I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline ($40 a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really horrible
reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me - 'you
only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list. Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?

TIA


--
"Things would be a lot nicer if antique people were valued
as highly as antique furniture!" Anon

"KenK" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline ($40
a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really horrible
reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me - 'you
only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list.
Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?


why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in your
area?

I have ATT Uverse and am happy with it. Of course, I waited and let others
be the guinea pigs while they got the bugs out and got their backlog
cleared, a few years back.

On 07/03/2014 09:23 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
"KenK" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline ($40
a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really horrible
reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me - 'you
only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list.
Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?


why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in your
area?

I have ATT Uverse and am happy with it. Of course, I waited and let others
be the guinea pigs while they got the bugs out and got their backlog
cleared, a few years back.




Yep, no problems at all with my AT&T

On Thursday, July 3, 2014 10:23:42 AM UTC-4, Pico Rico wrote:
"KenK" wrote in message

...

I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using

Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline ($40

a

month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really horrible

reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me - 'you

only see the bad reviews'.



I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list.

Also

because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.



Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?





why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in your

area?



That would seem to be the place to start. If you have cable TV available with
internet through them, that's almost always going to be the best choice.
And typically you only have one or two choices that come to your house.

As far as bad reports, IDK what he's looking at. I've had Cablevision
for TV for 20 years and internet with them for over a decade. I've
been very happy with the service. Like everyone, I think it costs too
much, but at least for me, there isn't a better alternative.






I have ATT Uverse and am happy with it. Of course, I waited and let others

be the guinea pigs while they got the bugs out and got their backlog

cleared, a few years back.

philo wrote:
On 07/03/2014 09:23 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
"KenK" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no
landline ($40 a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really
horrible reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone
said to me - 'you only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my
list. Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL
ads. Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national
service?

why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in
your area?

I have ATT Uverse and am happy with it. Of course, I waited and let
others be the guinea pigs while they got the bugs out and got their
backlog cleared, a few years back.




Yep, no problems at all with my AT&T

Ours is DSL thru a small regional tele company . They just upped our speed
to 6Mb/S from 1.5 - and lowered the bill 5 bucks . Which went to the 5 buck
increase on the telephone . We can get just internet , but down here in The
Holler there's no signal for the cells so we have local-only phone service .
OBTW , we live like 9 miles from town , they must have upgraded something to
support the new speed because 1.5 was the fastest we could get when we
hooked up .

--
Snag

On 2014-07-03, KenK wrote:

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?

I've got Centurylink DSL. It's actually pretty good. I typically get
1 meg per sec dwnld. Only problem is, here in CO the added fees are
murder. What would be about $70 mo for POTS and DSL is closer to $95
mo with all the added state/local taxes/fees.

nb

notbob wrote:
On 2014-07-03, KenK wrote:

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?

I've got Centurylink DSL. It's actually pretty good. I typically get
1 meg per sec dwnld. Only problem is, here in CO the added fees are
murder. What would be about $70 mo for POTS and DSL is closer to $95
mo with all the added state/local taxes/fees.

nb

Hi,
DSL? what is that?, LOL! I have package deal from Shaw up here.
50/3 Internet, 2 phones(one for voice, one for fax) TV with umteen
channels most in HD, all for 175.00/month. Cable speed is solid any
time of the day. 50 speed is good enough to real time streaming any
mulit media stuffs off the 'net.
I could go up to fiber channels for few more $$ but
I don't need super duper speed. Out at the cabin we pulled money to have
a tower erected to have a WiFi AP which does pretty good job.

"Pico Rico" wrote in
:

why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in
your area?



Forgot to mention; I want only internet, no TV. Can't see paying for TV I
never watch.

Cable I am aware of:

Time Warner
Comcast
ATT (not sure if that is cable)
Cablevision (I think)

Wireless:

Beamspeed

Other:

Verison (?)

There may be others that work without a landline. Since I don't watch TV
I'm not up on the services available. I thought it would be simple to get
Comcast or Neamspeed. Then I looked at reviews.

That help?




