i haven't had a land line in many years. i'm always surprised to hear when someone still does
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DSL is a better choice if the option is available. Once setup, the > connection is stable and the final bandwidth - the connection to your house > - is all yours. > > I have DSL to my home office but friends are using Comcast. They see > obvious > slow downs in the evenings, probably caused by the neighbors plugging up > their shared bandwidth with porn. The problem is that cable is a shared > connection. You may buy an advertised 6 MB download but when your channel > is > busy, everyone gets throttled down. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Gary Hurst > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 9:37 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] question about using blackberry as a tethered modem > > they are clever from a business standpoint, but suck. they charge top > dollar and take full advantage of their monopoly power. on the cost side, > they hire the bottom of the barrel. but it's not like you have any choice. > if you want that fast cable internet, you have to get in bed with comcast > in > more cases than not > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:22 AM, LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The comments about Comcast are interesting. Everyone I have spoken to > > that's a Comcast customer has had nothing good to say about the service > > itself and the support, or lack thereof. My brother's small town cable > > operator just got bought out by Comcast, and it's taken him nearly 4 > weeks > > to get Outlook to work properly using Comcast's mail servers. he's not a > > tech dummy by any means, but he said their support was suckalicious. > > > > I was dreading that I might have to use Comcast at my new place in Indy, > > buth thank goodness, it's serviced by BrightHouse.... > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So how well does the Sprint system work? I am hoping to be able to use > the > > new Centro for E-bay listings and e-mail......Tired of paying the Law & > > Order bill just to get so-so 500K cable. > > > > Mike > > > > > i don't like comcast, so i took a long look at satellite internet. it's > > > the > > > pits. > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > > > > > >> Allan Streib wrote: > > >> > "Gary Hurst" writes: > > >> > > > >> >> i found a hack and bought it instead > > >> > > > >> > Well do tell... Ever since COMCAST took over our local cable system > > >> > my cable internet service has gone from flawless to F---ed. Not that > > >> > cellular is really an alternative, signal is marginal at my house. > > >> > > > >> > Anyone have any experience with internet from the likes of DirecTV? > > >> > I've heard it's very "chunky": OK for big downloads but not very > good > > >> > for interactive use. > > >> > > > >> > Allan > > >> > > >> Kaleb can elaborate, but satellite generally stinks. > > >> I'd probably go cellular with an antenna before I'd go sat, as long as > > >> I can get a true unlimited plan with cellular. > > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1510 - Release Date: 6/19/2008 > 3:21 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1510 - Release Date: 6/19/2008 > 3:21 PM > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
