[ale] Inexpensive broadband recommendations

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On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 03:59:04PM -0500, Mike Lockhart wrote:
> I get my cable tv / internet thru comcast for $40 and some change a
> month, good service overall too.

I suspect that Mike has been fortunate to not have had any problems.  I have
and their customer service and competency is (in my opinion) one of the worst
I've ever experienced.  If you manage to get beyond the hour plus hold times
and get a human, the first question they will ask is "What OS?"

Even if you explain that the problem is unrelated, such as "I think you
keyed my MAC address wrong during the initial install," they will insist
on an answer.  Answer other than "WinBloz" or "Mac", they will hang up.

Their service goes out for 48 hours at a time every few months.

Bob

"Microsoft: Unsafe at any clock speed!"
   -- Bob Toxen 10/03/2002

> On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 15:55, Douglas Bridges wrote:
> > I am moving back to the Sandy Springs area and I was wondering if people had 
> > recommendations for (relatively) inexpensive broadband connections.  I would 
> > also like a good provider for TV services.   I am currently using Road Runner 
> > cable service + TW digital cable in New York City, and that has been fine.  
> > When I used to live in Atlanta, I had DirecTV for my TV service, and that 
> > worked great as well.  I do live close enough to a Central Office for ADSL.
> > 
> > I think that I could get my cable service through AT&T, but their service 
> > seems quite expensive.  I could get DirecTV for my television and DSL for 
> > broadband, but I don't know what DSL services work well in Atlanta, and who 
> > is Linux friendly.  I don't really care about having a static address, just 
> > good transfer rates and high reliability.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Doug Bridges
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