Internet Service: What speed, from who, and what do you pay? Any tricks?

[LagoonGator68]

I hate Comcast and I am always looking for alternate sources for ISP. My primary service is in Tallahassee and the city has granted Comcast a monopolistic franchise. My only copper alternative is crappy Century Link at 3 Mbps which just won't stream HD. I have ATT cell but their data rates are exorbitant compared to cable.
I have Comcast Internet Plus which is local stations, HBO, Streampix, and 25 Mbps....I really only want the Internet access but Comcast makes it cheaper to bundle it this way. It started out at $39.99/ month for one year plus $10.00 gateway/modem rental plus tax for about $54.00/month the first year. It is now $83.00/month starting year 3 for the same crappy speed.....

Any good suggestions or comparisons?

 

[bradgator2]

I have the crappy Century Link 3Mbps. I fuking hate it. Hate.

 

[g8tr72]

I have the crappy Century Link 3Mbps. I fuking hate it. Hate.

Me too. Can't upgrade.

 

[grengadgy]

I have Comcrap in Jacksonville (50m+) and Windstream DSL 3m in the country but it is on the end of the line and can give me 1m or less. Truth be told I have less trouble streaming on the slow DSL than the speedy cable internet. I would like to be able to give Comcast the boot.

 

[LagoonGator68]

I have Comcrap in Jacksonville (50m+) and Windstream DSL 3m in the country but it is on the end of the line and can give me 1m or less. Truth be told I have less trouble streaming on the slow DSL than the speedy cable internet. I would like to be able to give Comcast the boot.

 

[LagoonGator68]

I have Comcrap in Jacksonville (50m+) and Windstream DSL 3m in the country but it is on the end of the line and can give me 1m or less. Truth be told I have less trouble streaming on the slow DSL than the speedy cable internet. I would like to be able to give Comcast the boot.

Who is your DSL provider in Jax and what is their speed?

 

[grengadgy]

Who is your DSL provider in Jax and what is their speed?

comcast in jax, phones are att

 

[LagoonGator68]

Phone lines are DSL and can approach 25 m which is like 100 m Comcast due to different tech.

 

[LagoonGator68]

comcast in jax, phones are att

Have you checked out ATT u-verse?

 

[grengadgy]

Have you checked out ATT u-verse?

not available, condo hoa has them locked out

 

[crosscreekcooter]

We had Uverse for two years and just went back to Comcast. As the contract runs out the cost skyrockets. Everything is bundled to include a landline. Momma refuses to get rid of that line cause that phone number has been attached to this address since the mid 60s. The only people that call it are telemarketers and the Florida Police Chiefs Assoc so I do get some comic relief fukking with them. Used to have problems with both because all cables come in overhead and they are at the mercy of winds, limbs, and squirrels. With Comcast, you have to call Punjab in Bombay and between my horrible hearing and their thick British accent I never could get repair directions and always had to wait a week for the service man. Whether it's AT&T or Comcast the problem always seems to get resolved after they replace the dvr. Fingers crossed, our time with Comcast this time hasnt been too bad as far as service goes, no interruptions.

 

[grengadgy]

We had Uverse for two years and just went back to Comcast. As the contract runs out the cost skyrockets. Everything is bundled to include a landline. Momma refuses to get rid of that line cause that phone number has been attached to this address since the mid 60s. The only people that call it are telemarketers and the Florida Police Chiefs Assoc so I do get becausesome comic relief fukking with them. Used to have problems with both because all cables come in overhead and they are at the mercy of winds, limbs, and squirrels. With Comcast, you have to call Punjab in Bombay and between my horrible hearing and their thick British accent I never could get repair directions and always had to wait a week for the service man. Whether it's AT&T or Comcast the problem always seems to get resolved after they replace the dvr. Fingers crossed, our time with Comcast this time hasnt been too bad as far as service goes, no interruptions.

yeah , I want internet in Jax for streaming

 

[LagoonGator68]

yeah , I want internet in Jax for streaming

You can stream over ATT landline if you're close enough to a sub station

 

[playzwtrux]

Cable One
100Mbps
$55/month

 

[grengadgy]

You can stream over ATT landline if you're close enough to a sub station

That's the problem I'm having in the country, max distance is 18000 ft(3.4miles) without a repeater. In Jax that shouldn't be a problem but they do have a data cap.

 

[LagoonGator68]

Cable One
100Mbps
$55/month

Great,deal....TV included?

 

[Kyng]

Also get every channel, except PPV channels. 180$ a month.

 

[grengadgy]

Also get every channel, except PPV channels. 180$ a month.

What is your data cap?

 

[pilot-in-fla]

I have the crappy Century Link 3Mbps. I fuking hate it. Hate.

I have the crappy CenturyLink 6Mbps which doesn't actually go above 4. They're always promoting gigabit service but when I call and ask when they'll provide anything better than the 4 that I pay at the 6 rate to my area, they say they don't know. Comcast is the local cable monopoly here and, at one point, they had planned to offer Internet and phone service here but they decided to overbuild those services in Orlando instead.

I even tried to see if I could get bonded DSL from CenturyLink but they told me they only offer it in places where their single line service is 10Mbps or better -- in other words, places where you wouldn't need it as much.

By the way, I've looked into satellite services and, while they are better than they were a few years ago, they all have some fairly stringent bandwidth caps and, of course, lag times are always going to be far longer than terrestrial service.

 

[GatorJ]

I have Verizon FIOS 75/75. However they've sold to Frontier and service has gotten sketchy. Tampa should be getting Google Fiber in the next couple years. Can't wait.