[ale] recommended personal DSL provider for Alpharetta ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Thanks for the caveat Bob. Are there other cable providers for the
Alpharetta area and if so, are ANY recommended ?

Cordially,
Courtney
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Toxen" <transam at verysecurelinux.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] recommended personal DSL provider for Alpharetta ?


> On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 11:51:51AM -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > I don't currently have cable.
>
> > What advantages, if any, would cable offer over DSL; OR vice-versa   ?
> I have Comcast cable modem access and it's unreliable and slow.  I've
> never seen anywhere near their "Up to" claimed bandwidth because their
> upstream bandwidth is pathetic.
>
> If I do a sustained download, say a 100 MB file, access will drop every
> minute or two for some number of seconds.
>
> For years they did not bother even to answer their support number.
>
> As soon as I have a free few hours I'm dumping them for DSL!!!
>
> Bob
>
> > Thank you again,
>
> > Courtney
>
>
> > James Sumners wrote:
> > > I used to use Speedfactory (http://www.speedfactory.net). Their
> > > service was excellent; at least as good as it could be since they
> > > lease lines from Bellsouth. But they were recently purchased by a
> > > national company, so who knows how long they will stay as good as they
> > > are.
> > >
> > > I've read about Atlantic Nexus (http://www.atlanticnexus.com). They
> > > get good reviews and are cheaper than Speedfactory.
> > >
> > > The disadvantage with each is that you have to have phone service
> > > through Bellsouth. You could get naked DSL from Speakeasy, but they
> > > are outrageously expensive for even basic DSL packages. Last time I
> > > checked, their regular 1.5Mbs package was about $10 more expensive
> > > than Speedfactory's 3Mbs.
> > >
> > > On 9/24/06, Courtney Thomas <cc.thomas at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >>I'm now ready to move, up hopefully,   :-)   to DSL.
> > >>
> > >>What are my choices and the dis/advantages of each, please ?
> > >>
> > >>Among the tolerable, who is the least expensive  ?
> > >>
> > >>As always, thanks,
> > >>
> > >>Courtney
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