Just chiming in... I'm paying 35/mo with a 5/mo modem rental.
I'm getting 7mb down, 500kb up Those are bits, not bytes. cc On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Tyler Booth<[email protected]> wrote: > That's the 3Mbit package (consistent with the claimed 250kbyte download > speed). It's $30, but if you rent the modem from them it's another $5/month. > Tyler Booth // President > ph. 503.548.2000 | fx. 503.548.2002 > 921 SW Washington St, Suite 224 > Portland OR 97205 > > On Jun 23, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Michael Weinberg wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Tyler Booth<[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe Steve is quoting his bandwidth in kbytes rather than the > > traditional kbits that ISPs quotes speeds in. It's unlikely he's only > > getting > > 250 kbits even in a poor signal area. > > That would be a lot more reasonable. I can't find a $35/mo package on > their site, do you know what the promised* speed would be for that > price? > > *realizing, of course, that nothing is promised: > http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/5/1/ > > -- > Michael Weinberg > President > Personal Telco Project, Inc. > A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit > > > > > > > > > -- Chris Chen <[email protected]> "The fact that yours is better than anyone else's is not a guarantee that it's any good." -- Seen on a wall --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
