Qwest offers 1.5/896 now for less than $50 a month. Qwest users also have the option of not having phone service from what I understand. Verizon (what I'm stuck with) requires phone service and has 1.5/128 for 34.95 a month or 29.95 a month bundled. This speed is supposed to go to 1.5/384 for the same 29.95/34.95 price in about oh 4 days at which point I am going to call them up and say hey increase my upload thanks. Also later this year Verizon is supposed to roll out 3.0/768, but at a higher price which is supposed to be about the same as comcasts basic price.
Devon Holcombe > ----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Senior > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:31 PM > To: PDXLUG, a Portland Linux user group > Subject: Re: [PDXLUG] PDX Connectivity Options? > > >>>>> "Robby" == Robby Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Robby> That's always been my reason for not going with DSL. Didn't > Robby> want a phone also. I'd be interested in price/speed comparisons > Robby> if that wasn't the case now. > > My understanding is that upstream (in Qwest-land) has improved > recently and can now be substantially better than with Comcast at the > low end. Downstream has also improved recently (1.5Mbps?) with DSL, > and is still probably not quite as good as Comcast. > > I have had both for about three years. Recently, I have had numerous > cable outages and no DSL outages. I am probably about to finally > ditch the Comcast, but haven't quite gotten around to it yet. Having > both does provide a certain robustness, but it isn't cheap. > > Another option is Speakeasy. My understanding is that they use a > non-Qwest (Covad??) carrier and you never talk to the phone company at > all. > > Another thing to consider is whether you want to share service via > wifi (ala personaltelco.net). On Comcast this is verboten, but > numerous DSL services are fine with it, including aracnet, speakeasy, > etc. > > -- > Russell Senior ``I have nine fingers; you have ten.'' > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > PDXLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.681 / Virus Database: 443 - Release Date: 5/10/2004 > >
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