--
"Things would be a lot nicer if antique people were valued
as highly as antique furniture!" Anon

In ,
Pico Rico typed:
"KenK" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline
($40 a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really
horrible reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone
said to me - 'you only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my
list. Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL
ads. Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national
service?

why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in
your area?

I agree. Start by finding out what is actually available where you are
located and maybe post your general location and/or the companies that are
available to you. Then you could get feedback on those specific companies
from others here.

We have both Comcast Cable Internet access and Verizon FIOS Internet access
here where I work and we use both all day long. Both work fine and work
about the same for us, and we don't have any significant problems with
either one. We did go through a period a few years back where there was a
problem with the Comcast cable being intermittent and the Comcast service
people were pretty bad at getting it figured out and fixed. They came out a
number of times, and each time that they were here it was working and the
tech would always say "we're getting a strong signal". I kept saying that
it may be the cable modem and they kept saying that the cable modem was
fine. In the end, after multiple service calls, they just switched out the
cable modem and the problem was solved.

I also have Comcast Cable Internet at home and that works fine too.

Good luck. Let us know what you decide to do.

Ken,

I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline
($40 a month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have
really horrible reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as
someone said to me - 'you only see the bad reviews'.
I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list.
Also because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL
ads.

First, DSL is going to be a lot faster than dial-up.

The only broadband internet I have access to is Comcast cable. There have
been a few quirks, but generally I am happy with it. My biggest gripe is
the cost, nearly $70 a month. I bought my own cable modem to avoid paying
the rental cost, and I dropped the TV service, opting only for the internet
service. I get TV with an outdoor antenna, and get phone service cheaper
through a company called 1-VOIP than what Comcast charges.

I live out in the country, and DSL isn't available out here.

I live on a mountain, and don't have line-of-sight to access wireless
internet (we can't cell phone reception here either).

We live in a heavily forested area, so satelite internet isn't an option
either.

I wish I had a cheaper option than Comcast, but the service itself has been
fine over the last several years.

Anthony Watson
www.mountainsoftware.com
www.watsondiy.com

| Forgot to mention; I want only internet, no TV. Can't see paying for TV I
| never watch.
|
| Cable I am aware of:
|
| Time Warner
| Comcast
| ATT (not sure if that is cable)
| Cablevision (I think)
|

You can't win.

http://www.marketingprofs.com/charts...stomer-service

Cable and phone companies have had consistently bad ratings
for service. Service is overhead for them and they're mostly in
monopoly markets. While most people have a choice between
providers, the choice is limited and the providers don't seem to
vary much. I can get landline phone from RCN or Verizon. They
both seem to be about the same. We have RCN for cable Internet.
(TV via antenna.) I get constant ads from Verizon for FIOS but
they won't even tell us what the *actual* price is after the
introductory sale, much less what the cost of all the extra fees
is. RCN has been OK, but they've also jacked up the price of
phone in big jumps. What can I do? Threaten to move to Verizon?
Not likely! I actually called the state attorney general's office
about these sudden price increases out of nowhere and was
told it's not illegal. They can do what they like because *technically*
there's competition.

It seems to be the same with cellphones. The small number of
carriers try to charge as much as possible while staying similar
to each other. I went around to the 4 main carriers a year or
two ago, to see about what my options were. Not one could tell
me what my actual monthly bill would be after fees and taxes, nor
did any have a copy of the actual contract. (I finally got a
Tracphone for $10, since I don't really use it very much. I now
pay $20 every 3 months for 120 minutes.)

That seems to be the biggest obstacle in comparing
services, whether phone, cable or cellphone: There seems to
be no legal requirement that these companies actually tell you
what it is you're buying. My ladyfriend just got a T-Mobile phone
that she paid for upfront. They told her the most basic deal
was $60/month, with free texting and
data. She had to buy all of that even though she doesn't
generally use data and never uses texting. The clerk said
the total bill would end up being $65-66/month. There was
no printed information anywhere in the rock-music infested
T-Mobile store, so my friend had to take the clerk's word on
what was available and how much it costs. The first bill
came. It was $77.... And T-Mobile seems to have a relatively
good reputation.

