" from my broadband
connection, in case I need to make a change.
Just my $0.02.
-Kevin
Chet Gardiner wrote:
> <RANT>
>
> It's not Thunderbird or Choice Mail. It's SBC. I called their "tech
> support" and there was a prerecorded message about mail being
> difficult for anyone "who has recently changed their password" -- LIE
> LIE LIE.....
>
> Sometimes I can mail...most times not...
>
> Sometimes I receive -- most times not...
>
> Ah, Intermittent email -- that's what I pay $49.95 a month
> for..............NOT!
>
> </RANT>
>
> How're any folks doing with Comcast cable -- any better?
>
>
[excessive quoting removed by server]
On Mar 7, 2005, at 2:33 PM, Chuck Urwiler wrote:
> And you can't beat that 4MB download/384KB upload. They just upgraded
> me
> recently for no extra charge and man is it nice to get DLs completed so
> quickly.
You might want to test that out. They did indeed upgrade many of their
facilities (remember, they are running a lot of cable installations
from other companies they bought) from 3 Mb to 4 Mb, but in most cases
in the process, they dropped upload speed to 256 Kbps. That's a 33%
decrease. Most of the time, It's okay, but once in a while I'll be
shipping a big file up, and you can see the slowness.
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
Yea, I did just to be sure, and thank goodness uploads got a little faster,
which of course any speed increase when uploading over a VPN is a good
thing...
-Chuck
> -----Original Message-----
> You might want to test that out. They did indeed upgrade many of their
> facilities (remember, they are running a lot of cable installations
> from other companies they bought) from 3 Mb to 4 Mb, but in most cases
> in the process, they dropped upload speed to 256 Kbps. That's a 33%
> decrease. Most of the time, It's okay, but once in a while I'll be
> shipping a big file up, and you can see the slowness.
Comcast is great for me too. I use Yahoo mail for all my mail, I almost never have even a burp
with them.
--- Chuck Urwiler <curwiler@comcast.net> wrote:
> Chet,
>
> Comcast has been pretty awesome for me, even though I'm not entirely happy
> with paying $50 a month for the service. But it has been extremely reliable
> (I have worked from home for the past three years at two different locations
> with maybe a total of two days of downtime). Mail is almost always up. Never
> have needed to call their tech support except for those two days things were
> down.
>
> And you can't beat that 4MB download/384KB upload. They just upgraded me
> recently for no extra charge and man is it nice to get DLs completed so
> quickly.
>
> -Chuck
>
>
>
[excessive quoting removed by server]
In the last year or so, my Comcast first went to 3MB/256KB and most
recently 4MB/384KB.
Ted Roche wrote:
>
> You might want to test that out. They did indeed upgrade many of their
> facilities (remember, they are running a lot of cable installations
> from other companies they bought) from 3 Mb to 4 Mb, but in most cases
> in the process, they dropped upload speed to 256 Kbps. That's a 33%
> decrease. Most of the time, It's okay, but once in a while I'll be
> shipping a big file up, and you can see the slowness.
--
Richard Kaye
RFC Systems
Voice: 973.761.0868
Fax: 973.761.4329
For the fastest response time, please send your tech support
queries to techsupport@rfcsystems.com
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
What's up with that?
--- Jason Brown <j.brown@genixtech.com> wrote:
> Don't complain, I'm paying $69 here in Australia for 256/64K unlimited
> adsl , and thats pretty much the going rate.
>
> now that sucks!!!
>
> Jason
>
>
Don't complain, I'm paying $69 here in Australia for 256/64K unlimited
adsl , and thats pretty much the going rate.
now that sucks!!!
Jason
Richard Kaye wrote:
> In the last year or so, my Comcast first went to 3MB/256KB and most
> recently 4MB/384KB.
>
> Ted Roche wrote:
>
>>
>> You might want to test that out. They did indeed upgrade many of
>> their facilities (remember, they are running a lot of cable
>> installations from other companies they bought) from 3 Mb to 4 Mb,
>> but in most cases in the process, they dropped upload speed to 256
>> Kbps. That's a 33% decrease. Most of the time, It's okay, but once in
>> a while I'll be shipping a big file up, and you can see the slowness.
>
>
>
On Mar 7, 2005, at 8:33 PM, Jason Brown wrote:
> Don't complain, I'm paying $69 here in Australia for 256/64K unlimited
> adsl , and thats pretty much the going rate.
Ouch! AUD $69 ~= $54.75 USD. I'm paying less than that for 768k/384k
ADSL. Is it a lack of telco competition, lack of resources, or
something else?
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
Ted Roche wrote:
> On Mar 7, 2005, at 8:33 PM, Jason Brown wrote:
>
>> Don't complain, I'm paying $69 here in Australia for 256/64K unlimited
>> adsl , and thats pretty much the going rate.
>
>
> Ouch! AUD $69 ~= $54.75 USD. I'm paying less than that for 768k/384k
> ADSL. Is it a lack of telco competition, lack of resources, or something
> else?
FWIW, I'm paying $88 a month for 768/384k from a local ISP that has
never done me any wrong since I started with them over a decade ago. I
believe I could get SBC DSL for around $59 a month or Charter cable for
about $50 but frankly I don't trust either of those companies with my money.
--
pkm ~ http://paulmcnett.com