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Hold mah beer!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven
Moto: 08 R1200GS
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Anyone have any experiences? I really don't like the cable company at my new house (charter) and considering other options.
Internet wise cable would max 5 mbps and dsl would max 3 mbps. HDTV - Dish wins easy, but cable isn't effected by weather as easy.
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Ride Like an Asshole
Join Date: Feb 2008
Moto: nothing...
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I have satellite and it rarely gets fucked up by weather... and when it does, it flakes out for like 3 seconds and comes back... Only once in 8 months of hard Florida rains have I had it go out longer than that... and it was like 30 seconds...
My folks have the Dish and love it... they've had it for years and have never had it go out for more than a few seconds... As far as your broadband is concerned... how often do you max out your connection now? As long as you're reasonably close to the switching station, DSL will be fine. That's actually the fastest connection I've ever had... |
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WERA Yellow Plate
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Lake Murray, South Carolina
Moto: 2005 Hayabusa
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I have DSL at work and it's noticebly slower than my cable connection at home....is it the computer or the service .....who knows for sure ?
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Moto GP Star
Join Date: Feb 2008
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My DSL is just as fast as my cable was and I love my Dish HD. I rarely loose a signal and when I do it's less than a minute.
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Hold mah beer!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven
Moto: 08 R1200GS
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well the max connection for dsl in my area is 1.5 mbps, only thing that worries me about this speed is xbox live
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Ride Naked.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Flat and Straight ND
Moto: 08 BUELL 1125R, 05 SV650S
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Cable sux.
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Clit Commander
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Las Vegas
Moto: 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S
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I was on 1.5MB DSL the whole time in Korea and I was fine with Xbox Live. I'm on a 3MB DSL now and it's the same.
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Hold mah beer!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven
Moto: 08 R1200GS
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good to know, i may go that route
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Bring on the Zombies!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cleveland
Moto: 2000 Yamaha YZF600R
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I just switched from cable to dsl about 2 months ago and the dsl is just as fast as my cable was.
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Street Stunter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Long Beach CA
Moto: 07 R1
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I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter. their customer service can suck a nut.
have you looked into verizons FiOS? http://www22.verizon.com/content/ConsumerFios im going that route as soon as its up in the neighborhood
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