Speed Demon
Posted on August 10th, 2006 in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
After 9 years of DSL, yesterday I finally switched to a cable modem from Comcast. Besides a hinky coax cable, the self-install went flawlessly and I didn’t have to install any of the stuff from the install CD.
I used to download about 180kb/second with Verizon DSL for $39.00. Now I get on anywhere from 700-1,500 kb/second for four dollars more a month.
My only question is, why didn’t I do this earlier?
Next, it’s time to get rid of the land line. Between Skype and my mobile, no reason for it except for sporadic faxes, which I can take care of down the street at Mailboxes, Etc.
Speeding up and simplifying life, it’s all good.
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interesting.
here, my dsl, with a static ip, is as fast as similarly priced cable. also, the cable companies around here block some incoming ports, so I couldn’t manage my home network from work (not that I can right now, but that’s my problem, not a block).
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