[GRLUG] Broadband prices - selection

[zdennis]

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Jim Becher wrote:
> All, I have not heard much on the list recently.  I was just interested
> in what everyone is paying for broadband.  I just switched from Comcast
> (~$45) per month over to AT&T DSL for $18 per month. And  3 months free 
> with proof of switching over from a cable modem connection.
> 
> So far I have noticed a lower latency and about 2.5 Mbpsdown and 450kps
> up.  The upload speed is dramatically better with dsl.  I use a vpn
> connection back to my home for backup / email / and file sharing and the
> difference is amazing. 
> 
> I was very skeptical of DSL, after hearing some horror stories.  
> However I have not dropped a VOIP call or lost service in the last week.
> 
> What has been your experiences with Broadband?
> 

I pay way too much for Charter. With extended cable, the internet was like $35 a month, and the cable was like $75. Recently I
switched to normal cable (not quite yet basic), for $29 a month, but the internet is around $40 per month.

If I drop to lower cable internet, my cable tv price goes up. If I try to get rid of my cable tv, my cable internet price sky rockets.

I dont' have a landline phone, and Alltel is charging me and my wife about $110 a month for our cell phone service. My wife talks
way too much. ;)

I'd be good, but my wife has to have Food Network, TLC and MTV.... and she says she *has* to have a cell phone, and supposively i
do to...

I hate lack of competition when it comes to cable companies...

Zach
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