Re: new dsl test results

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From: dye
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:58

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In article <j06lb2$1kc$3@dont-email.me>,
dye <dye11@ppp-69-216-242-214.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net> wrote:
>In article <j04ro4$hh4$1@dont-email.me>,
>Matt Ferrari <invalid@noSpamORharvest.com> wrote:
>>Called AT&T and asked them if  I could get a contract to get the promotional 
>>rates they are baiting new customers with.
>>They bumped me to $30 a month. They said no but offered to give me the next 
>>higher speed for $30.
>>
>>so i checked things out today. Yep things are a little faster than the 
>>1.5/768 package. Well the download portion.
>>
>>
>>1881down/439up
>>
>>1908/424
>>
>>2227/417
>>
>>2471/465
>>
>>the last test being the closest to their advertised 3.00 down 512 up.
>>
>>why does the upload speed lower when the download claim increases? hmm
>>
>>If they are gonna eventually start charging me $38 for this speed tier I 
>>might as well make the jump
>>to comcast for $50 a month. 
>>
>>
>
>I am paying 24.99 for the AT&T HSI ELITE 6 Meg down 768K up.
>They keep on trying to change the price to $39.99 but 1/2 hour
>on the phone fixes that.

Oops, looks like my last bitch session *really* worked, I am 
back down to 19.99 for Elite.

--Ken

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Ken R. Dye                               an optimist is a guy             |
Chicago, Illinois                        that has never had               |
http://dye.datsun510.com/index1.html     much experience                  |
dye1146 at g mail dot com                                    archy        |

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From: dye@ppp-66-73-204-85.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net (dye)
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Subject: Re: new dsl test results
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:58:04 +0000 (UTC)
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