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ISP provider blues

ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
I'm using Earthlink right now and paying 41.95 a month for a 5 mb/s cable connection. I'm not having much luck finding other providers to consider. DSL is out of the question because I would need to get a phone line, and when I did the research over a year ago, cheapest phone line + cheapest ds l> Earthlink.
I don't play any games online with my computer, but I do conenct my Wii to the internet. Apperantly I can get Road Runner for 29.95 a month at 1.3mp/s.
So, will this be a large enough hit in speed to really affect the normal Wii-ing and day to day online activity, and can anyone suggest another provider for me?

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Is that megabytes or bits? I am paying $45 to Time Warner and getting around 14 megabits. I don't think it is supposed to be that high. I just attribute that to not many people on around me. Sometimes during peak hours on the weekends it dips below 10 megabits.

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Mbps, which I beleive is megabits.

    Oh, and those speeds are of course advertised.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Ask Time Warner what they have in the $40 price range. If it is not a huge improvement over their $30 service then I would just keep Earthlink.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Do you live in the US? I believe due to regulation they are required to offer "naked" DSL now. At least for a while. ATT does.
    EDIT: Earthlink does too it seems. At least in places.
    Ninjaedit: Oh wow, big price jumps after 3 months. That's kind of crazy. Not as a good a deal at that point. But look around, you may be able to find something similar that doesn't go nuts like that.

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Still, I do not pay for an active phone line, so DSL (naked or clothed) is of no use to me unless I can get a dirt cheap landline hookup (which I can't).
    TimeWarner seems to be incontrol of Road Runner, which brings me back to me first post... will moving from a satisfactory 5 Mbps to 1.3Mbps be such a noticable hit? I know porn etc will take a bit longer, but I'm mostly worried about the Wii's connection.

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  • bigwahbigwah Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You probably wont notice a difference unless you either speedtest before/after and time your downloads. Most services have the same UP speeds on all their packages, making it useless for the higher tier packages (like Charter for instance).

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  • TransparentTransparent Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Really? The cable company here is 512k up 2mb down, 1mb up 7 mb down, and 2mb up 15 mb down for their respective tiers. I thought that was pretty standard.

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