How do you connect to the internet?

How do you connect to the internet?

  • Cable

    Votes: 3 20.0%
  • Wireless (wi-fi)

    Votes: 2 13.3%
  • DSL

    Votes: 10 66.7%
  • Satellite

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Dial-up

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other (please specifify)

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • Total voters
    15

methodistgirl

New member
When I hooked up with AT&T they saw me coming and took me
for a good one and their dial up box kept on disconnecting which
stunk. Now I use the local cable called New wave. They have
me on a Motorola box which works like a charm.
judy tooley
 

Povster

New member
I've had Pacbell's dsl since I moved here to SF form Boston in 1999. In all that time i have had 3 outages which were fixed the same day. I really can't complain about it, but I am less than a mile from the central office so tht probably accounts for the performance and stability.
 

GoneBaroque

New member
I use DSL from Verizon which works very well most of the time. With any system there are minor annoyances. There is one thing that I do not like about Verizon. When I first started with them they had an excellent virus protection system which did everythine on an automatic schedule. They have since changed to a new one which I frankly hate. It has to be reset several times a day. Very annoying! But, I refuse to go to cable, especially Comcast who are the worst. The reason for cable exclusivity is of course what the Arabs call Baksheesh to corrupt officials.

Rob
 

Krummhorn

Administrator
Staff member
ADMINISTRATOR
. . . But, I refuse to go to cable, especially Comcast who are the worst. The reason for cable exclusivity is of course what the Arabs call Baksheesh to corrupt officials.
Rob

Hi Rob,

Interesting about Comcast in your region ... here, at least in Tucson, they are by far better than our other option, Cox Cable, which I had before my present DSL connection with Qwest. Cox was unreliable, down at least three days each month, slower than snot (17 kbps) downloads ... yes, that said 17 kbps, and outer space pricing, especially when I was paying for 20 Mbps service. Cox would simply say "read your contract ... it says speeds 'up to' 20 Mb" ... meaning anything from 1.0 kbps to 20 mbps was 'acceptable' in their eyes.

Here, the Qwest DSL service includes Norton Anti-virus ... I think it's standard also on Comcast here.
 

Dorsetmike

Member
I was surprised when I did a speed test, I pay for a service "up to" 10Mb and actually get around 9,6Mb, the only tests listed for others in the locality that are higher are paying for up to 20 or 30Mb, the 20Mb is only a few doors away and is only getting 11.7Mb, and a couple of 30Mb subscribers are getting around 18Mb, so I think I'll stay as I am, especially as the upload has recently been upgraded and now operates at between 0.96 and 1.03 considerably better than the 0.2 I was getting.

Any way it's all a far cry from 56K dial up I started with a few years back.
 

teddy

Duckmeister
As I live quite away from the exchange our speeds are not that high but I never have any trouble. £30.00 a month pays for broadband, line rental and nearly all my calls are free, anytime. This includes 087 numbers.

teddy
 
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