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Re: Dear Comcast, I'm leaving you because...

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Post by greyfade » Wed, Jan 25, 2012, 4:59 PM UTC

sukuriant wrote: post #15

greyfade wrote: post #6

I would love to switch ISPs, if only to get away from Comcast's ridiculous caps. But in my area, although there's a bundle of fiber running not 250 feet from my apartment, it's well over $1k for setup and the monthly fee, and the only DSL provider in the area (CenturyLink) only offers service a tenth as fast as Comcast's Xfinity service. Rocks and hard places.

If that wire is Frontier, they may be able to provide the apartment complex with FiOS for free to the apartment complex, under the hope that they'll get customers. That's what a representative told me when I asked what it would take to get FiOS at my place, considering my parts of Redmond is well wired with FiOS. YMMV

Nope, not Frontier. Black Rock Cable.

Re: Dear Comcast, I'm leaving you because...

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Post by greyfade » Wed, Jan 25, 2012, 5:13 PM UTC

mkjones wrote: post #9

greyfade wrote: post #6

I would love to switch ISPs, if only to get away from Comcast's ridiculous caps. But in my area, although there's a bundle of fiber running not 250 feet from my apartment, it's well over $1k for setup and the monthly fee, and the only DSL provider in the area (CenturyLink) only offers service a tenth as fast as Comcast's Xfinity service. Rocks and hard places.

You should try Comcast's business class service. No bandwidth caps, immediate customer service, and not too much more expensive (especially if you can negotiate a deal through your employer).

I'm debating it. I've been in contact with a local ISP about what's available, and I'm not too keen on having my bandwidth cut in half for $10/mo more and looking for a new Cisco 1700-, 1800-, or 1900-series router.

But I don't want to keep giving Comcast money.

Re: Dear Comcast, I'm leaving you because...

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Post by mstefanko » Wed, Jan 25, 2012, 5:25 PM UTC

sukuriant wrote: post #14

binarysoul wrote: post #2

He's leaving because he has the option to use a different comparable provider. Some of us are not so lucky. I have only two options available in my apartment. 3mbit/s cable service which disconnects frequently and is wholly unreliable, or ATT DSL 6mbit/1mbit which while its reliable costs $40/month. 4G wireless solutions do not penetrate my building enough to be useable. What we really need are more comparable option…

I'm another instance of a person that actively chose to go to DSL over Comcast, even though I took a substantial speed cut (at my old place, I had 35/35 FiOS, and I switched to 7mb/800kb DSL). The price between the two services was the same ($50), but it was that significant for me to not use Comcast. And now, I'm pushing my new apartment complex to switch over to FiOS, since I'm literally 1.1 miles away from my old…

Just did this as well. Well not fios, switched from comcast cable internet over to sonic DSL. I top out at 4.5mb/700kb, i'm struggling a bit, hard to ignore the speed difference, but I am that passionate about not using comcast as well. Was actually one of the best phone calls I've ever made, cancelling my service with comcast.

Re: Dear Comcast, I'm leaving you because...

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Post by Adaptive » Fri, Jan 27, 2012, 12:19 AM UTC

DaveMebs wrote: post #68

Adaptive wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This really blew me away when we moved here. I'm assuming it was a carrot to get infrastructure build out but I have a hard time imagining that there wouldn't have been competition to do that even without the concession. I'd love to drop Comcast for an alternative.

Have you checked out Clearwire? http://www.clearwire.com/ They've got great coverage throughout Seattle and I have been very happy with their home internet plan. $50/month for unlimited data with 6mbps down and 1mbps up.

Yeah, I've heard of them but to be honest most of what I hear is bad. That's not personal experience, I've never used them, and I regularly do a search on Clearwire to see if things have improved. So far still seems to be a lot of issues, at least in Seattle.