Comments on: Philly Gets Ready to Rumble: Comcast, RCN, and Verizon Prepare for Broadband Battle http://stopthecap.com/2009/07/23/philly-gets-ready-to-rumble-comcast-rcn-and-verizon-prepare-for-broadband-battle/ Promoting Better Broadband, Fighting Data Caps, Usage-Based Billing, & Other Internet Overcharging Schemes Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim http://stopthecap.com/2009/07/23/philly-gets-ready-to-rumble-comcast-rcn-and-verizon-prepare-for-broadband-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-5315 Tim Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:06:14 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=3891#comment-5315 Uverse should be available to you. Check here and see... https://uverse1.att.com/un/launchAMSS.do?GUID=0FDB944C-9350-45A9-95C1-1E87A9DE08DE&target_action=serviceabilityCheck Also, if you get the TV service, some of your bandwidth is allotted to your TV, like a couple hundred kilobits. When I run a test on Speakeasy with my 12Mb line, I get around 11.8Mb usually. However, downloading, I get over 12Mb and sometimes 13Mb! So it is sort of funny that way. Uploads are right at 1.5Mb. I pay $45 for 12Mb and I think the 18Mb is $55. The HD quality is ok for IPTV. To be honest, TW's HD is probably not much better if even that. The best HD you are going to see is over the air anyways. I would recommend, if you do have it installed, you tell them to go with the cat5e and not coax. Supposedly, coax looses signal strength over long cable runs. Uverse should be available to you. Check here and see…

https://uverse1.att.com/un/launchAMSS.do?GUID=0FDB944C-9350-45A9-95C1-1E87A9DE08DE&target_action=serviceabilityCheck

Also, if you get the TV service, some of your bandwidth is allotted to your TV, like a couple hundred kilobits. When I run a test on Speakeasy with my 12Mb line, I get around 11.8Mb usually. However, downloading, I get over 12Mb and sometimes 13Mb! So it is sort of funny that way. Uploads are right at 1.5Mb. I pay $45 for 12Mb and I think the 18Mb is $55. The HD quality is ok for IPTV. To be honest, TW’s HD is probably not much better if even that. The best HD you are going to see is over the air anyways.

I would recommend, if you do have it installed, you tell them to go with the cat5e and not coax. Supposedly, coax looses signal strength over long cable runs.

]]> By: Smith6612 http://stopthecap.com/2009/07/23/philly-gets-ready-to-rumble-comcast-rcn-and-verizon-prepare-for-broadband-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-5303 Smith6612 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:44:28 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=3891#comment-5303 Let the competition begin (and the best provider win)! Let the competition begin (and the best provider win)!

]]> By: techzen http://stopthecap.com/2009/07/23/philly-gets-ready-to-rumble-comcast-rcn-and-verizon-prepare-for-broadband-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-5299 techzen Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:28:05 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=3891#comment-5299 wow thanks so much for the reply. every single time i've checked for an alternative to TWC it's never been available. I'm not sure if uverse is new to my area but I don't know a single person other than you from Charlotte who has it. If the price of 18 mbps is comparable to TWC pos internet I'm switching first chance I get! Probably the best news I've had all week haha, can't wait to cancel on TWC. Too funny, everyone I've managed to get in contact with in the short amount of time since I've read your comment has instantly said something to the effect of "oh shit, let me call at&t" wow thanks so much for the reply. every single time i’ve checked for an alternative to TWC it’s never been available. I’m not sure if uverse is new to my area but I don’t know a single person other than you from Charlotte who has it.

If the price of 18 mbps is comparable to TWC pos internet I’m switching first chance I get!

Probably the best news I’ve had all week haha, can’t wait to cancel on TWC.

Too funny, everyone I’ve managed to get in contact with in the short amount of time since I’ve read your comment has instantly said something to the effect of “oh shit, let me call at&t”

]]> By: Tim http://stopthecap.com/2009/07/23/philly-gets-ready-to-rumble-comcast-rcn-and-verizon-prepare-for-broadband-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-5295 Tim Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:20:07 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=3891#comment-5295 I live in Charlotte and have AT&T Uverse service. They offer 18Mb/sec for their top of the line and it comes with 1.5Mb/sec upload speed. I went with 12Mb/sec because that was the minimum you could get and get the extra upload bandwidth of 1.5Mb/sec. Time Warner is still offering 10Mb/sec down and 512Kb/sec up on their elite plan. AT&T blows that out of the water. I live in Charlotte and have AT&T Uverse service. They offer 18Mb/sec for their top of the line and it comes with 1.5Mb/sec upload speed. I went with 12Mb/sec because that was the minimum you could get and get the extra upload bandwidth of 1.5Mb/sec. Time Warner is still offering 10Mb/sec down and 512Kb/sec up on their elite plan. AT&T blows that out of the water.

]]> By: techzen http://stopthecap.com/2009/07/23/philly-gets-ready-to-rumble-comcast-rcn-and-verizon-prepare-for-broadband-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-5289 techzen Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:10:55 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=3891#comment-5289 can't wait til we get at least 20mbps in Charlotte, NC. The 10gb cap they'll probably introduce will take forever to meet!!!! I bet I could surpass most of their broadband limits on a 56k modem in a month. I haven't done the math but I bet you could make the lowest tiers obsolete by using 56k can’t wait til we get at least 20mbps in Charlotte, NC. The 10gb cap they’ll probably introduce will take forever to meet!!!!

I bet I could surpass most of their broadband limits on a 56k modem in a month. I haven’t done the math but I bet you could make the lowest tiers obsolete by using 56k

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