Something to be said for small town living. Here in Dallas we have Willamette Valley Fiber. 200/200 with static IP for <$70/mo. Not only is tech support speaking English, it is within walking distance. Fiber comes right into my home office to the ONT. Outages are extremely rare. Plenty adequate for my needs.
Michael On Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 19:20 King Beowulf <kingbeow...@linuxgalaxy.org> wrote: > On 4/12/24 08:24, Paul Heinlein wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Apr 2024, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > > >> Bottom line: after we cancel Comcast, we will pay $60 per month for > >> very fast internet, and $0 per month for a voice phone and a fax > >> phone. Much better than $170 per month for slow and intermittent > >> Comcast. I hope - failure is (sadly) always an option. > > We don't have Ziply in our neighborhood, but our transition to Quantum > > Fiber (nee CenturyLink) was similarly smooth and beneficial. During > > the workday, we consistently see upload and download speeds that hover > > around 900Mb/s. (I suspect speeds are a bit lower during prime > > streaming hours in the evening, but I've never tested that theory and > > our Internet connection does experience any noticable slowness.) > > > > We too decided to avoid future questions and opted for the guaranteed > > $65/month pricing. Even when Quantum raised its base rate for newer > > subscribers to $75, it honored the existing pricing agreement so we > > still pay $65. > > > > I will note that Comcast was very good for us for a long time, but > > once we starting noticing problems, the tech folks were either > > uninterested in troubleshooting or incompetent to do so. Either way, > > the drop off from "very good" to "maddeningly bad" was steep and > > quick. > > > > -- > > > > I'm green with envy. Despite being in a fairly "high rent" neighborhood > (or at least big houses and yards with property taxes to match) in > Vancouver WA, all I get is Comcast cable and Centurylink DSL. I'm in > some sort of internet "twilight zone". > > $90/month for 1.0-ish Gbps down 25 Mbps up. > > -sigh > >
