[RP TownTalk] Comcast Internet

[Marc Molino]

Lou,
I don't mind at all moving the discussion back to the town forum--I think I 
meant to "reply all" and misclicked. My parents just got FIOS up in 
Baltimore County and are happy with it--I believe they got the whole deal 
including some sort of FIOS DirecTV package, but I'm not sure.

We pay about $38 per month for Verizon DSL, then $48 for DirecTV (basic 
package plus local channels). I mention these prices so that others aren't 
getting ripped off--money is one of those topics that can be sensitive, but 
it seems like businesses are the ones who benefit over the consumer if no 
one knows what anyone else is paying for similar services (this probably 
deserves its own thread, but I don't know how many are interested in 
discussing it).

-Marc

From: Lou King <lking at knob.com>
To: TownTalk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Comcast Internet
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:04:51 -0400

Marc
I also have Verizon DSL, although I actually pay someone else.
Considering my daughter's experience with FIOS in VA I'm not standing in
line.  Anyway I don't believe its faster.

Sense I don't have TV cable I never considered Comcast. The known issue
of limited through put, was always a negative for me.  Early on it was
reported that cable slowed down when everyone gets home and logs on to
check email etc.  This is of course  why Comcast is blocking "heavy"
users.  If one user uses lots of the cables capacity, all other users
suffer.  This is not true for DSL and shouldn't be true for FIOS.

Lou
PS  I hope you don't mind me moving the discourse back to TownTalk so
all can read your response.

Marc Molino wrote:
 > Lou,
 > We have Verizon DSL, but we also don't download that much. We might be
 > getting FIOS soon... my better half is the tech geekier between the
 > two of us.
 >
 > How is Comcast's service overall?
 >
 > -Marc
 >
 >
 > From: cranky old coot <lking at knob.com>
 > Reply-To: lking at knob.com
 > To: TownTalk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
 > Subject: [RP TownTalk] Comcast Internet
 > Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:43:02 -0400
 >
 > I just read a Washington Post article Shutting Down Big Downloaders
 > 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602545.html?wpisrc%3Dnewsletter%26wphttp://www.washingthttp://www.washingtonpost.com:80/ac2/wp-dyn?node=admin/registration/register&sub=AR>
 >
 > and was wondering if Comcast has cut off any one's  Internet here in
 > town.
 >
 > "The rapid growth of online videos, music and games has created a new
 > Internet sin: using it too much.
 >
 > "Comcast has punished some transgressors by cutting off their Internet
 > service, arguing that excessive downloaders hog Internet capacity and
 > slow down the network for other customers. The company declines to
 > reveal its download limits.
 >
 > "'You have no way of knowing how much is to much,' said Sandra Spalletta
 > of Rockville, whose Internet service was suspended in March after
 > Comcast sent her a letter warning that she and her teenage son were
 > using too much bandwidth."
 >
 > Later in the article Comcast claimed it would take "the equivalent of
 > 1,000 songs or four full-length movies every day" to trigger a
 > disconnect warning.
 >
 > Just wondering.
 >
 > Lou
 >
 >
 >
 >
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