COMMANDER_COOK

November 18, 2010 at 9:30pm

I have 1.5/.25 DSL. It's the fastest thing available in my area. CenturyLink is my ISP. I really like their tech support. When I moved, the technician that transferred the service gave me some wire and a phone jack when I told him I wanted to redo the wiring. He even took the time to expain the color coding.

Yeah, I'm getting just a hair more than I'm paying for.

SAND_CREATURE

November 18, 2010 at 5:17pm

if you can get fios in your area, it is amazing!  I have the minimum FiOS package, which keeps on getting higher.  When i first subscribed it was 5/1 and nwo it's technically 15/5 I think, but I get more like 20 down!  think there might have been another upgrade!

 

what a privileged life i live.

I Jedi

November 18, 2010 at 4:43pm

I don't know about Virgin, but on a good day, I get speeds of around 20-25Mbit... and on a slow day about 10Mbit. This coming from a Time Warner customer. I have no complaints.

Trooper_One

November 18, 2010 at 1:15pm

I'm paying for the formerly called HighSpeed (formerly HS Extreme) - I barely get 3mbps most of the time (usually 1.8 to 2.5)...  It's supposed to be 6mbps.  *sigh*

JoetheMobster

November 18, 2010 at 11:24am

I am getting the speed I pay for, and with almost no TECHNICAL problems.  Billing on the other hand has been sketchy in the past, I have to watch when my agreement runs out as they try and pull funny stuff.

Ghok

November 18, 2010 at 10:41am

Major telecoms intentionally ripping people off? Never!

 

chart2006

November 18, 2010 at 9:50am

I subscribe to 12mbps for ~$50 a month.  The first two months were plagued with outages until they replaced a node.  After the node was replaces the outages stopped but speeds dropped to ~4mbps on average with highs at about 6mbps.  Even at 3am it still sits at 4mbps or lower.  Tech has been out at least a dozen times replacing lines from the neighborhood amp up to my house and to the modem as well as replacing the modem itself.  Signal sits at -1db well within tolerance and SNR is ~39db.

During high usage times around the neighborhood (4pm on) speeds drop to ~1mbps or below which at that point starts to affect the TV with my HD stations unable to come in.  I'm tired of paying for a service in which I only receive a small fraction of what I pay for.  The tech (which is the same guy each time) told my roomate while I was unable to be there that we were going to be hit with charges for "fraudulant customer service calls to Mediacom." I reported him...

I began recording my speed test analysis in order to create a database of my findings in which I will present to Mediacom because for some reason the speeds greatly improve ONLY when the tech comes out.  The last time he was there we hit nearly 11mbps but when I got home it dropped to 8mbps and then once again continued to drop back down to the average of 4mbps and highs of 6mbps with lows less than 1mbps...

franciscomedinav

November 18, 2010 at 9:38am

I got CLEARWIRE 4G,  advertised speed: download up to 6 mbps, upload up to 1 mbps; speed test using speakeasy : download: 3.74 mbps, upload: 1 mbps.   I'm happy with the service, cause i get that avg speed every where i go in the clear coverage area. That's enough to stream movies, music, videos, etc...

CLEAR rocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!