20 May 12 08:08, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
      
    RW>> When I finished bitching about the slow speed that I was paying for   
    RW>> and the fact that I've been a customer for the last 5 years, they   
    RW>> offered me an upgrade to 6Mb/s for less than I was paying for, as it   
    RW>> turned out, 1.5Mb/s...   
    RW>>   
    RW>> It wasn't much of a hassle, but took about 50 minutes to accomplish.   
    RW>>   
    RW>> Speedtests today indicate 4.4Mb/s, a bit slower than 6Mb/s, but I'm   
    RW>> happy with the results.   
      
    MH> I just read that it seems Verizon is planning on upgrading their FiOS   
    MH> tier speeds.  As much as I can't stand Verizon, these speeds are   
    MH> worth consideration.   
      
   Verizon and I are incompatible...   
      
    MH> The 25/25Mbps will be 50/25Mbps   
    MH> The 35/35Mbps will be 75/35Mbps   
      
    MH> I do all my heavy downloading at work on our 200/200Mbps connection.   
    MH> Makes my home 15/2Mbps seem like dialup.   
      
   Well, @ 6Mbps, there is no more jerkyness or waiting for a video to load.   
   I can't imagine the price of those faster speeds, but I'll stick with   
   'under $35' for 6Mbps...gonna drop Dishnet at the end of May and see if   
   there's anything better than '250 analog channels' for $69 available. ATT   
   has already offered the same channels with almost all channels being HDTV   
   for $67/6months.   
      
      
                   R\%/itt   
      
      
      
   ... besides, IMNSHO, Ward Dossche should resign as ZC2 and surrender his   
   ... net node-number to the ZCC !            - Cato the Elder -   
      
      
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