<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Bob Kline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com" target="_blank">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Good points. I think Verizon has<div>essentially stopped expanding FiOS,</div><div>for reasons unclear. </div><div><br></div><div>It would be interesting what the more</div><div>technical people here have to say </div><div>
about those they have experience with.</div><div><br></div><div>I've found Comcast adequately reliable</div><div>for the last couple of years. Value? </div><div>Hard to say. I don't have any viable </div><div>
alternative.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div></font></span></blockquote><div><br>+1<br>I get what I can, and I am happy with Comcast, but that may be that I don't have a viable alternative to contrast with.<br><br>I recently upgraded my Docis 1 cable modem with a Docis 3 and Wow did that ever make a difference.<br>
<br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com" target="_blank">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com" target="_blank">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://omnibus.bobanna.com/isp_ratings/" target="_blank">http://omnibus.bobanna.com/isp_ratings/</a><br>
><br>
> Ratings of home ISP's.<br>
><br>
> It's hard to say whether CR's criteria have<br>
> changed a lot in four years, leading it to say<br>
> that no ISP now offers much value, or<br>
> whether the ISPs have in some what brought<br>
> this on themselves.<br>
><br>
> Of more importance are the relative ratings,<br>
> which having changed much. WOW and FiOS<br>
> rock, and the rest are mostly all that is available<br>
> in a given area.<br>
<br>
</div></div>I've got a Consumer Reports subscription (I only do the web interface,<br>
not the paper one). Here's the CYA caveat info from the relevant page:<br>
<br>
"These Ratings are based on 42,939 respondents to the Consumer Reports<br>
Annual Telecom Survey, online in spring 2008, who received<br>
Internet/online access from a local provider, regardless if the<br>
service was part of a bundled package or not."<br>
<br>
I don't know why there are differences in the pictures of the 2010 and<br>
2012 graphs...but I haven't seen a physical copy of that page, either.<br>
<br>
There is one trend worth observing: ISPs based on technology requiring<br>
newer infrastructure (i.e. FiOS) rate higher. One thing not reflected<br>
in the CR data is availability; FiOS is exceedingly uncommon, and is<br>
not expanding rapidly, contrary to what the CR buying guide currently<br>
(I checked) states.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
:wq<br>
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