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Posted at 24/03/2008, 13:30
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in soviet holland, customer screws provider. i'm paying 50 euros a month for 20mb internet, telephone and cable tv. its been working nonstop for months now, except for 20 mins at night every few weeks when they update their network. but then again, you live in the land of the free and home of the corporate bs. |
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Posted at 24/03/2008, 18:43
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comcast as a pretty good monopoly on cable internet connections. atleast it seems like that to me. he would probably have to go dsl to change and keep high speed internet. i use to have comcast and i've never really had a problem. i got like 800kb/s max dl. can't remember the upload but they limit it anyways. right now i'm with brighthouse cable and i get about 800kb/s max dl and upload is 60kb/s max. i use to have a problem with brighthouse though. i would be connected to games like wow and i would get d/ced every 15 minutes. i complained for i think 2 days or twice in one day and they came out and replaced some wires in our wall or something and haven't had a problem since. you should identify the problem. if you're using wireless or a wireless router and your stuff keeps slowing down or d/cing in games where you have to maintain a constant internet connection, then switch to wires, because wireless is really shit. if you're plugged directly into the modem and into the wall with wires, you should call them and complain and tell them there is something wrong and they need to come out and fix it. sometimes servers or something goes down or they work on something and it slows your connection but that is rare and never happens for more than a day or 2, usually less though i think. what you need to do is keep calling them everyday and complaining about it. i don't know why you would put up with a shitty internet for months, when it costs like 40 to 50 dollars per month, unless it's on special. |
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Posted at 24/03/2008, 19:12
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yeah i guess i wouldn't know about today's wireless. it just gave me a lot of trouble about 5 to 6 years ago or something when i tried it out. i actually tried it out twice in 2 different apartments but same crap. isn't it possible for things to interfere with wireless and your connection? like say sattelite or wireless phones? not to mention it's easy for people to piggy back off wireless internet? |
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Posted at 26/03/2008, 14:42
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besides the fact that like 80% of free wireless hotspots are horribly unsecure, especially if your computer recognizes it as "free wireless connection." anything that boasts about how free it is comes with a price. |
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Posted at 26/03/2008, 16:11
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Posted at 27/03/2008, 21:12
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i don't think so. it seems like they can still limit you on the basis of using too much bandwidth, which isn't in their contracts. i'm actually surprised they could get away with something so illegal. comcast is too big. |
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Posted at 29/03/2008, 07:41
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hello, does the word "ageist" mean anything to you? ;-) in our household, there's only two of us and we're both over 50. our service provider (rogers) has just informed us that they have decided to start charging exta for every gb used over a predetermined limit. apparently we were using double what they thought we should on our *ahem* "unlimited" package. rogers is doing that on top of being the worst traffic shapers in canada. alternatives? in our town there are none, except for the telephone company which does exactly the same thing. gouge, gouge, gouge. |
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