"Mayayana" wrote in message
...
..

It seems to be the same with cellphones. The small number of
carriers try to charge as much as possible while staying similar
to each other. I went around to the 4 main carriers a year or
two ago, to see about what my options were. Not one could tell
me what my actual monthly bill would be after fees and taxes, nor
did any have a copy of the actual contract. (I finally got a
Tracphone for $10, since I don't really use it very much. I now
pay $20 every 3 months for 120 minutes.)

That seems to be the biggest obstacle in comparing
services, whether phone, cable or cellphone: There seems to
be no legal requirement that these companies actually tell you
what it is you're buying. My ladyfriend just got a T-Mobile phone


I went with a company called Republic wireless for the phone.
https://republicwireless.com/

They have the smart phones tht use the Android system. For $ 10 (actually
12) a month I get unlimiated talk and text and WIFI connection to the
internet. If I want more I can switch plans twice a month. The phone is
somewhat expensive, but probably not for the smart phone. Anywhere from
about $ 150 to $ 200 for the phones.

I need to find a way to cut the cable , but my wife is so electronic
chanaleged that she has a hard time working the basic cable TV remote/
Two months ago I got my own cable modem and the last bill was about $ 8
higher than before. They went up a dollar or two on some of the services.

On 3 Jul 2014 14:20:16 GMT, KenK wrote:

I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline ($40 a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really horrible
reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me - 'you
only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list. Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?

TIA

We've had AT&T U-Verse about a year now. The first six or seven months
it was absolute garbage. Service technicians were here at least ten
times. Sometimes the inside guys and the outside guys were both here
together! Virtually everything, and I mean everything, was replaced at
least once, many things twice. For the last five or six months things
have been OK. If this reply jinxes it I'll be ****ed.

| I went with a company called Republic wireless for the phone.
| https://republicwireless.com/
|

That's an interesting thought. Unfortunately,
without enabling javascript they have no website
at all.

On Thursday, July 3, 2014 12:30:32 PM UTC-4, KenK wrote:
"Pico Rico" wrote in

:



why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in

your area?







Forgot to mention; I want only internet, no TV. Can't see paying for TV I

never watch.



Cable I am aware of:



Time Warner

Comcast

ATT (not sure if that is cable)

Cablevision (I think)



Only the ones that actually have service at your location matter.
In many cases, that's just one, sometimes two.



Wireless:



Beamspeed




Same with wireless.


Other:



Verison (?)



There may be others that work without a landline. Since I don't watch TV

I'm not up on the services available. I thought it would be simple to get

Comcast or Neamspeed. Then I looked at reviews.



That help?



Not really, because it's what's available at your location that
matters.

"philo " wrote in message ...
On 07/03/2014 09:23 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
"KenK" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline ($40
a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really horrible
reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me - 'you
only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list.
Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?


why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in your
area?

I have ATT Uverse and am happy with it. Of course, I waited and let others
be the guinea pigs while they got the bugs out and got their backlog
cleared, a few years back.




Yep, no problems at all with my AT&T

I thought Uverse was land line?

"Terry Coombs" wrote in message ...
philo wrote:
On 07/03/2014 09:23 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
"KenK" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no
landline ($40 a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really
horrible reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone
said to me - 'you only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my
list. Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL
ads. Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national
service?

why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in
your area?

I have ATT Uverse and am happy with it. Of course, I waited and let
others be the guinea pigs while they got the bugs out and got their
backlog cleared, a few years back.




Yep, no problems at all with my AT&T

Ours is DSL thru a small regional tele company . They just upped our speed
to 6Mb/S from 1.5 - and lowered the bill 5 bucks . Which went to the 5 buck
increase on the telephone . We can get just internet , but down here in The
Holler there's no signal for the cells so we have local-only phone service .
OBTW , we live like 9 miles from town , they must have upgraded something to
support the new speed because 1.5 was the fastest we could get when we
hooked up .

