"Cable Buster" Hot! ADSL 1500/768 $45/month

[FuzzyBee]

Originally posted by: RideFree

no, you don't have to have phone service

This must vary, bell to bell.
I've been told (locally) by several DSL provider/ISPs that you must have a working phone to get their services over the copper.

(God knows, I've tried to rid myself of the nuisance that used to be USWest and is now Qwest.):disgust:

eeek! i take that back - it looks like you have to have phone service to get hooked up, but you can deactivate it after your dsl is up and going.

 

[barryccc]

How can you crap on this thread with the following info...
According to Cyberonic their month to month is higher than the 18-month plan I quoted from Britsys, however, they apparently have a lower 18-month plan at $39.
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In fact, both Britsys & Cyberonic are subject to the following:
One static IP included. Add $10 to upgrade to five static IPs.
Customer equipment is provided at no additional cost.   $99 - Activation fee.
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And, The "$44 group rate" being negotiated with Digizip is actually a reseller applying part of his $500 commission from Digizip to get this package together.

The $39 monthly committment fee is apparently better by $6 when comparing Britsys & Cyberonic.

Calm down...To me the NO CONTRACT part is the most important thing. Both Cyberonic and the Digizip group deal offer that. Also Cyberonic monthly fee is tax included. Britsys charges 6% tax...LOL.

Did either Digizip or Cyberonic show on the DSL radar screen before I posted this deal?

If you've been to dslreports.com, you'll see why Britsys came up with this Cable Buster promotion. They admitted that Cyberonic and Digizip are kicking their a# big time Discussion here

PS Did anybody notice the $500 early cancellation fee with one or both Digizip or Cyberonics?

I don't think this is true for Cyberonic's month-to-month plan.

Anyway, just want to let people know all the options. Still...Worldcom 1500/768 DSL rules!!

 

[RideFree]

just want to let people know all the options

Me too. That's why I posted this in the first place, so as to give as much as I get.

And as to your comment about me getting my hair in a knot...Well...
I've been collaborating with Don Knotts on this thread! "Calm down", "Calm down"!!!
Can't you see that I am calm?

 

[LiQiCE]

A lot of people keep saying the 50% guaranteed speed makes this deal cold. I think it makes the deal hotter. Most ISPs will *NOT* guarantee any sortof speeds. When I called my cable company and stated I was only getting 128Kbps down one day, they told me that its working "normally" and to just deal with it. Cable and ADSL are both usually considered best effort services. Only more expensive lines like SDSL, T1s, or T3s come with SLAs (Service Level agreements) which guarantee uptime and bandwidth. So for Britsys to offer 50% guaranteed speeds is something thats pretty good for your $45/month ... They're not saying that you're only going to get half of what they say you will. They're just saying that they're going to guarantee you AT LEAST get half of it. Cable companies and most ADSL companies guarantee you nothing other than that it will connect you to the Internet and pass packets. Thats not to say that they won't work with you on getting the speeds to something decent, but that they have no obligation to do that.

Also some cable companies (like Cox Communications) have started to implement a download/upload allotment per month (essentially for Cox its 2GB down 1GB up per day and 30GB down, 7.5GB up per month). I don't know if any DSL companies have implemented anything like this yet, but I know Covad has not in fact done anything like this *YET*...

I don't know if the same will follow for Covad, but I'm hoping that it won't be the case, especially since I'm contracted in with them for a year!

 

[Mallow]

Nice upload but my cable can beat that download any day of the week!

 

[dpopiz]

guh this sucks! why can't they have fast dsl in my area?!? I'm stuck with 768/128 static for $54/mo

 

[CrimsonKing]

Originally posted by: LiQiCE


I don't know if the same will follow for Covad, but I'm hoping that it won't be the case, especially since I'm contracted in with them for a year!

I'd think that if they change it in the middle of your contract, it doesn't apply until you renew their contract.

This looks like an awesome deal. It's not available for me here (no DSL is), but I'm moving next month. As soon as I can remember my new address, I'll give it a shot again.

I think the area I'm moving to has SDSL rather than ADSL, so this may not work for me. My last apartment was in a place that had SDSL (768u/d but I never came close on the down). I'm the opposite now. I have Adelphia PowerLink and I've gotten as high as 3MB down but they cap the up. I'm lucky to get 80! Now that I think about it, I haven't touched that 3MB since last year. I think too many people are subscribing. I thought I'd be safe cuz my apartment complex is a glorified crackhouse!

Here's hoping for DSL when I move. Adelphia is the worst company since Ameritech.

Then again, it's hard to beat $20/mo. And that includes basic cable, since they can't block that!

 

[RideFree]

Quoted from LiQiCE
I don't know if the same will follow for Covad, but I'm hoping that it won't be the case, especially since I'm contracted in with them for a year!

If we are under a contract for a year, so is Covad; unless it is a unilateral contract. Which raises the issue that, if they change the rules during the contract term, you probably have the option to discontinue without penalty. (In my case, it is the $99 equipment charge that I just received the rebate for.)

In Denver (if not system-wide) Qwest is the beneficiary of the Philip Anschutz legacy. This is a real mixed bag, given the Qwest financial debacle.
Anschutz bought and sold railroads for the right-of-way. He then used the right-of-way to lay the fattest, state-of-the-art optical cable, coast-to-coast via the Southern Pacific and Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroads. I understand that he laid the entire length with a 4x factor and parts with a 7x factor. In other words, data transmission capacity of staggering proportions.

That being said, I don't care how poor Qwest or any of it's "copper" partners are, however, I doubt that any will find it necessary to limit capacity in the 21 century.

How capacity will fare for other areas served by Covad remains to be seen. We seem to have the capability to overtax everything from the environment to the economy to the fattest of pipes. Nothing remains static in the world of communication.
Just another $.02 worth.

 

[codeyf]

Still don't know how Verizon does it. I've had DSL from them for over a year now, yet EVERY single other DSL provider says they can't get me service! Not Covad, Speakeasy, Earthlink, NADA! I'm stuck with Verizon and their $50 a month Gonna call them tho, cuz they show $39.95 on their website now....