It also depends on your location. When I lived in Philadelphia I was very close to the Verizon hub so I was eligible for 4+MBPs as opposed to my girlfriend who lived further away and only got 1-2 Mbps.
On another note, Verizon's customer service was rough so I wouldn't recommend them. On Nov 11, 12:58 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > When I visit coffeehouses, restaurants, and co-working places around > town, I measure much higher Internet speed than I get at home. > > At home I get between 1 Mbps and 1.7 Mbps. This has been true for > several years as I have used TW Cable, Clear, and now AT&T DSL. > > In places with public WiFi, though, I get at least 2.5 Mbps, and > sometimes over 7. This is when there are other people in the building > using the same WiFi network. > > My question is: how can I get these higher rates on home internet > service? Do these establishments get them because they tell the ISPs > they are businesses and I tell them I am a residence? > > The ISPs don't seem to offer different levels of service. When I > recently signed up for AT&T DSL, I was given the choice of three > speeds: Basic, Express, and Pro. They had different downstream speeds > of "up to". They were all the same price. I chose the supposedly > fastest one, of course, with downstream speed of "up to 3.0 Mbps". > But there is no promise that the downstream speed will be that high. > It is "up to" that high. > > I can't really go to AT&T and say "you aren't as fast as you > promised", because they don't really promise anything. I think Clear > was the same way. -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