--
Snag

I'm using Verizon DSL land line. Been terrible the last few year. I told them I was switching to DSL Extreme or cable and they offered to cut my rate in half. Needless to say, I'm still switching -- even if $1 a month it's not performing.

On 7/3/2014 10:23 AM, Pico Rico wrote:

I have ATT Uverse and am happy with it. Of course, I waited and let others
be the guinea pigs while they got the bugs out and got their backlog
cleared, a few years back.



If they could get my network printer recognized by the modem I might be
happy with it too. I have 6 hours on the phone so far with the idiots
at tech support.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 7/3/2014 10:23 AM, Pico Rico wrote:

I have ATT Uverse and am happy with it. Of course, I waited and let
others
be the guinea pigs while they got the bugs out and got their backlog
cleared, a few years back.



If they could get my network printer recognized by the modem I might be
happy with it too. I have 6 hours on the phone so far with the idiots
at tech support.
Hi,
I think you'd be better off for the printer if they put the modem in
bridge mode and you use your own (WiFi) router connecting printer to the
router.. That's what I do with Canon WiFi printer. It can print,
scan, copy for every one on the network.
If they don't want to put it into bridge mode, you can do it using
DMZ in your router avoiding double NAT issue.

On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:08:44 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 7/3/2014 10:23 AM, Pico Rico wrote:

I have ATT Uverse and am happy with it. Of course, I waited and let others
be the guinea pigs while they got the bugs out and got their backlog
cleared, a few years back.



If they could get my network printer recognized by the modem I might be
happy with it too. I have 6 hours on the phone so far with the idiots
at tech support.

I bet I have talked to everyone you've talked to. Some of them
actually spoke English!

On 7/3/2014 10:20 AM, KenK wrote:
I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline ($40 a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really horrible
reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me - 'you
only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list. Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?

TIA



Where are you? What is available locally? How much are you willing to
spend? How much data will you be moving? How important is absolute 24X7
reliability?

It might come down to simply buying an LTE access point if your location
has decent coverage. I have AT&T Uverse for TV, phone, and Internet and am
happy enough with it but my LTE phone on T-Mobile sends and receives data
three times as fast.

"Guv Bob" wrote in message
m...
"philo " wrote in message
...
On 07/03/2014 09:23 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
"KenK" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline
($40
a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really
horrible
reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me -
'you
only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list.
Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?


why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in
your
area?

I have ATT Uverse and am happy with it. Of course, I waited and let
others
be the guinea pigs while they got the bugs out and got their backlog
cleared, a few years back.




Yep, no problems at all with my AT&T

I thought Uverse was land line?

-----------

Uverse uses the old copper to your house for a broadband connection. You
can get TV, internet, and VOIP.

"KenK" wrote in message
...
"Pico Rico" wrote in
:

why don't you narrow it down to what is actually available to you in
your area?



Forgot to mention; I want only internet, no TV. Can't see paying for TV I
never watch.

Cable I am aware of:

Time Warner
Comcast
ATT (not sure if that is cable)
Cablevision (I think)


you have your choice of all of these at your house? sounds implausible.

On 7/3/14, 12:06 PM, Mayayana wrote:

It seems to be the same with cellphones. The small number of
carriers try to charge as much as possible while staying similar
to each other. I went around to the 4 main carriers a year or
two ago, to see about what my options were. Not one could tell
me what my actual monthly bill would be after fees and taxes, nor
did any have a copy of the actual contract. (I finally got a
Tracphone for $10, since I don't really use it very much. I now
pay $20 every 3 months for 120 minutes.)


This might give you a couple more options:
http://www.cellguru.net/prepaid_compare.htm
or http://alturl.com/3zu8y

KenK wrote:

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?

I'm satisfied with the Verizon 4G wireless. Disclaimer: for me it's wireless
or satellite and satellite has its problems. Nobody is going to be laying
fiber optic to my neck of the woods real soon and the landline was installed
by the Rural Electrification Agency as far as I can tell.

