Ok, My Cable Bill just went up from $86.90 to $122 per month Breakdown is as follow's Basic Cable -------- $46.39 Digital Silver ------- $30.60 Internet ------------ $42.95 Modem Rental ----- $3.00 Plus I pay $16.95 to Vonage for Phone Service. Now comcast is 3mbps keep that in mind SBC just offered me the Following Local Phone Service Basic $13.00 Basic DSL Service (1.5 mbps) $19.99 (after 1 year goes to $27) So if I drop the Comcast Internet and the Vonage phone service I save $26.91 per month and I can upgrade for $10 to the Faster 3mbps dsl if I need the speed which I dont think I will because I was on 1.5 with Insight before I moved to indy and got comcast. I will also be Dropping the Digital TV box and Save that $30 as well My question is, am I making a good move going from Cable to DSL, never had DSL so I dont wont to make a Bad Choice... I use to do alot of Downloading and what not but ever since I signed up with Netflix I pretty mush stopped all of that....so I dont think the Speed will bother me too much for just normal surfing.. What do you think? is it worth the savings?
and this helps me how??????? My promo just ended, you will be in the same boat once your promotion ends as well Comcast Just screws themselevs.... Me a Reliable Customer will be leaving because they want to gouge the Good Long Term customers while give promotions to new people that may or maynot pay their bill like that know I do........... Ohh will I am 99% sure I will be switching to SBC after this billing cycle
Well... I have DSL here, and frankly it is better than my cable was. I always had problems with my cable not working. The loading times for pages stayed the same (for me at least, this might not be the case for you), and I noticed a SLIGHT difference in the time it takes to load games, movies, etc...
My internet costs me $9/month, and it's probably more reliable than your cable - if it's anything like the Adelphia cable garbage around here. I believe Adelphia is even more than your ComCast... my mother is paying about $125 for cable... that's for basic digital cable, cable modem, and one movie channel.. HBO maybe? DSL is outragious in my area, and I refuse to be ass-molested by Adelphia again (they did me wrong in my old house, and today stick it to my mother)... so I'm stuck on dialup for now. NetZero baby. :lol: Truthfully, it's not that bad. I connect every single time at 53.2, and pages load just about as fast as cable, save for really huge pictures. If you were browsing forums, like this one, you wouldn't even tell the difference, there's not much going on, grapically anyway. Of course, we all know Michael's internet porn fetish.... I suppose that alone would rule out dialup... :lmfao:
Never go back to Dial up.......... and comcast is reliable, the problem is the government sponsored monopolies.. Companies like comcast have long had no comptition so now they dont understand how to handel it.. I have to say the Baby Bells are Much Better at it for example, SBC (my local Teleco) offers 2 DSL Plans . a Cheap 1.5 Mbps for those that just want to get around the web fast. and then the Power Users can get a 3Mbps one which is the same speed as Comcast Cable, for about $10/mo less than comcast Now if Comcast would also offer a Lower Speed Line for 1/2 the price I would probally stay with Comcast... Then there New Gimmick is that "Digital Cable" When I first Moved down here it si $10 to get the Box and On Screen Programming Guide, so I got it.. Now some How the Lowest Digital Cable plan is $25 WTF.. sorry but a onscreen Program Guide is not Worth $25 a month... So they can come and Get their Damn Box back... It was Funny when I calledd to Downgrade the Lady was asking "do you not like the service" I said "Service is Fine but Since comcast feels the Need to Screw People over I dont want it anymore" She did not know how to reply to that one ROFL and that was just to down grade my Digital Cable... I will really let them have it at the end of this billing month when I drop everything except for Basic Cable I may even look in to SBC/DISHNETWORK offer... but I have to check with the apartment complex first I cant wait to see the Cable Compines Reaction to the Other BabyBell Verizion Annonucment to Bring Fiber Optic IN TO THE HOME and provide TV services :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:
I have used both. I went with DSL about 4 years ago and had nothing but problems. Upload speeds are slower than cable for large files, but download speeds are about the same. I had to refresh my DSL modem almost daily, where I have little issue with the cable modem. I have had multiple modem failures with the cable, but my DSL modem had none. However, I did have a ton of software issues with the DSL, and if I didn't physically remove my modem's plug from the computer I had blue screen errors on shutdown. I was using the Alcatel external USB modem. I have no explination for why, but some sites were faster with DSL than cable, and others were slower... overall they evened out, but it was weird... I am not sure if it had anything to do with the service or what. I like the cable better... both my phone company and issues with the modem left a bad taste in my mouth for DSL.
