Lownotes
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5/5/2006 at 19:04 |
To get high-speed internet in my area (Hattiesburg, MS) you have two choices.
1. Comcast Digital Cable = $65 a month without cable TV, $45 a month with $12 worth of basic cable.
2. Bellsouth DSL = $45 a month, but you have to also get phone service with them.
I saw a commercial the other day where people were talking about how much they pay, and most everyone said something like $20 month.
QUESTION: How much do all of you pay, and where do you live? I suspect we are being screwed around here.
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ragoo
We are not amused.  SSHOLEPosts: 653 Registered: 9/4/2004 Offline
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5/5/2006 at 19:17 |
I have Verizon DSL in Wilkes-Barre, PA. I think it's about $30 a month.
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vasudeva
Bad Taste in your Mouth  SSHOLEPosts: 4415 Registered: 3/8/2002 Offline
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5/5/2006 at 19:26 |
~$50/mo for cable in upstate NY. It's fast.
The only people I hear of paying $20/mo for broadband are using promotion deals in large metro areas.
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jwalker
Token Discordian  SSHOLEPosts: 946 Registered: 8/6/2005 Offline
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5/5/2006 at 19:29 |
^ what he said.
I am near SF, and use AT&T DSL. If I didn't have phone service woth them it would be $50/mo. By having phone service with extras and signing a 1 year contract, I am paying $20/mo. for "high speed" DSL.
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Wrecker
Misanthrope  SSHOLEPosts: 452 Registered: 1/25/2006 Offline
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5/5/2006 at 19:31 |
$57 a month for Comcast cable. I average 3 meg download speeds.
Verizon DSL can suck my nuts if they think they will ever get my business again. Those faggits.
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dent
Slipping it into the wrong hole any chance I get  SSHOLEPosts: 841 Registered: 10/20/2004 Offline
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5/5/2006 at 19:37 |
Qwest DSL - Western Colorado, middle of fucking nowhere - $57 for 7 meg
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middle_age_man
Mostly Harmless  SSHOLEPosts: 427 Registered: 1/11/2005 Offline
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5/5/2006 at 22:34 |
My employer has a deal going with the local cable company to provide high speed cable to all of its employees and off-campus students for $20 a month. Pretty sweet.
And it's stupid fast.
On 2006-05-05 at 17:36:18, middle_age_man praised Jejus
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Dumbskull
I'm assuming the position!  SSHOLEPosts: 1896 Registered: 4/22/2004 Offline
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5/6/2006 at 00:18 |
Adelphia ultra high speed DSL in Bangor, ME 53.00 without the cable TV. With expanded basic TV (does not include premium channels) the grand total per month is $96.00
The internet goes out frequently for up to 12 hours or more at a time and customer service sucks my old ass.
Verizon does offers an enhanced dial up service locally they say is “high speed" and phone service with Verizon is required in order to get this crappy service.
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freakmachine
Web Fucko Extraordinaire  SSHOLEPosts: 588 Registered: 4/15/2004 Offline
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5/6/2006 at 01:08 |
Roadrunner cable, +/-$50 / mo plus cable; fast enough |
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Clavis_Apocalypticae
Beautiful Puppet of Chaos  SSHOLEPosts: 749 Registered: 5/16/2004 Offline
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5/6/2006 at 14:18 |
$43 for 6Mbit w/Comcast. I had SBC DSL previously, which was 1500/384 for $44.
Comcast cable may suck ass, but I hart my internets connection. I always get around 700-750kb/s when downloading from servers that can handle the traffic, and my upload averages right around 45k/s. I haven't gone even a single hour without service since I started with them 9 months ago.
With DSL, I was lucky to get a third of the max dl/ul speed, the modem resynched/timed out a couple times a day, and I frequently went without service for hours or sometimes a whole day. DSL can suck my butt.
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Lownotes
They all float down here. SSHOLEPosts: 181 Registered: 4/23/2005 Offline
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5/6/2006 at 14:34 |
Hrm. Well, thanks, I guess I don't have it as bad as I thought. Still, if I were to move 10 miles away in any direction, I would have no other option but 56k dialup, and 30 miles or more would be even slower. |
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Senor_Smoke
SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 286 Registered: 9/9/2004 Offline
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5/6/2006 at 15:14 |
Northeast Ohio,Adelphia Premium,$60,7meg...
Torrents with a good amount of seeders I can get upper 700`s downloading.110-119 Uploading.Never loses train.I told them I wanted faster uploading and they said they could double my upload and download for $199 a month for the business package.Fuck that...
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magicchex
Fuckin' your bitches and stealin' your cars since 1985.  SSHOLEPosts: 406 Registered: 1/5/2005 Offline
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5/6/2006 at 18:38 |
$42.95 8megabit down, 768Kbps up.
Ann Arbor, MI
Price jumps to $52.95 in a few months.
