DSL/ Highspeed Internet

Daddy_O

Daddy_O

Big Wheelin'
Is metrocast the only company that provides highspeed internet in the somd area? I am currently looking into pricing and saw a previous thread that made it sound that way..
 
aps45819

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
huntr1 said:
We have verizon dsl and it's great.
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Me too. Got the 800kb and it's cheaper then I was paying for dial up.
Don't trust their website for locations where it's available. Call them up and ask.
 
Penn

Penn

Dancing Up A Storm
DSL here, since Sept 1st. Avg speed is between 2.3 and 2.9 megs

No complaints with them.
 
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faamecanic

New Member
Depends where you live. I feel REAL sorry for you if you live South of Gate 3 and cannot get Verizon DSL.

Metrocast SUCKS!!!!!! I have been getting terrible speads and LOADS of packet loss since last week of Jan. I was told 3 weeks ago "we should have it fixed next week"... ya right. Im supposed to have 4,000 kb/s down and 1,000 kb/s up.. I just tested my connection at 6:22pm and I have a WHOPPING 250 kb/s down with 33%+ packet loss.

Go Verizon if you can...
 
Penn

Penn

Dancing Up A Storm
faamecanic said:
Depends where you live. I feel REAL sorry for you if you live South of Gate 3 and cannot get Verizon DSL.

Metrocast SUCKS!!!!!! I have been getting terrible speads and LOADS of packet loss since last week of Jan. I was told 3 weeks ago "we should have it fixed next week"... ya right. Im supposed to have 4,000 kb/s down and 1,000 kb/s up.. I just tested my connection at 6:22pm and I have a WHOPPING 250 kb/s down with 33%+ packet loss.

Go Verizon if you can...
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Like I said, I have had good luck with them so far; upload speed isn't that fast, around 400 - 500 kps, but it still beats dial-up.
 
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faamecanic

New Member
Ya... it seems if you live North of gate 3, or down in Ridge you are on a different CMTS and not having the problems we are (lucky us...).

Take a look at my thread I just posted...I have a speed test on there that I just did 10 min ago.

EDIT: OH penn...I see you have DSL. LUCKY you. 500 kb/s isnt bad at all as long as you dont have any packet loss. Packet loss is what KILLS a connection.

You say you have 2.9 megs DOWN with DSL??? That would be approx 2,900 kb/s ...thats GREAT for DSL.
 
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Penn

Penn

Dancing Up A Storm
faamecanic said:
Ya... it seems if you live North of gate 3, or down in Ridge you are on a different CMTS and not having the problems we are (lucky us...).

Take a look at my thread I just posted...I have a speed test on there that I just did 10 min ago.

EDIT: OH penn...I see you have DSL. LUCKY you. 500 kb/s isnt bad at all as long as you dont have any packet loss. Packet loss is what KILLS a connection.

You say you have 2.9 megs DOWN with DSL??? That would be approx 2,900 kb/s ...thats GREAT for DSL.
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One of the technicians at Verizon suggested I try a site:

http://infospeed.verizon.net/

That's where I get my results from, if I want to see how fast I'm connecting at.
 
crabcake

crabcake

But wait, there's more...
faamecanic said:
Depends where you live. I feel REAL sorry for you if you live South of Gate 3 and cannot get Verizon DSL.

Metrocast SUCKS!!!!!! I have been getting terrible speads and LOADS of packet loss since last week of Jan. I was told 3 weeks ago "we should have it fixed next week"... ya right. Im supposed to have 4,000 kb/s down and 1,000 kb/s up.. I just tested my connection at 6:22pm and I have a WHOPPING 250 kb/s down with 33%+ packet loss.

Go Verizon if you can...
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:lol:
 
mingiz

mingiz

Horse Poor
faamecanic said:
Depends where you live. I feel REAL sorry for you if you live South of Gate 3 and cannot get Verizon DSL.

Metrocast SUCKS!!!!!! I have been getting terrible speads and LOADS of packet loss since last week of Jan. I was told 3 weeks ago "we should have it fixed next week"... ya right. Im supposed to have 4,000 kb/s down and 1,000 kb/s up.. I just tested my connection at 6:22pm and I have a WHOPPING 250 kb/s down with 33%+ packet loss.

Go Verizon if you can...
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I live in Dameron and I have Verizon DSL Never had any problems.
 
Softballkid

Softballkid

No Longer the Kid
I live in upper hollywood, have the cable modem through metrocast or whoever the hell owns the cable company now...and I seriously have no complaints... its always fast, and has always been reliable....a tad pricey just for internet, but most companies are now...
 
SAHRAB

SAHRAB

This is fun right?
SamSpade said:
We get DirecWay - Internet by satellite. Most of the time, it works well.
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We have the same, 100mb ( :lmao: :lmao: ) DSL and or Cable isnt available, only complaint was having to go with a second dish (we had DirectTV First, on 5 tvs)
 
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