[TriLUG] New to the area now, and DSL issues

[Greg Brown]

As someone who has supported several small businesses over the years in
areas around NC I can say the following:


   - Time Warner Cable is usually the best in terms of up-time and real
   throughput.  Other compaines, such as Earthlink, use TWC's transport and
   they are reported to be equally as solid (I've never used them).
   - DSL in the RDU area works and works well but it's not as nearly as
   solid as TWC
   - If you are in a Charter cable area run, and run fast.  Do not sign up
   for Charter cable unless you have no other options.  You'll be less
   frustrated with dial-up.  I'm ont joking.
   - Embarq DSL (on the coast) is worse than abysmal; avoid at all costs.  I
   don't know how well Embarq DSL works inland.
   - Clearwire - seems to work pretty well for Windows based machines but
   gets unworkable by design it seems if you want to run your own network
   attached to the Internet via Clearwire

The only thing that irritates me about TWC is there are "special" rates
provided to Duke or Cisco employees that gets you 15/2 business class
service that isn't offered to "the rest of us".  Boo to that.


On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I've had friends in the Chapel Hill area that complained about their DSL
> for a couple of years.
> Where are you exactly? I've been in this area for some time, actually in
> Hillsborough now,
> and I thought that TW Cable covered the area.
>
>
>
>
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> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > after a few months, I am now up in the area (carborro/chapel hill).  So,
> my
> > first day up here, I find out that bellsouth, now at&t has blown my
> > transfer
> > of service.  I am sitting here with an IP and able to connect to the
> > network, just not browse the Inet.
> >
> > Trying to avoid the ranting that I am sure everyone doesn't want to hear
> > anyways, how good is at&t dsl in my area, (not that I have a choice as
> > there
> > is no cable laid to my house to go cable)
> >
> > jsn
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