At&t cable internet slow as hell.

[ashneel]

:|

 

[ashneel]

Why the hell they have to put their own network couldn't they just buy their network.

Fuchken gay Shiite I aint paying 30 bucks for 90k download speed Shiite.

 

[Warin]

Wow. Brilliant comments ashneel.

You -could- go back to 4K per second tops on your old 56K modem for whatever dial up ISP's are charging.

Maybe wait until AT&T sorts out their problems before complaining.

Happily, my Shaw connection is just as speedy as it used to be. Maybe AT&T should have seen the writing on the wall and made arrangements BEFORE all this happened.

 

[Cuular]

<< Maybe wait until AT&T sorts out their problems before complaining.

Happily, my Shaw connection is just as speedy as it used to be. Maybe AT&T should have seen the writing on the wall and made arrangements BEFORE all this happened.
>>



They did, and bought up a few cablemodem companies. As it turns out they bought one of the fastest backbones in the US. MediaOne had a 660MB backbone from the Boston area to the LA area. The main problem, is getting all the routers and gateways from the local places they bought out to the MediaOne backbone reconfigured and optimized. For those who have never worked in the WAN field, things like setting up nationwide networks don't just fall into place in a day or two. It is extremely complex to connect and bridge different networks. I am sure in the end it will support the 150K cap per a user they have implemented.

Until then I am happy here in LA, where they have yet to cap me. I was an original MediaOne customer with a cap of 400K, that is 4MegaBits, for those that think 400K sounds slow.

Here in LA there is no slow down except between 9:00-9:30pm. Seems they do a lot of switchovers around that time.

People need to take a chill pill, and realize that when you have people fighting over nationwaide networks, and then not working things out, you are going to have problems. And AT&T is actually giving people a good deal. Keep track of how long you are out of service, and they will credit your bill for double the time you lost conneciton.

In light of everythign that has happened, that is a reasonable offer. It could be like some other comapnies that just issued an email stating you could be out of service from 1 to 2 weeks. With no offer of compensating you.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

400Kbit is 0.4Mbit (1Mega = 1000Kilo or 1024Kilo).

using dslrepots speed test:
Pacbell dsl basic plan in Alhambra always get about 1.5Mbit and the ping is around 90ms.
Charter cable (by Earthlink) mid-price plan in Riverside only get up to about 500Kbit and the ping is above 140ms. (ps: the basic plan will give you only up to 256Kbit)

cable internet is a joke but it's the only choice for some situation such as my Riverside case - the tel line is so old that 28.8K modem even can't connect at 28.8K, no way to use dsl, so cable is the only choice.

 

[Cuular]

Kingofcomputer 400Kbit is 0.4Mbit (1Mega = 1000Kilo or 1024Kilo).

Uh yeah I know that. Thats why I said 400K (With a capital K for BYTES not a lowercase k for bits. If you had finished reading what I said, it was pretty obvious I knew what I was talking about.

I get 4MegaBits a second or 400K Bytes download and 384k bits upload. With pings in the 40-60's to most gaming servers I play on.

Now if that sounds like a sucky connection to you, so be it. But show me a DSL setup that gives anything close to those speeds for the 40.00 a month I pay, and I will gladly switch to DSL.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

sorry, my mistake.
How much do you pay for 4Mbit per month?

the sucky Charter 256Kbit in LA and beyond is already $25 + $5 modem rental + $10 non Cable tv subscriber + 1 yr contract.

 

[Cuular]

I pay 39.99 a month. That includes the cablemodem rental charge. That is for 4Mbit down 384Kbit up. But it looks like new subscribers are only getting 1.5Mbit down 384Kbit up.

That is in the Los Angeles area. If you are not a subscriber to their cable service then yes it does add 10.00 more a month to the cost. <shrugs> I subscribe to their digital cable service, so I don't consider it a hindrance, in my pricing of the service.