I can't find the article that said it was "true" but I've found the article that said it was coming here at ars:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050116-4528.html They claim it will happen sometime in the first quarter. I'm torn about the "premier" service - the enhanced upload is very attractive but I can only VERY rarely saturate my current 3Mps download pipe... it doesn't seem to me that going to 6 will offer all that much. Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:45 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: New DSL w00t > > i've got comcast here in Jax...right now it's 3 MB...haven't heard > they were going to up it to 4. in fact, when i ordered it (only about > 3 weeks ago), they gave me a choice of 3 or 4 MB. > > the thing with calling to get the price reduced for 6 months is all > over slickdeals right now. they say if you call to cancel and say > you're switching to DSL, they'll offer you 6 months for $24.99. > > gonna try it tonite :) > > > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:09:54 -0500, Jim Davis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Where I am we can't get DSL at all (there're no more copper lines) but > we do > > have a choice of two cable providers. > > > > We use Comcast and really like it (3mbs down for the standard account is > > being increased to 4mbs down). We just called and and asked if they > could > > do anything about the price and they cut the bill in half for six > months. > > > > So, with that, it's actually cheaper than the comparative DSL service > for a > > year. > > > > We'll see what happens next year... by then Verizon may have started to > > offer their Fiver-to-the-Home plans. 30Mb/s of streaming goodness. ;^) > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 12:30 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: New DSL w00t > > > > > > I switched, and it was a purely financial decision. 26.99 vs 45.99 > each > > > month....that's quite a difference over the life of the service. > > > > > > > > > > nice. > > > > sick of 45 bucks for cable. > > > > may have to switch soon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145963 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
