Re: [Nolug] [nolug] speakeasy has a

I don't think, that is a fair comparison. I have no problems with or
complains about Cox; infact, I think that its been even better since
they took over from @home.

Brett

David wrote:

>>Why does everyone rag on Cox?
>>
>>
>Probably the same reasons most "rag" on Micro$oft.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>To: "NOLUG ML" <nolug@joeykelly.net>
>Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 5:54 PM
>Subject: Re: [Nolug] [nolug] speakeasy has a
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>>Why does everyone rag on Cox? I consistently get 1.6Mbps downstream
>>speeds, which is much faster than ADSL... (Can't say about upstream,
>>though.)
>>
>>I'd rate their service excellent, now that things have stabilized after
>>the @HOME conversion.
>>
>>Remember, also, that Cox *does* have competition: xDSL!!!! (Of course,
>>where I live, in the heart of Old Jefferson, 1 mile from Elmwood, it's
>>18K ft from the CO, so I can't get DSL. In this case, BS doesn't think
>>that my [and all the people near me] business is worth it enough to
>>build out another CO nearer to a neighborhood that is converting from
>>the Original Inhabitants to upper-middle class 2nd Home Buyers...)
>>
>>Ron
>>
>>On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 23:20, johns@sstar.com wrote:
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>>>Hi Joey.
>>>
>>> > I'm not trying to suck business away from John here, but I was on ...
>>>
>>>Hey! No problem! Competition is good! At least with DSL you have a
>>>
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>choice of
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>>>vendors. :-)
>>>
>>> > Speakeasy and noticed that you can get a FREE PS2 when you sign up
>>>
>>>What's a PS2?
>>>
>>> > I'm thinking of maybe doing this since they have a 600kbps/128kbps
>>> > package which is fine for me because I get no more than 600kbps at my
>>> > distance while being provisioned for 1500kbps.
>>>
>>>You would probably get the full 256K up, however. Just about everyone
>>>
>>>
>gets
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>>>that unless they are REALLY on the edge. :-)
>>>
>>> > I'm still leary about having any of my money going to Bellsouth
>>> > though... RBOCs... Hell, all monopolies in a capitlaist society
>>> > are evil.
>>>
>>>At least they are being forced to "play with others". Contrast that to
>>>
>>>
>Cox.....
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>>>Enjoy!
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>>
>>>John Souvestre - Southern Star - 504-888-3348 - http://www.sstar.com
>>>
>>>
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>>| Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:ron.l.johnson@cox.net |
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>>| "My advice to you is to get married: If you find a good wife, |
>>| you will be happy; if not, you will become a philosopher." |
>>| Socrates |
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