Hi Speed Internet: Why do you pay and what do you get?

[ArtWilliams]

Originally Posted by Ramster

I'm on Rogers too. Caps? That's not cool. I download very little but I surely upload a lot of movies for my paysites.

Ramster,

They sent me a letter and brochure that eases you into the concept. It reviews your current package, the volume you're currently downloading (over the past 3 months) anf explains how the caps will affect you. I only download 20-30 GB so I am well under the cap. There was no mention of an upload cap. BTW, the Extreme and Extreme Plus packages let you upload at twice the speed 1000 Kbps.

[RedCherry]

You all make me want to I pay 29.99 for AT&T DSL which given I'm a little too far away from the central office for faster speed I get 768kb down (yes, that is less than a meg people) and 350kb up. It is always that speed though so I get nice steady uploads which are great.

My other service I pay 29.99 a month for AT&T Wi-Fi. At its fastest it is about 1.5 down, at its slowest about 500kb. I don't use it at all for upload because it is so fucking slow, like 3 - 10k or something like that.

We have tried all kinds of things but every time they bring something into town for faster high speed, they oversell and the speed dies. I even tried HughesNet which was a joke on upload speed slowness. They don't have cable internet to me (and I'm only 3 miles from their office yet they haven't strung fiber optics to me yet).

I'd love to move my house closer to the AT&T central office, I have a friend getting 6MBS download where he lives.

[Ramster]

Originally Posted by artwilliams

Ramster,

They sent me a letter and brochure that eases you into the concept. It reviews your current package, the volume you're currently downloading (over the past 3 months) anf explains how the caps will affect you. I only download 20-30 GB so I am well under the cap. There was no mention of an upload cap. BTW, the Extreme and Extreme Plus packages let you upload at twice the speed 1000 Kbps.

I'm on Extreme, the best Rogers offers. I will keep an eye out for my next bill/brochure.