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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, a
by sukuriant 15y ago
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 house, as the Google Maps suggests.
Long story short: I chose 1/5th my old connection speeds to avoid Comcast.
- equalarrow 15y agoYah, I'm in the same boat. In late Dec, as soon as I saw Comcast supported SOPA, I setup a Sonic.net account here in SF. I love Sonic's tech support (one of the only few companies I'll get on the phone with for support), and their values - no caps, no support of fucking-with-the-internet bills. However, AT&T fucks up the whole equation with their shitty copper (in some places). Not Sonic's fault at all, of course. Some parts of SF are starting to get fiber with Sonic. Can't wait to be able to qualify for this. It'll be just like my brother's connection when he lived in Japan circa '01.. Voting with my dollars I guess.
- mstefanko 15y agoJust 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.