how much do you pay? if I used it as much as I used to I could justify the $45 a month I dont know.. I hate to switch and then have problems but $20 vers $45 is alot... Just something about Comcast has been pissed.. I am still working out a way to drop them all together and go with the small dish's
I just did more comparisons Right now for the "big 3" Phone Cable and Internet I pay $145 per mo going with Comcast/Vonage if I switched to SBC/DISHNETWORK that bill would drop to $80 per mo saving of $65 per mo.................. Damn that is a pretty big savings... I am going to have to really think on it... I had Dish Network before and it worked pretty good and now I hear they have really improved it so I might just do it.. I wish it was not such a pain to switch because going back right away is near impossible
if I could get high-speed access at anything near $20... hell, $30... I'd be on it so fast the tip of my pen would catch fire from signing the check.
I just read a JD Power Report on Cable Company Ratings and Your Company Geo was Ranked 6th in the nation in customer Satisfaction Comcast was 11th DirecTV and Dish Network were 1 and 2 respectivly http://www.jdpower.com/news/releases/press....asp?ID=2002071
I paid $48 for the DSL and $44 for the cable. They are offering discounts for people to convert from cable to DSL, like the $20 per month deal for a year with the first 3 months free (3 months being the special for cable), and I could use the savings, but I'll be damned if I am going to deal with the issues I had with DSL even with the savings. Why? After a few months of being pissed off I would want to go with cable again, but I would have signed a contract with DSL (Bell South) and would be stuck for a year. To me, the headache isn't worth the savings. I like DirecTV better than cable, but I can't compare it to DISH Network.
I had earthlink DSL for 1 year... it was the worst thing ever. It worked less than 25% of the time, and when it did it was slow as hell or the speed would fluctuate like crazy. After a years worth of complaint calls, they refunded my money for the entire year. DSL NEVER again
Do any of you happen to know how far you were from your Teleco "hub" I know that play a major factor in the quality of the service Me being in a HEVALY developed Area (the Mall is right across the street) I am less than 1800 Ft from the Main hub... I have been reading reviews on DSL Reports and SBC is not getting too bad, about the same as comcast. You guys are Killing me... I am glad you all posted your honest comments dont get me wrong but you sure know how to burst my bubble :lol:
I have DirecTV and I love it. I'll never go back to those cable dirtbags. DirecTV does have #1 customer satisfaction rating. As for DSL... I've got an option you'll like. Read up on "wardriving". Wireless network sniffing. Chances are, unless you live in the sticks (like Seth! :lol: ), there's someone running a wireless network near you, that's hooked it to a highspeed internet connection, that's say...cough... less than secure? They sell tube antennas (or reportedly, you can build them out of pringles cans and Satellite LMB antennas ) that aren't much... I forget the brand name, but one I was...cough...referred to was about $120, and the 'preferred' wireless card was about $50. Of course, I'm fully suggesting that once you sniff a network you of course march right over there and talk to the person and offer to pay them for their extra bandwidth, of course. Of course. h34r:
Well that does not work out for me either but it is a great idea I have a wireless network in my home now, and no other Networks are with in my Listening rage for the equipment I use and I do secure mine so people are out of luck if they want to "wardrive" there is a few (quite a few) public access pointsd with in a few miles but that does nothing for me in my home :ranting: there is someone near my moms that does have a "non secured" network though...
It's not so hard to have your wireless secured so that no one is able to use your connection but your computers... I wonder why so many people don't set theirs up to be secure, tho...
