Mike said:
It's only anecdotal but I've heard from many people across the
country with
DSL that they almost always get the lesser service then what they
pay for on
average. This is exactly what she described. When she dropped it
to the
service she was actually getting, the actual speed dropped again.
That's exactly what was happening. I was getting the top speed for
my current level of service when I was on the "elite" level which was
the bottom of the speed for that level. Once I changed to a lower
service level, I never again got that 3 mbps speed....except with
ATT's own speed test. That test site is consistently faster than any
of the other sites I've used and since it is run by ATT, I imagine it
is rigged to give optimum results even tho the customer can never
actually achieve them.
Now that I've got the cable going on my laptop, I can see that my
speed it immensely faster even tho it is a windy, snowy ,freezing day
and surely all my neighbors are inside and online. Normally I do
notice slowdowns on cable when kids are home from school or on
weekends but right now at least it's fast compared to the DSL. I
think I"m going to cancel the DSL. It's a lot cheaper than the cable
but maybe I can tell Comcast I'm going to cancel and get a better
rate with them. ;-)
Paula
IN/USA
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a
ride!" Have a wonderful day!
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