Re: comcast or verison for internet

Largely correct - it's cat 3 into the house. I don't get throttled, and
often grab large binary images via bit torrent...

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W. Scott Lockwood III

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Peterson
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 7:02 PM
To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: [LUNI] comcast or verison for internet

I've never used Uverse but I think the info here is not exactly correct.
Pretty sure Uverse is fiber to the curb not fiber to the house.  This makes
a significant difference in that you are still using DSL for connectivity.
More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_U-verse

I've got Comcast business and haven't noticed any throttling but unsure of
the upload amounts (I do run bittorent that feeds at 25KB/s much of the time
though).

Hope this helps,

On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 13:24 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
> att looking good:
> 
> 
> 
> """
> comcast throttles uploads - seems like after 10mb speed drops to 
> 256kbs - does att do anything like that?
> 
> Cason: AT&T U-verse Internet service is based on Fiber Optics 
> technology and the advantage of this service is you receive the speed 
> faster as the data carried over Fiber Optics is an laser signals, 
> wherein the data carried over cable is an electric signals, the other 
> fact is cable is shared connection so the speed you receive with cable 
> Internet is shared and the speed fluctuate, but with AT&T U-verse 
> Internet service this would not be the case, you will receive constant 
> speed without any fluctuation, I assure you receive the best service 
> with AT&T U-verse and also find the value of your money.
> 
> me: url?
> 
> Cason: I am sorry, we do not have URL for that.
> """
> 
> There is a 250gig/month cap, $10/g over URL for that:
> http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB409045#fbid=Z0rYePBJXtO
> 
> http://www.att.com/u-verse/shop/customize.jsp#
> 24/3 for
> $250 setup + $50/m * 12 month + $65/m * 12m =
> >>> 250 + 50*12 + 65*12
> 1630
> 
> compared to comcast:
> 
> http://business.comcast.com/Internet/plans.aspx
> basic: 12/2 and funky throttles (at least on my home connection)
> >>> 60*24
> 1440
> 
> glad I asked, cuz comcast was looking like the better choice.  stupid 
> marketing depts.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:52 PM, W. Scott Lockwood III 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Go with Verizon, or AT&T. My Uverse rocks.
> >
> > --
> > W. Scott Lockwood III
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
> > Of Carl Karsten
> > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 5:27 PM
> > To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical 
> > Discussion
> > Subject: [LUNI] comcast or verison for internet
> >
> > comcast cable is a bit on the slow side for uploading gigs of video 
> > as I do every few months.
> >
> > I get about 700k for the first 10 meg, then it drops to 256.
> >
> > I see I can get 5-25 up for about $60/m 2 year contract.  Now to 
> > figure out who gets my business: comcast or verison
> >
> > http://smallbusiness.verizon.com/products/internet/fios/overview.asp
> > x#plans
> >
> > "Verizon does not provide service in your area."  well that sucks.
> > "Give us a call"  
> > http://www22.verizon.com/customersupport/contactus/
> > anyone see a phone number?
> >
> > Anyone have any advise?
> >
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> > Carl K
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> 
> 
> 
> --
> Carl K

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