DIYbanter - View Single Post - Time Warner shared internet "up to" speeds

Ed[_16_]

On 05/24/2015 08:21 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 15:44:39 -0700, wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:51:58 -0400, J Burns
wrote:

I live 400 yards from the telephone office. By looking at my modem's
user interface, I concluded that AT&T was deliberately setting me lower
than their advertised speed.

So is it true that Internet speeds from the phone companies depend on
how close you are to those central offices? And the price is the same
if you get 25 or 8?

Crazy

They sell by tier here and they deliver what they sell from what I
see. Other areas can get a higher tier than me but they pay for it.

Have Comcast here, typically see 122 megabit download and 24 megabit upload for $70 month, which includes two dozen TV channels.

Maximum available from AT&T U-Verse is only 6 megabit down and less than 1 megabit up and AT&T wants $52/month, TV service not even available.

IMHO, Comcast is awesome! The US government did a great disservice to the American people for not letting Comcast expand into more areas.
Thank God I'm not stuck with AT&T!!!