Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet

On Wednesday 07 September 2011 13:26, Charles Paul wrote:
> You mean it cuts into their profits, rather. ISPs love blaming their
> best customers for their high rates.
>
> This country has some of the worst internet connections, and it has
> more to do with the industry's regulatory capture of the FTC and FCC.
>
> The blame, rather, lies with the lifestyles of the executives and
> investors.
>
> All that said: You are wrong.

I truly don't understand what this is all about. I get blazingly fast intarweb
from Cox, and my speeds keep going up every few years. I occasionally
download ISO CDs and DVDs, and never have any complaints.

Don't like your speeds? Go sit on a T1 at a client's office and try to do OS
updates or download a critical file. You'll sing a different tune when you
get back to your pad that evening.

U-verse? I'll never give AT&T another penny of mine, so long as I live.

--Joey

>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:17 PM, John Souvestre <johns@sstar.com> wrote:
> > Hi Charles.
> >
> > Possibly, but probably not.  If an ISP supplies unlimited bandwidth it
> > costs them more.  So they have to charge more.
> >
> > As a customer, are you willing to pay twice the rate because of the top
> > 10% who double the ISP's bandwidth if there is no cap?  Unless you are in
> > that top 10%, the answer is generally no - hell no!  :)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John
> >
> >     John Souvestre - New Orleans LA - (504) 454-0899
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org
> > [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Charles Paul
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:07 pm
> > To: nolug@nolug.org
> > Subject: Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet
> >
> > Are there *any* service providers for unmetered, un-capped Internet
> > access in New Orleans?
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> >> Some guy came to the door trying to sel Uverse, but the only way to
> >> get it cheaper than the Cox bundle was for a lower Internet speed and
> >> no HD TV channels.
> >>
> >> On 09/06/2011 11:27 PM, Brad Bendily wrote:
> >>> I'm pretty sure uverse has similar restrictions for data usage limits.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB409045#fbid=q79OcqQzjtN
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sep 6, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com
> >>>
> >>> <mailto:techmaster@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>> Wow, uverse is looking better and better each day... Half the price
> >>>> I'm paying now for the same speed, and now this?
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Ben Bullard
> >>>> <<mailto:benbullard7@aol.com>benbullard7@aol.com
> >>>> <mailto:benbullard7@aol.com>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>    On 09/06/2011 03:50 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>        Data metering. Yay!!!!!
> >>>>
> >>>>    It's a feature! It's for your own good...
> >>
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