[TriLUG] Cable vs. DSL

[Reginald Reed]

No, I highly doubt that since most if not all employees expense their
broadband connections.  It may be a volume thing or the fact that we
are a decently large part of their infrastructure.

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Keith Johnson
<kjohnson at northcarolina.edu> wrote:
> I wonder if Cisco partially subsidizes the cost. Our non-profit
> affiliates have TW biz 2x2 service and the best rates they can get is $195/mo.
>
>
> At 09:32 AM 6/24/2008, you wrote:
>>Special deal through Cisco - $75/mo with a static IP address.
>>
>>On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:30 AM, dsandif <dsandif at email.unc.edu> wrote:
>> > ......and  how much are you paying RR?.................................
>> >
>> > Reginald Reed wrote:
>> >> I just upgrade my TWC Biz Class connection at home from 7/1 to
>> 15/2 *gasp!*
>> >>
>> >> I'm loving the new connection and I don't think it has the same
>> >> restrictions as the residential service.
>> >>
>> >> speakeasy.net/speedtest produced the following yesterday:
>> >>
>> >> Last Result:
>> >> Download Speed: 14619 kbps (1827.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
>> >> Upload Speed: 1942 kbps (242.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
>> >>
>> >> Needless to say, I'm thrilled with the increased bandwidth.
>> >>
>> >> --Reggie
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Lee Fickenscher <elfick at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hey all,I'm moving soon and with all the wonderful decisions
>> Time Warner has
>> >>> made lately I'm looking to change my connectivity provider.
>> >>> What I'd like to do is take an informal poll of the percentage
>> of advertised
>> >>> bandwidth that people are actually getting.
>> >>> So either in this thread or offline send me your provider's name, your
>> >>> general location, your advertised speed, and your actual speed.
>> >>> If you are really gung-ho and interested in this you can take multiple
>> >>> readings and send them with a time stamp, but a single one will
>> work for my
>> >>> non-scientific poll also.
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>> Lee
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