Thread: What type of Internet Connection do you have?

Cable internet through Time Warner (they just bought out Adelphia in our area) and I will NEVER use anything else!!! My mom has satellite and it might as well be dial-up, but it's actually SLOWER if you can imagine that. My work has DSL and it's not as fast as my cable modem. I also go with the "medium" speed, so it is costing me $42.95 a month. That's a lot for internet service, but with the amount of time we use it in our household it's well worth it. We have three computers now on a wireless network.

Originally Posted by kyswpgrl

Cable internet through Time Warner (they just bought out Adelphia in our area) and I will NEVER use anything else!!! My mom has satellite and it might as well be dial-up, but it's actually SLOWER if you can imagine that. My work has DSL and it's not as fast as my cable modem. I also go with the "medium" speed, so it is costing me $42.95 a month. That's a lot for internet service, but with the amount of time we use it in our household it's well worth it. We have three computers now on a wireless network.

Does she have it with Hughes? If she does, they guarantee a certain speed. Maybe she needs to call them and have them reset stuff. Mine slows down sometimes really bad, and I call them and they redo stuff and get me to run test and before I know it, it's going really fast again. Also if you go over the FAP it will slow you down to a crawl. You have to unplug the in and out coaxes on the back of the modem without disconnecting the power. You have to leave it this way for 24 hours before it will speed back up again. And sometimes it doesn't speed back up and you have to call a tech to push it from their end.
I know that Satellite is faster than DSL, but not as fast as cable on the speed charts. So she should at least be seeing dsl speeds.

Originally Posted by PrincessArky

OMG we have the same crap lol we upped the plan to the medium level I think steve said (I honestly dont know he thankfully pays at least that bill lol) but we still have a limited said there was one w/out dl limit but I guessed we cant afford it lol We are still paying for out equip every month so the bill will drop once that is paid

We did try the wild blue thing first BUT the closest place at the time was out of shreveport NO biggie (cause the hughes net guy came from Monroe) but the beam was full and they wanted to set it up so we could lie and say it was actually being installed in OKLAHOMA not sure how they thought that was gonna work, needless to say last time she phoned I told her I wasn't a lier and to never phone me again

Could you please e-mail the name of the people, because they are scheduled here for the 13th. I want to know if they are going to be the same ones. I don't want to deal with any shady ones. I'm going up to the second level as well. They are giving a free modem upgrade if you agree to 15 month contract....and I'm going to the pro plan, it is only $10 more a month...hey what's $10 more a month...LOL....

Originally Posted by PrincessArky

OH yeah stupid windstream said we could get dsl here and sent the modem and everything then after countless calls they were like oh yeah forgot to tell ya cant get it there (we are actually something like 300ft too far lol) so we will send ya a shipping label cause we want the modem back (as if I needed it lol)

That sucks!!! They did that to me too. Got my hopes up and said sure you can have DSL!! I was like I was hoping that since the companies had changed from Alltel maybe this new one put in new lines or something. Anyway after they got me all excited about a week later I get a letter saying "hell NO you can't have it" well that's not what it said, but it felt like that when I read it. Seems like we are always the last to get anything out here in southern Arkansas. Guess I shouldn't gripe though, they might stick us back on party lines if I don't behave. LOL

Originally Posted by Kyla Kym

Does she have it with Hughes? If she does, they guarantee a certain speed. Maybe she needs to call them and have them reset stuff. Mine slows down sometimes really bad, and I call them and they redo stuff and get me to run test and before I know it, it's going really fast again. Also if you go over the FAP it will slow you down to a crawl. You have to unplug the in and out coaxes on the back of the modem without disconnecting the power. You have to leave it this way for 24 hours before it will speed back up again. And sometimes it doesn't speed back up and you have to call a tech to push it from their end.
I know that Satellite is faster than DSL, but not as fast as cable on the speed charts. So she should at least be seeing dsl speeds.

I don't believe it is Hughes. Part of the problem may be her computer too, but she's had both my dh and another son-in-law look at it. The only problem my dh could find was her anti-virus. It was scanning every webpage that loaded and slowed it way down. Once he turned it off, it was still at dial-up speed. They are in the "country", so don't have many options. Thanks for the tips though!