Thanks. I'll save that for future reference, though at
this point I have 600+ Tracfone minutes and not much
to use them on. I simply don't need it very often. I carry
it like a portable phone booth, "just in case". I actually got
it mostly for work. As a contractor I used to answer peoples'
phones as a courtesy. Then everyone got answering
machines. Now many people don't even have land lines.
Phones have become personal. It often seems less intrusive
to ask to use the bathroom than to use someone's phone.

At one point I was remodeling a bathroom and had a
marble shelf with an imperfection. I needed to call around
to find another one that afternoon. I suddenly realized that
I was stranded, cut off from the outside world. Thus the
Tracfone.

I don't know about other companies, but the chart seems
to be inaccurate where Tracfone is concerned. There's no
monthly charge, but I have to buy minutes every three months
to avoid losing my accrued minutes. The minimum purchase is $20.
So the effective cost for me is $80/year, for which I get 480
minutes. (Technically 240, but they always double it as a bonus.)

The chart also says that Tracfone texts are 3 cents each. I don't
use texting, but accidentally read one that my tech-obsessed
niece sent. (I can't disable texting or delete them. I have to
either read them and pay, or ignore the notice that I have
messages for the life of the phone!) The one text ("I'm across
the street at Starbucks") cost me about $5 worth of minutes.

|
| It seems to be the same with cellphones. The small number of
| carriers try to charge as much as possible while staying similar
| to each other. I went around to the 4 main carriers a year or
| two ago, to see about what my options were. Not one could tell
| me what my actual monthly bill would be after fees and taxes, nor
| did any have a copy of the actual contract. (I finally got a
| Tracphone for $10, since I don't really use it very much. I now
| pay $20 every 3 months for 120 minutes.)
|
|
| This might give you a couple more options:
| http://www.cellguru.net/prepaid_compare.htm
| or http://alturl.com/3zu8y
|

Mayayana wrote:

I don't know about other companies, but the chart seems
to be inaccurate where Tracfone is concerned. There's no
monthly charge, but I have to buy minutes every three months
to avoid losing my accrued minutes. The minimum purchase is $20.
So the effective cost for me is $80/year, for which I get 480
minutes. (Technically 240, but they always double it as a bonus.)

I go for the year plan which is $99. I forget how many minutes it gets along
with the bonuses but since I very seldom use it, I have minutes up the
wazoo. I looked at Verizon when my days were about up the last time and the
Tracfone was still a little cheaper.

Fortunately, they piggyback on Verizon around here so I can reliably use it
at home. Some of the neighbors with other companies say the coverage is
sketchy.

rbowman wrote in
:

I go for the year plan which is $99. I forget how many minutes it gets
along with the bonuses but since I very seldom use it, I have minutes
up the wazoo.

Likewise.

Except for dial-up I rarely use my landline. For what phone calls I need I
could use my Tracfone. Now I carry it but it's almost always off.


--
"Things would be a lot nicer if antique people were valued
as highly as antique furniture!" Anon

On Friday, July 4, 2014 2:20:14 PM UTC-4, KenK wrote:
rbowman wrote in

:



I go for the year plan which is $99. I forget how many minutes it gets

along with the bonuses but since I very seldom use it, I have minutes

up the wazoo.



Likewise.



Except for dial-up I rarely use my landline. For what phone calls I need I

could use my Tracfone. Now I carry it but it's almost always off.


..

If you rarely use a landline, but want to keep one, after you figure out
your high speed internet, I'd take a look at Ooma. The internet providers
typically offer phone service too, but from what I've seen, it's usually
about $25 - $30 a month on top of the internet service fee.
Ooma, you buy the hardware, which I've seen recently for $100.
After that it's about $3.75 a month for free calling
nationwide. I have Nettalk which is similar, but from what I've
seen lately, if I had it to do over again, I'd go with Ooma. And if you
want to keep your number, usually you can port it, typically for an
additional fee of $10 - $40.

KenK wrote, on Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:20:16 +0000:

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?

I have a WISP, which means I have a WiFi antenna and radio/router on the
roof picking up signals from miles away, and some of us get up to 30Mbps
down and up symmetric.

Due to interference, I only get about half that, but it's not the WISP's
fault that there are trees and noise pollution in between him & me.

