Portland/Vancouver Comcast Cable upgraded!

[NL5]

Whoo Hoo!

2004-02-08 16:45:45 EST: 3165 / 251
Your download speed : 3165432 bps, or 3165 kbps.
A 386.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 251019 bps, or 251 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

 

[FreshCrabLegs]

Wow! Congrats!

How much per month? Lower / Higher than before?

 

[NL5]

Same price.....$53 a month plus taxes ($60). Way too expensive, but it's all I qualify for besides dialup. I canceled my phoneline, so I save $25 a month on that tho.

 

[amdskip]

Medicom did the same here although it sure isn't very stable yet.

 

[NL5]

oh yeah, and I get free "lifeline" cable. Locals, discovery, and a couple others.

 

[LAUST]

When?

 

[RossMAN]

Bastards!

Unfortunately we have DirecTV Satelitte (with DirecTIVO which I love) and DSL.

If we didn't have DirecTV, I'd ditch the landline phone and go with cable TV/net.

 

[jpeyton]

Yeah I noticed mine was upgraded a few days ago too.

 

[RossMAN]

Next Eli will come in here gloating how his cable is about 3x faster than mine 🙁

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: NL5
Same price.....$53 a month plus taxes ($60). Way too expensive, but it's all I qualify for besides dialup. I canceled my phoneline, so I save $25 a month on that tho.

ouch =( .. no dsl in your area?

my dl is half of yours 166 KB/s / 25 KB/s upload - i pay 27USD for DSL.

 

[ViRGE]

Add Salem to the list; I just had my brother test it, and it came out as 3480 kbps(*sniff* I miss the good ole' @home days). Salem(and all points north to Portland) are extensions of the Portland system, so everyone should be in the same situation.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Next Eli will come in here gloating how his cable is about 3x faster than mine 🙁

3x? Nah.. Only 1.5 😛

2004-02-08 23:01:36 EST: 3186 / 247
Your download speed : 3186685 bps, or 3186 kbps.
A 388.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247494 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Is cable not available or something? Or do you get a good deal on DSL?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: NL5
Same price.....$53 a month plus taxes ($60). Way too expensive, but it's all I qualify for besides dialup. I canceled my phoneline, so I save $25 a month on that tho.

ouch =( .. no dsl in your area?

my dl is half of yours 166 KB/s / 25 KB/s upload - i pay 27USD for DSL.

It's 60$, but we also get free Basic cableTV.

How do you get DSL for only 27$? Total?? Here in Portland, that's less than the cost of just the DSL line.. then you have to pay another 10 - 20$/mo for your ISP of choice. So it's the same price, but only half the speed.. or less than half the speed if your with Qwest.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Next Eli will come in here gloating how his cable is about 3x faster than mine 🙁

3x? Nah.. Only 1.5 😛

2004-02-08 23:01:36 EST: 3186 / 247
Your download speed : 3186685 bps, or 3186 kbps.
A 388.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247494 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Is cable not available or something? Or do you get a good deal on DSL?

Read my post above.

 

[LAUST]

$60 for 3000/256 is not a bad price, people who think so need to see the cost of a DS1 1.544/1.544 or even a partial one. Also I NEVER saw the low ping responses on ADSL or even VDSL compared to Cable.

$60 while people are having to pay $24.99 for AOL or having DSL and having to pay for a phone line ($30 after taxes) and only getting 640K or less are the one's getting burned.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Next Eli will come in here gloating how his cable is about 3x faster than mine 🙁

3x? Nah.. Only 1.5 😛

2004-02-08 23:01:36 EST: 3186 / 247
Your download speed : 3186685 bps, or 3186 kbps.
A 388.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247494 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Is cable not available or something? Or do you get a good deal on DSL?

Read my post above.

Ahh.

What's wrong with ditching your landline/DSL and getting cable internet? No reason you wouldn't be able to keep your satellite.

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: NL5
Same price.....$53 a month plus taxes ($60). Way too expensive, but it's all I qualify for besides dialup. I canceled my phoneline, so I save $25 a month on that tho.

ouch =( .. no dsl in your area?

my dl is half of yours 166 KB/s / 25 KB/s upload - i pay 27USD for DSL.

It's 60$, but we also get free Basic cableTV.

How do you get DSL for only 27$? Total?? Here in Portland, that's less than the cost of just the DSL line.. then you have to pay another 10 - 20$/mo for your ISP of choice. So it's the same price, but only half the speed.. or less than half the speed if your with Qwest.

SBC DSL

if i decided to check on the distance of my line to a RT or CO, i might be eligible for their expert plan that is 45USD / month .. it can go as high as 6000 / 604


check this guy's dsl. he pays Expert Package 45.99 month - speed link

Original Link

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Next Eli will come in here gloating how his cable is about 3x faster than mine 🙁

3x? Nah.. Only 1.5 😛

2004-02-08 23:01:36 EST: 3186 / 247
Your download speed : 3186685 bps, or 3186 kbps.
A 388.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247494 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Is cable not available or something? Or do you get a good deal on DSL?

Read my post above.

Ahh.

What's wrong with ditching your landline/DSL and getting cable internet? No reason you wouldn't be able to keep your satellite.

That's true.

How much is cable internet only?

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: NL5
oh yeah, and I get free "lifeline" cable. Locals, discovery, and a couple others.

I wish you could pay-per channel or something. I just need the networks, hbo, discovery, history , and the big sports channels.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Next Eli will come in here gloating how his cable is about 3x faster than mine 🙁

3x? Nah.. Only 1.5 😛

2004-02-08 23:01:36 EST: 3186 / 247
Your download speed : 3186685 bps, or 3186 kbps.
A 388.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247494 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Is cable not available or something? Or do you get a good deal on DSL?

Read my post above.

Ahh.

What's wrong with ditching your landline/DSL and getting cable internet? No reason you wouldn't be able to keep your satellite.

That's true.

How much is cable internet only?

Well it can't be more than $60, should be $50.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Next Eli will come in here gloating how his cable is about 3x faster than mine 🙁

3x? Nah.. Only 1.5 😛

2004-02-08 23:01:36 EST: 3186 / 247
Your download speed : 3186685 bps, or 3186 kbps.
A 388.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247494 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Is cable not available or something? Or do you get a good deal on DSL?

Read my post above.

Ahh.

What's wrong with ditching your landline/DSL and getting cable internet? No reason you wouldn't be able to keep your satellite.

That's true.

How much is cable internet only?

Well it can't be more than $60, should be $50.

Thanks.

My 1 year DSL contract should expire July 2004. I'm currently paying $80/mo for phone and DSL, should be a nice savings.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Next Eli will come in here gloating how his cable is about 3x faster than mine 🙁

3x? Nah.. Only 1.5 😛

2004-02-08 23:01:36 EST: 3186 / 247
Your download speed : 3186685 bps, or 3186 kbps.
A 388.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247494 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Is cable not available or something? Or do you get a good deal on DSL?

Read my post above.

Ahh.

What's wrong with ditching your landline/DSL and getting cable internet? No reason you wouldn't be able to keep your satellite.

That's true.

How much is cable internet only?

Well it can't be more than $60, should be $50.

Thanks.

My 1 year DSL contract should expire July 2004. I'm currently paying $80/mo for phone and DSL, should be a nice savings.

Damn, yeah.

We have the package where if your a Cable Internet and Cable TV customer, they take 10$ off your bill. Since Basic Cable is 12$, it only comes out to 2$.. virtually free. I think the cable bill without that is something like 57$.