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On May 09 2011 06:11 Noev wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2011 05:56 Waxangel wrote:even if oyu know what ISP is better, it sucks that a lot of places in the USA will only offer one ISP anyway  ISP in the US are listed as utilities so they mapped out the country and gave some areas to some companies in the same way you cant really pick you water or power company you have very few options when it comes to ISP providers it sucks
Yeah, I really hate this. It doesn't seem right at all that they are able to give certain companies monopoly over an area.
My only option here is Qwest; my already not great 7MB down often slows to 1MB at night or on weekends. All we can do is hope that they will eventually bring their fiber optic service to the area : /
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I hear a lot of people complaining about Comcast, but from my experience with the service in Colorado it was incredibly reliable and fast. I'm not sure if the rates differ in Denver, but from what I've heard Comcast was also cheaper that Qwest in my area.
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I never liked comcast but once I upgrade it to "xfinity"(comcast) I had no problems and awesome service. Right now I have AT&T and love it.
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chances are you don't have more than 2 choices anyway. Where I live which is right outside NYC, I have Verizon Fios which is pretty expensive around 40-50 a month for internet alone but the service is really good, especially if you seed torrents. The connection was always the advertised speeds at about 16 down 16 up. Which was awesome. The alternative around here is Cablevision which is what I currently use. It is 30$ for 15/2 and 45$ for 25/5. However the speeds are shaky and the television service sucks.
The older infrastructure generally sucks, if you have fios as an option its a much better deal. I think only verizon fios and AT&T u-verse offers it though.
Soon though, google will crush them all with gigabit speeds. God, I hope they start in NYC.
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I doubt they can do it in NYC, Verizon and all the terrible cable companies here will kick them out. Theres no direct competition between cable ISPs here, only Fios can really compare. That or you're stuck with DSL.
BUT, there is no bandwidth cap here but the throttling is insane.
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My experience with comcast depends on where you are provided the service - my service on a college campus town (Urbana, IL) has been pretty horrible, but my service at my home in the suburbs near chicago has been awesome (Orland Park, IL)
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Lol, forgot I was saving my 2k post for a blog...
Ermmmmm
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switching to comcast from at&t. paying for 6mbps and getting less then 1mbps is dumb
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Comcast > AT&T
had comcast for 1 year, have had at&t for 9 months. I wish I had never switched.
Other than restarting the modem every 3 days or so to make it go faster (idk how, but it worked) I never had any complaints about comcast internet.
AT&T on the other hand charges just about the same, gave me a shitty as DSL router, my internet connection is interrupted everytime someone calls my homephone (WTF is that?) and finally, I can't forward ports, which I did just fine with comcast. Now I can't host games on BW. -__-"
![[image loading]](http://www.speedtest.net/result/1287582302.png)
connection seems fine right now, but more often than not my internet is even slower than Jaw's.
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Yeah this question is more about availability and location. In some areas Comcast will be better and in others DSL is the way to go. Best thing to do is ask around, get friends with different ISPs to run a speedtest etc... If it helps in my area Comcast is by far the best.
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google, just move to kansas city and be patient. otherwise, verizon fios, otherwise time warner cable (biased)
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I have cox cable internet and tv and it's always been great for me
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Input your address here and it will give you a list of ISPs in your area. It's service provided by the government.
http://broadbandmap.gov/
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On May 09 2011 14:42 Primadog wrote:Input your address here and it will give you a list of ISPs in your area. It's service provided by the government. http://broadbandmap.gov/
i like the idea of the site, but it's very buggy and out of date
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I've been using "Bellsouth" which is now AT&T (not sure about improvements or decrease in service) for roughly 8 years now, and it's been excellent.
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Like other posters have said, it will all depend on where you are.
Comcast where I live is slow as hell, but other locations I've heard are better. They're just awful in the sense of customer service, though. It's really beyond words, and if you can avoid having to ever deal with them, I would recommend it.
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