Bellsouth DSL Rant

Walker-san said:

We need a "rant" forum...RANT ARGH! RANT

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Cheesefood said:

US is so far behind in broadband that it's pathetic. S. Korea, Japan, and China already dominate in the BB market.

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homebrewer_99 said:

We need a Political forum too! We have a secret one, why can't we have a no-hands barred forum? We're all, OK, most of us are, grown-ups and we (kinda) respect each other pretty much (unless you're a certain Marine... ).

End of rant...I know kinda pansy-like, huh?

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desertBrew said:

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Anyone seeing those Jack My Price Up cable commercials? Yea, new year & another higher Comcast cable rate. I need to consolidate and upgrade. Right now I get analog basic extended channels with Comcast & DSL and local phone service through Qwest. I got static IP that I can use ( Walker) but am sick of servers in the house and am going to hosting services from now on. So; today I pay:

$88 a month DSL + local phone service.
$54 a month for analog basic extended cable.

That's $142 for older crap. I can get bundle deals from both providers but I'm a bit confused when you get into the digital realm of either cable or DirecTV (offered thru Qwest phone).

Do both tv providers require that a receiver is at every TV? I thought I heard not required for digital cable if you didn't want to do on demand etc.

It looks like a full qwest phone/internet/tv package is cheaper but I'm not so sure yet. I don't have an HDTV yet but plan to in the coming months. So now I also read on DirectTV that you have to pay up to get a HD receiver to get high def? Is that the same with cable?



And if all things being equal price wise which would you prefer for the tv feed?
What a friggen game and I have a feeling my questions aren't done yet.

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todd_k said:

I had analog Comcast too. For $1 more per month, they gave me a digital cable box with the same cable package. Now I have On Demand and lots of free movies like Young Frankenstein. :rockin:

Verizon's FiOS should be here soon so things may get interesting....

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desertBrew said:

So is the HD feed part of it with comcast or does that take something extra like it seems with DirectTV?

PS - as for broadband rants, I really don't care too much about that since my company pays me for that, but if I can reduce everything else at their expense...

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