- Oct 9, 1999
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My former ISP was getting really crappy. We're talking busy signals 75% of the time after 5PM, dropped connections, slow connections, and (from what other people are telling me
) clueless tech support. I had people calling ME wanting help with their net connection cause they couldn't get help from our ISP, LOL.
So anyway, I'm at Best Buy this weekend, and I see the MSN ad they have plastered all over the place. At first I'm like, nah, I'm not stupid. Then I'm thinking, you know, I'm already paying twenty bucks a month. What's another dollar ninety-five?
What's that you say? Broadband? Oh, this is good. You're going to love this.
I have machines at both Qwest (telephone) and AT&T Broadband (cable). According to the phone company boys, we won't be seeing DSL until 2005 - at the earliest. And while they have "broadband" in their name, my customers at AT&T just give me a blank look when I ask them about cable modems. I've looked at the two-way satellite systems from DirecPC, but I just don't like the price, and the performance isn't that great for online gaming.
So a two year contract works for me. Plus I got two hundred bucks (didn't it used to be $400?) Ended up getting a new monitor, hard drive, network switch, and some other odds and ends for $200 or so out of pocket - $150 if you count the rebate on the monitor.
So far, I'm hooking up at 44,000 to 50,000, downloading at consistent speeds, with no busy signals or dropped connections.
So anyway, I'm at Best Buy this weekend, and I see the MSN ad they have plastered all over the place. At first I'm like, nah, I'm not stupid. Then I'm thinking, you know, I'm already paying twenty bucks a month. What's another dollar ninety-five?
What's that you say? Broadband? Oh, this is good. You're going to love this.
I have machines at both Qwest (telephone) and AT&T Broadband (cable). According to the phone company boys, we won't be seeing DSL until 2005 - at the earliest. And while they have "broadband" in their name, my customers at AT&T just give me a blank look when I ask them about cable modems. I've looked at the two-way satellite systems from DirecPC, but I just don't like the price, and the performance isn't that great for online gaming.
So a two year contract works for me. Plus I got two hundred bucks (didn't it used to be $400?) Ended up getting a new monitor, hard drive, network switch, and some other odds and ends for $200 or so out of pocket - $150 if you count the rebate on the monitor.
So far, I'm hooking up at 44,000 to 50,000, downloading at consistent speeds, with no busy signals or dropped connections.