My god awful ISP

[carolynwhite2]

I hardly dared ask again Paul, thought you might kill me.

FWIW, I switched to DSL a few weeks ago, and have not had any 
problems with it. However, although it downloads at a quite speedy 
512Kbps, if I had cable, for the same price (£22 per month/$43 at 
today's rate of 1.92) I could download at 750Kbps.

But, the major cable provider in our area is ntl, and having once had 
an account with them, all I can say is never again, like never, ever. 
So, my next option if I want more speed is to spend another £5.00/
$9.6 per month and get the next level up, which downloads at a whizzy 
1Mbps.

Don't quite have the need for that at the moment, though might get 
tempted next year.

Sounds like all cable companies are as bad as each other, the world 
over. Sinister thought..maybe they are actually all the same company, 
operating out of a sweatshop in Bangalore. Would explain a lot.

Carolyn




--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "kippesp" <paul-groups at w...> 
wrote:
> 
> Tonight I was at my parent's house thinking I could actually get 
> some work done with their network connection.  But it wasn't to 
be.  
> They use the same ISP and have similar, but not as bad of a 
> problem.  So I'll be switching their ISP first to DSL.
> 
> For me to switch would require also changing local phone service 
and 
> probably $50 in switching & setup fees.  So my parent's place will 
> be a dry run.
> 
> The sad thing is my cable provider knows there is a problem.  But 
> the California/India call center can't do anything with respect to 
> feedback.  And even more frustraiting, they gave me a street 
address 
> for me to visit.  I guess they don't have phones here.
> 
> We probably looking at three weeks if a switch to DSL happens.