🚀 go-pugleaf

Same here in my area(Marietta, GA-near ATL). I can't even get DSL yet
because they say my house "is behind a fiber loop." Anyway, I'm getting
AT&T/MediaOne Roadrunner tomorrow! Good byeee Mindspring/Earthlink's POS
dialup service!!

G


Mike <mikeslc@excite.com> wrote in message
news:ozTr5.157750$i5.2291358@news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com...
> I had US West/Qwest for three month before I switched to AT&T @home
> cablemodem service.
> I wish I never wasted my time and money with US West/Qwest(paid for the
DSL
> modem and high priced activation fee).
> Ever tried to understand your phone bill? It get a lot worse when you add
> services like Megabit services(fancy and false name for their DSL
service).
> I did get good download speed at first compared to my old 56k modem(I
> thought).
> US West/Qwest tried to tell me that I won't get DSL service back, if I
were
> to cancel my existing DSL due to not having enough phone line in my
> area(sounded like a bullshit threat to me).
> I'm so glad that I did not listen to US West/Qwest's bull crap(I would
have
> never found out how wonderful AT&T @home is, if I stick with US
West/Qwest).
> I get much much faster download speed with Cable service than DSL service.
> I didn't even have to pay for installations nor activation fee, plus I get
> 50% off for the first 6 month.
> I'm going to put my Intel dsl modem up on auction since I'll never go back
> to Qwest ever again.
> Can't wait till AT&T to offer local phone service in my area(I'm so tired
of
> being screwed by US West, now "Qwest").
>
>
>
> "Scott Willsey" <Scott.Willsey@nospam_thelostweb.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1418a584eb0ddfbc989726@news...
> > In article <xmBr5.116256$6y5.77660182@news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>,
> > SFL@nospam.com crafted the following using only a keyboard and a
> > mouse...
> >
> > >
> > > In CO, we are blessed with both offerings. However, US West/Quest has
> been
> > > unable to keep up with demand and their price structures for
comparable
> > > cable modem speed would make it tough to afford execpt for the most
avid
> > > internet junky. AT&T/TCI on the other hand, appears to have benefited
> from
> > > their sister company's growing pains in other regions and has done it
> right.
> > > From day one (going back to Jan, 99), I have had a total of 4 days
> outage
> > > (over two separate incidences) and it turned out that a damn squirrel
> chewed
> > > through my line to the hub on one of them. I have had solid bandwidth
> that
> > > averages out to over 1.2 mbps (400 kbps low, 2+ mbps high). Even
during
> peak
> > > I am typically at 800 kbps.
> > >
> > > At least for now it seems that cable modem in the Denver Metro area is
> > > winning the battle for the home user.
> > >
> >
> > Sounds exactly like the situation here in my part of Oregon with
> > AT&T@Home vs. the phone companies (GTE/Verizon and US West/Qwest).
> >
> > Scott
> > --
> > ==================================
> > I want to have an open mind, but
> > not so open that my brains fall out
>
>