[TriLUG] Bandwidth Options and Opinions

[Carl Crider]

 No opinion on Uverse. But I swear I must be the only one with TWC
Wideband that has
(and had) no issues.





On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 6:14 AM, Paul Bennett <paul.w.bennett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone got any evidence (anecdotal or otherwise) on the reliability of
> AT&T Uverse vs TWC Wideband? Right now, I've got a 50Mbit capped
> Wideband connection, but bandwidth consistency and ping jitter are all
> over the place.
>
> I'm wondering whether switching to Uverse would help. All they can
> offer is a 30Mbit cap, but I have no idea whether that'd be a
> more-consistent 30Mbit, or what would happen to the ping jitter.
>
> The real problem is that we use a lot of VoIP in our household, and
> the call quality just ain't what it should be, and that's mostly
> traceable (as far as I can tell) to an inconsistent signal rather than
> insufficient bandwidth.
>
> I'd gladly pay for a T3 if a T3 were reasonably-priced, but that isn't
> the case, so I'm looking for the closest consumer-priced equivalent.
>
> Heck, I'd even buy a T1 for exclusive VoIP use if the price was right,
> and keep the TWC line for regular Internet use.
>
> FWIW, this is mainly for use by a 501(c)3, so if anyone knows a
> friendly T1 (or T3) provider with rock-bottom prices for charities,
> that would be good to know, too.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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> Paul
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