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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: lordmaji on June 05, 2008, 04:42:29 PM

Title: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: lordmaji on June 05, 2008, 04:42:29 PM: Personally, I'm alright w/ it for now. (Comcast) Until they start trying to rape me for bandwidth usage and what not. If they start capping my speeds at less then what I'm paying for, they can eat a dick.

Any thoughts guys?
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 05, 2008, 04:44:01 PM: My internet is cool

They just need to offer better HD service >:(

/Time Warner
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Powerslave on June 05, 2008, 04:45:20 PM: First thing I noticed about the OP's post was "eat a dick".
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Tauntaun on June 05, 2008, 04:46:26 PM: Quote from: Powerslave on June 05, 2008, 04:45:20 PM
First thing I noticed about the OP's post was "eat a dick".

Yeah, who's dick?
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 05, 2008, 04:50:39 PM: It sucks.
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Rman on June 05, 2008, 04:51:25 PM: The Comcast capping sucks ass. That said, I have no problems with my ISP. The US as a whole, however, really has to start investing in dark fiber. We are so behind.
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: lordmaji on June 05, 2008, 04:51:34 PM: Quote from: Tauntaun on June 05, 2008, 04:46:26 PM
Quote from: Powerslave on June 05, 2008, 04:45:20 PM
First thing I noticed about the OP's post was "eat a dick".

Yeah, who's dick?

Yours and Powerslaves. Who else? :-* :-* :-* :o
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Powerslave on June 05, 2008, 04:52:16 PM: yay dicks :dur
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Brehvolution on June 05, 2008, 04:52:46 PM: Quote from: fistfulofmetal on June 05, 2008, 04:44:01 PM
My internet is cool

They just need to offer better HD service >:(

/Time Warner

Same here.
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Tauntaun on June 05, 2008, 04:55:06 PM: Quote from: lordmaji on June 05, 2008, 04:51:34 PM
Quote from: Tauntaun on June 05, 2008, 04:46:26 PM
Quote from: Powerslave on June 05, 2008, 04:45:20 PM
First thing I noticed about the OP's post was "eat a dick".

Yeah, who's dick?

Yours and Powerslaves. Who else? :-* :-* :-* :o

:hyper Wait, they don't actually EAT them right? :o
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: lordmaji on June 05, 2008, 04:56:33 PM: Quote from: Tauntaun on June 05, 2008, 04:55:06 PM
Quote from: lordmaji on June 05, 2008, 04:51:34 PM
Quote from: Tauntaun on June 05, 2008, 04:46:26 PM
Quote from: Powerslave on June 05, 2008, 04:45:20 PM
First thing I noticed about the OP's post was "eat a dick".

Yeah, who's dick?

Yours and Powerslaves. Who else? :-* :-* :-* :o

:hyper Wait, they don't actually EAT them right? :o

well, if it's so fucking far down your throat, wouldn't that be considered eating a fat sloppy cock? :lol :o
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 05, 2008, 04:59:20 PM: I have a feeling my ISP throttles torrent usage. Forced encryption in uTorrent = ISP pwnt
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Beezy on June 05, 2008, 05:01:59 PM: :bow Verizon FiOS :bow2

They need to hurry up and get their TV service up in NYC though. :(
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: lordmaji on June 05, 2008, 05:27:27 PM: Quote from: Beezy on June 05, 2008, 05:01:59 PM
:bow Verizon FiOS :bow2

They need to hurry up and get their TV service up in NYC though. :(

Yeah, I was contemplating switching to them.
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Eric P on June 05, 2008, 05:41:05 PM: i have comcast and have never experienced any trouble with them
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 05, 2008, 06:03:35 PM: I'm using Charter too, they can be really sucky at time. Their On/InDemand selection BLOWS
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 05, 2008, 06:11:55 PM: Comcast :bow

Great customer support :bow

I haven't had any problems
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: siamesedreamer on June 05, 2008, 06:27:42 PM: AT&T 6 Mb line works fantastic for me. Never had one problem in 5 years.

I'm only about 2000 feet from the DSLAM, so my speeds are always at the highest possible rate. I believe they are going to begin offering a 30 Mb line as part of their Uverse package. May look into getting that.
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: muckhole on June 05, 2008, 06:57:03 PM: My connection in the winter is fine. High speed from a local start-up.

Where I have to live in the summer, though, is outside the range of any ISP, and the phone lines are circa 1892, so dial-up isn't even a viable option. I'm currently using Bell's "High Speed" wireless service, but we're out of range of the high speed and only able to connect to the core network at a dial up rate. Plus it's heavily capped.

I hate how all these providers are constantly coming out with "Solutions for at home AND the cottage!", when I'm smack in the heart of cottage country, and out of range of all of 'em.

/rant
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Eric P on June 05, 2008, 07:14:18 PM: Quote from: siamesedreamer on June 05, 2008, 06:27:42 PM

I'm only about 2000 feet from the DSLAM,

you lucky bastard

i'm at 12k
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: duckman2000 on June 05, 2008, 07:16:19 PM: I have Comcast, and it doesn't really matter how I feel about it as it's really the only realistic option available here. It's alright, although there seems to be an outage every few weeks. And performance on weekends is just miserable shit.
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Bildi on June 05, 2008, 07:20:43 PM: I'm on screaming 512k - I was on 1500k but I dropped when prices went up a while back. One of the downsides of living in Australia.

For the Aussies, I'm with Internode. Been very good for years.

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Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: Mupepe on June 05, 2008, 07:28:06 PM: At&t dsl. works good.
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: siamesedreamer on June 07, 2008, 11:54:18 AM: Quote from: Eric P on June 05, 2008, 07:14:18 PM
you lucky bastard

i'm at 12k

You with At&T? This new Uverse thing is forcing them to build more DSLAMs as the longest distance they can get it to work is like 6000 feet. So, you could be getting upgraded soon.
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: brawndolicious on June 08, 2008, 07:44:23 AM: my block got rewired to fiber optic so AT&T could put in their uverse system. I have the cheapest internet package so it's 1.5Mbit/s download and 1Mbit/s upload. that's a weird proportion but the upload speed doesn't really change when you get the higher end packages. The good thing is I've never noticed any capping but I'm not sure where my upload speed would put me with regards to hosting XBL games.

However, I got a DVR when the uverse system was put in and that's really awesome. it's really easy to avoid ever watching live TV and thus, commercials.
Title: Re: How do you feel about your ISP?
Post by: max_cool on June 08, 2008, 09:01:17 AM: My personal experience (outside of University networks) has been with Cox and Comcast. Oh god do I hate HATE comcast.

Comcast eats Cox's cock. I wish I was still in Cox land :'(