Do you have line of sight visibility for miles, or not?
If so, WISP works great when there is no option for cable or DSL.

There's also Huges & Viacom satellite, which is fast, but has high
latencies (700ms) and bandwidth caps:
http://viacombroadband.net/
http://www.hughesnet.com/

You can see if they cover your house (can you see south?)

Per KenK:
Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?

I have Verizon FIOS in the Philadelphia, PA area and am reasonably
satisfied with it. Reliability=Excellent, Price/Speed=GoodEnough, but
seems tb slowly going downhill.
--
Pete Cresswell

KenK posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP


I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline ($40 a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really horrible
reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me - 'you
only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list. Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.

Anyone have any good things to say about their or any national service?

TIA

Around here we have Comblast or Verizon.

I have Comblast. I am satisfied with the VERY low outage times. People I
know that have Verizon report they have many more and longer outages.

Comblast customer service is geared to selling more... I know my way around
their system so I get what I need. Don't know about Verizon. Other users I
know complain it tales a long time for them to respond. IMO both their
prices are high but you call every 6 months and the magic words "I'm going
to switch" turns on the wheel and deal.

Verizon wants everyone to switch (especially phone users) to FIOS. The only
problem with this their "box" has a battery in it that requires replacement
about every 3 years by the user at the users expense. This maintains the
phone service during power outages. Many users just get a better quality UPS
and plug in the box.

One can cut costs by purchasing a Comblast approved modem privately.

If you go with voice over ip (VOIP) make certain you call the emergency
services answering point by dialing 911 and verifying your name and address.
Stating you are using VOIP and verifying the info. Mistakes have been made
and if the number is not registered properly the answering point will get an
address that may not even be in your state.

Do your research and ask around at work. There will be positives and
negatives for each provider.

Good luck. Remember their "specials" have a limited time frame.



--
Tekkie

On 7/3/2014 9:20 AM, KenK wrote:
I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using
Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline ($40 a
month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really horrible
reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me - 'you
only see the bad reviews'.

I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list. Also
because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.


I have Centurylink DSL and I'm very satisfied. I'm getting faster
speeds than I'm paying for. Of course, what you get depends on the
local infrastructure and your distance from the central office.

Centurylink typically offers two pricing tiers for broadband: bundled
with a telephone account, and internet only, so you could drop your
landline and just get internet from them. You probably should start
out by checking with them as to what level of broadband (if any) they
can supply to your address, and what the cost would be. You can then
compare their package and pricing to what other local providers are
offering. Due to contractual/infrastructure issues, there usually
isn't much of a selection available in any given territory - usually
DSL, cable, or cellular (which can be quite spendy).

On Monday, July 7, 2014 10:27:21 AM UTC-4, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
On 7/3/2014 9:20 AM, KenK wrote:

I'm looking to get rid of my slow dial-up internet connection using

Centurylink. Replace it with a broadband service needing no landline ($40 a

month). All those - cable, wireless - that I Googled have really horrible

reviews. Very poor service and quality. But, as someone said to me - 'you

only see the bad reviews'.



I'm not overly pleaaed with my landline so DSL is far down on my list. Also

because I would need to retain my landline according to their DSL ads.





I have Centurylink DSL and I'm very satisfied. I'm getting faster

speeds than I'm paying for. Of course, what you get depends on the

local infrastructure and your distance from the central office.



Centurylink typically offers two pricing tiers for broadband: bundled

with a telephone account, and internet only, so you could drop your

landline and just get internet from them. You probably should start

out by checking with them as to what level of broadband (if any) they

can supply to your address, and what the cost would be. You can then

compare their package and pricing to what other local providers are

offering. Due to contractual/infrastructure issues, there usually

isn't much of a selection available in any given territory - usually

DSL, cable, or cellular (which can be quite spendy).

And usually if cable is available, it wins as the solution. It's hard
to beat the price/performance. And he did say DSL is way down on the list.
So, IDK why he's here asking about the experiences of everyone, everywhere,
instead of starting with the local cable company, and if it's available at
the address.