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freakbass
SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 128 Registered: 2/12/2006 Offline
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5/6/2006 at 20:59 |
35 per month roadrunner cable modem, honolulu hawaii.
ridiculously fast.
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Stump
SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 310 Registered: 6/18/2002 Offline
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5/6/2006 at 23:12 |
Optimum Online coupled with their VOIP and digital cable service (HBO and Starz movie packages) runs about $135 or $140 a month. Damn fast speeds and only one outage this past year.
I had Adelphia at the last place I lived and it was horrible, down for days at a time and they always tried to blame it on my end of the connection. The installers were horribly unprofessional and the tech support was non-existant.
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Beanie
Tender vittles  Posts: 8 Registered: 5/7/2006 Offline
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5/11/2006 at 03:18 |
Lownotes: Hrm. Well, thanks, I guess I don't have it as bad as I thought. Still, if I were to move 10 miles away in any direction, I would have no other option but 56k dialup, and 30 miles or more would be even slower.
You've got it good. I have Comcast as well. I have the high speed internet plus the whole digital package for television. I pay $145.00 per month.
I hate Bellsouth. I have Vonage for my phone. I won't turn back to any hardwire dial-up with any phone company ever again. Once you go high speed it's so hard going back to dial-up.
P.S. I don't work for Vonage, but to anyone who's interested in switching their phone service, Vonage has the lowest price and the best service. They're wonderful.
Plus, because I make several calls to the U.K. and The Netherlands daily, my phone bill is less than a third of what it used to be. I also found out today that all of my U.K. calls are now FREE with my package.
I love teh net. 
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shitbox
my balls your chin, get used to that idea  SSHOLEPosts: 918 Registered: 1/9/2005 Offline
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5/12/2006 at 10:21 |
Used to pay 50 for cable plus 5 bucks for renting their crappy modem. W/ cable the bill was always around 100 dollars. FUCK THAT. I got a dish and Yahoo DSL (which upload/DL at the same fucking speed) and now pay about 76 bucks a month.
DSL alone is only 15 bucks. But i have to have a phone line to use it so the universal lifeline costs another ten. Fuck cable monopolies and fuck Sony.
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HOBO
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5/12/2006 at 12:06 |
We just switched to the Time Warner All in One package. $151 for Broadband,(Which the weifs company picks up part of the tab cuz she werks from home 2 days a week), Digital cable with 200 channels which includes on-demand service, and digital phone which includes free long distance.
So in essence I upgraded my phone and TV services and pay a little less.
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metatron
Fighting The Good Fight ™  SSHOLEPosts: 469 Registered: 4/12/2002 Offline
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5/12/2006 at 13:18 |
I've got the Silver package from our local CableMonopoly. 512k UP / 3mb Down for $29.95 if you have basic cable.
This might seem like a total steal, but that package also includes 6GB month transfer (total! up and down!) which fucking sucks ass.
Don't worry though, they charge you for bandwidth overages in blocks of 10GB @ $10
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Senor_Smoke
SENATOR BABYHEAD Posts: 286 Registered: 9/9/2004 Offline
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5/13/2006 at 04:14 |
^I would go through the 6GB in one day...DVD-a-DAY mofo here...
Do the packet sniffin whores count up and down?
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ghostrider
liberal exit  SSHOLEPosts: 2425 Registered: 7/29/2004 Offline
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5/13/2006 at 04:16 |
$100 per month
Dsl, landline and 2 cell phones included.
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magicchex
Fuckin' your bitches and stealin' your cars since 1985. SSHOLEPosts: 406 Registered: 1/5/2005 Offline
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5/13/2006 at 05:11 |
metatron: I've got the Silver package from our local CableMonopoly. 512k UP / 3mb Down for $29.95 if you have basic cable.
This might seem like a total steal, but that package also includes 6GB month transfer (total! up and down!) which fucking sucks ass.
Don't worry though, they charge you for bandwidth overages in blocks of 10GB @ $10
That would suck I have like 30GB uploaded this month.
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breezysummerday
Tender vittles  SSHOLEPosts: 41 Registered: 3/10/2005 Offline
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5/14/2006 at 17:02 |
Just under $80/month for basic cable, phone, cable modem.
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LORDKAHUNA
Don't make me fuk your moustache  SSHOLEPosts: 1611 Registered: 8/5/2003 Offline
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5/14/2006 at 23:19 |
I am for having cable internet.
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HOBO
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5/15/2006 at 14:31 |
LORDKAHUNA: I am for having cable internet.
WOW! HOW INSIGHTFUL!!!!! I didn't know you had cable up north.
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Wrecker
Misanthrope SSHOLEPosts: 452 Registered: 1/25/2006 Offline
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5/15/2006 at 14:53 |
HOBO: LORDKAHUNA: I am for having cable internet.
WOW! HOW INSIGHTFUL!!!!! I didn't know you had cable up north.
They don't. They have beavers that deliver the packets for them.
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