[ale] Inexpensive broadband recommendations

[Stephen F Nicholas]

Ok,
I have to ask...
I tried cable modem during the transition from Media1 to ATT.  Service and
the Help Desk sucked big time.  Within 2 weeks, I dropped them.  I'm
hearing snips that Comcast might be better.  I HAVE to have
reliability... service (since I run Linux) is not a priority (though it be
nice).

Is this an option, or am I doomed to either BSHell or dialup ?

Steve

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On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Transam wrote:

> 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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