high-speed access question

[Paul Taylor]

Before you comment, I'd suggest you get the facts from your own ISP. How 
about this from their own web site:
How fast is Road Runner?
Road Runner provides download of up to 2,000 kilobits per second. That 
compares with the maximum dial-up speed of 56 kilobits per second. For 
instance, a file download, say a movie trailer, that would take roughly 30 
minutes on a 14.4 dial-up modem will take about 30 sec. on Road Runner. This 
is true for downloading all types of files such as videos, pictures, 
software and so on. And up loading files happens at a swift 384 kilobits per 
second.

So, you are capped at 2Mbps download and 384Kbps upload. Yeah, that's real 
swift. Road Runner max's you out at 250KB per second downloads.

Additionally, Road Runner is $44.95 not $49.95. You can get business class 
Road Runner but it's WAY expensive. Information at 
http://www.twckc.com/business/rates.asp.

I had Road Runner in 1997 for 6 months. I cancelled it then because it was 
too slow. In January of 2002 I tried Road Runner out again, they hadn't 
changed in 5 years so I dropped them again.

RR latency is terrible, only support dynamic IP addresses and have policies 
that THEY can enforce when they quite being lazy. Like not servers.

Actually, I would prefer Everest Cable but they're not in Lees Summit yet.

It's faster than cable service offered by Comcast and Time Warner, that is 
what matters to me.

What's a FUDder?

From: "Jonathan Hutchins" <hutchins at opus1.com>
To: "Paul Taylor" <priviledgeduser at hotmail.com>, <kclug at kclug.org>
Subject: Re: high-speed access question

Hey, another FUDder who must own stock in a DSL company!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Taylor" <priviledgeduser at hotmail.com>

 > Road Runner is too slow - they cap their uploads and downloads.

Sure do!  They cap the downstream speed around 3,000.  Don't know what the
upstream speed is, never hit the cap, but I hear it's there around 384 or
512.  Currently, if they're capping, it's well above the promised speed.

 > Sprint High Speed ADSL does not cap download or upload. Up to 9Mbps
download
 > and 1Mbps upload. 6 static IP addresses.

 > Only one problem...$159.95 per month with 2 year contract.

RoadRunner is $49.95, no contract, and you can often get a free install.

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