"Friendships come in strange packages
The best ones are opened with a smile"
NA4BH '15
Home connection.
"Special deal" for $5/mo extra. 25Mb instead of 20 and Skin-e-max. Think I'm going to drop that. Seems to have increased my bill by $17.
I got this just now:
I normally get faster download speeds--up to 14MB. Latency is pretty bad, too; maybe the two are related?
On Edit: It just occurred to me that I'm testing through WiFi, which means it's got to go through the router and an Ethernet switch. That no doubt accounts for some of the latency.
Last edited by NQ6U; 10-29-2010 at 06:16 PM. Reason: not "a" Ethernet switch, "an" Ethernet switch.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
got this just now connecting to Spokane server.
$59.95/mo (cuz we have Dish and Vonage..no cable TV)
CommodeCast is promising FiOS here soon....will believe it when I see it, as Qworst hasn't done shit to our phone lines out here (still on 1960's vintage twisted pairs), even with direct orders from the AZ Corporation Commission.
Last edited by W7XF; 10-29-2010 at 06:27 PM.
Encrypt everything. Even if you have nothing to hide. It increases the noise floor.
And my iPhone tether:
Shhhh... jailbroken iPhone :wiggle:
Last edited by W7XF; 10-29-2010 at 06:31 PM.
Encrypt everything. Even if you have nothing to hide. It increases the noise floor.
i pay 0.00, thanks to WiFI
I AM THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS!
$15.00/month for DSL.
I would still have cable internets right now, but they keep having severe packet loss. They tried to fix it for 2 months. I found out Time Warner does not value rural customers. It boils down to dozens of customers per mile of plant vs 1000's of customers per mile of plant. I liked the higher speed but it only worked when it wanted to. My partner fell and broke his foot, and the damned phone was down too (VOIP) I had to give cable the boot. ATT has installed fiber optics here, and will soon offer faster DSL.
Last edited by suddenseer; 10-29-2010 at 09:01 PM.
cul de n8tb
"Sadly, it always takes a few martyrs to get the ball rolling." Colonel Tim Boldman 2001
"There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference."--William James
"Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings." Victor J. Stenger
CenturyLink ran fiber optics to my neighborhood in the hinterlands of Okaloosa County and installed a DSLAM on the corner. I was the first subscriber on the box. $29.95 a month sure beats WildBlue satellite internet at $100 a month for 5Mb/sec down and 7Kb/s up with a monthly limit.
Last edited by W4RLR; 10-29-2010 at 10:41 PM.
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