[ale] atnex outage

[Greg Clifton]

FYI, Clear & Sprint are the SAME entity as far as the Wimax service goes.
Maybe Sprint supplies the towers and Clear provides the signal but it
amounts to the same thing. AT&T and Verizon are both upgrading to LTE for 4G
service (8x faster than 3G?), with V already offering two different makes of
LTE USB modems in the Atl. area. I have had AT&T DSL Extreme for ~4yrs
(supposedly 5-6 down, but have never checked it) @$19/mo first year and
$47/mo thereafter in the Fayetteville, GA area. Just got Comcast at the end
of last year (supposedly up to 20 down) for $19.99/mo first yr, 23.99/mo
second year. Made the change mostly to cut the budget. AT&T just ran new
cables in my subdivision (to support Uverse), so I'm thinking I will switch
back to AT&T after 2 yrs. and get the "new customer" discount on Uverse for
a year or two then.


On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Richard Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>wrote:

>  Clear rocks for customer service and tech support by my experience but
> they have seriously over sold their towers.  I got capped right-off and
> never got the bandwidth I paid for or was advertised.  Had to drop them
> inside of a month!  Clear is great if you have a laptop or something but not
> for heavy use by my experience.  Clear also has a limited service area and
> is centered around a few metro areas so far.  I'd think of going toward
> Sprint or another carrier for service for 4G if you were further out.  Have
> to do your shopping on that one.....
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From*: Ron Frazier <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com<Ron%20Frazier%20%3catllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com%3e>
> >
> *Reply-to*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> *To*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org<Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20%3cale at ale.org%3e>
> >
> *Subject*: Re: [ale] atnex outage
> *Date*: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:14:37 -0500
>
> Too bad you can't get cable.  If you were to ever get access, you can get
> Comcast residential service 16-20 Mbps down / 2-3 Mbps up for about $70 /
> Mo.  However, they get all bent out of shape if you use it for
> "business".  I think response to trouble calls is slower that way too.
>
> What about something like the CLEAR wireless network or one of the cellular
> company's 4G wireless some of them have been raving about?
>
> Ron
>
> At 1/14/2011 08:49 AM -0500, James Sumners wrote:
> >I'm in south Fulton county and cable (Comcast) stops about 4 miles
> >from my house. My options are DSL or satellite. I can't even get 6Mb
> >DSL service. 3Mb is the maximum I can get.
> >
> >On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > > Hash: SHA1
> > >
> > > Well, ... move?   LOL!!!
> > >
> > > I thought I was in the sticks!  I'm in extreme western Paulding county,
> > almost to Polk (one county from Alabama).
> > >
> > > I often say I have to go into town to be in the sticks.  Where in the
> > heck are you?
> > >
> > > - --j
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 14, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 01/14/2011 07:45 AM, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> With Comcast Business in Paulding County, I'm paying $105/mo for 24M
> > >>> down, no bandwidth cap and 1 static IP address (as well as 5 DHCP)
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> there is no cable service within 10 miles of my house... I can't even
> > >> get Dominos pizza delivered!
> >
> >
> >--
> >James Sumners
> >http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
> >
> >"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
> >pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
> >is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
> >drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
> >
> >Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
> >CH:D 59
>
>
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