I live in Tipp City, Ohio. And after about 2 years of verizon dsl, I'm sick of it. I'm sick of the stupid monthly bandwitdh loss, I'm sick of my ping jumping from 60 to 100+ during those bandwitdh loss times. I'm sick of thier crappy service. It's time for a new isp. So what do you guys use, and what do you pay.

That's the total opposite of what I'm getting with Verizon. I don't lose bandwidth and I get excellent service.
When I have problems with my DSL, a quick call to Verizon gets the job done. The tech support is fantastic and the best tech support I've had.

Well if you do need a new ISP then probably go for RoadRunner. A few of my friends have RoadRunner and have experienced no problems with them.

I have RoadRunner and they have been good so far, I would try them.

Yahoo sbc. $14.95 a month for 1.5 down and 784 up.

Yahoo SBC? Whoa, that cheap? how?


Verizon just sint giving us what we are paying them for, I'll give them one last call.

Just look for their deals. Its for a year only but usually they have good deals around june. After a year you can renew pretty much the same plan.

Roadrunner isn't too bad, I got 3MB service for $30/month for a year, normally $45/month.

We just switched to SBC Yahoo! DSL 3MB service for $17.99/month for a year.

Both connections are active in our house right now, and I've got to say, they are nearly the same speeds, and I've had no downtime with the DSL yet, compared to the occasional outages I experience with cable.

We have SBC 1.5Mb line, 150kbs Down, 30kbs Up : /

well, depends on whast you have in your area...i have charter and what they have as the rated bandwidth for me is out of wack....it's supposed to be 756 down and 128 up but i usually get maxes of 350 down and 20 up....so not the greatest...but the only good cable provider around in mankato.

this site may help...there's some reviews etc.
http://www.dslreports.com/

click 'find service'.

this is the review for my isp:
http://www.dslreports.com/reviews/1581

If Charter is available in your area stay away. They suck better than my vacuum.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wafflesomd Yahoo SBC? Whoa, that cheap? how? Verizon just sint giving us what we are paying them for, I'll give them one last call.

Heh, if you check now, at&t/SBC Yahoo is offering 12.99/month for a year for 1.5Mbps/768kbps.
Just signed up for it, but at the 14.95/month rate through a Cingular store.
at&t just bought SBC Yahoo and Cingular.......

Quote: Originally Posted by silvafish well, depends on whast you have in your area...i have charter and what they have as the rated bandwidth for me is out of wack....it's supposed to be 756 down and 128 up but i usually get maxes of 350 down and 20 up....so not the greatest...but the only good cable provider around in mankato.

hey man i happen to work for charter and just to let you know that is one of the OLD ancheint accounts. there are better ones available. all you have to do is have the account holder call in and see whats available. I know there are some good discounts available for the 3m and 5m accounts and in some areas the 10m is available. also if you are having some issues w the conn just send me a pm and ill see what i can do. however being in mn you would be in a different billing system than i can access but ill try to help you out as well as anyone here that uses charter.

Quote: Originally Posted by silvafish well, depends on whast you have in your area...i have charter and what they have as the rated bandwidth for me is out of wack....it's supposed to be 756 down and 128 up but i usually get maxes of 350 down and 20 up....so not the greatest...but the only good cable provider around in mankato.

I love to call Charter up on that, they freak out cause they are selling you a service and if it doesnt meet what they are saying @minimum then you can usually barter a deal out (we ended up with free internet for a month and then upgrade to the next level for 6) Its not that I'm an a$$ to them, I mean they are advertising for that speed and I AM playing for it so how is it not my right to whine when Im not getting the speed Im paying for?

Quote: Originally Posted by say10(666) ill try to help you out as well as anyone here that uses charter.

I may hit you up on that, but I've been very happy since they relaid the cable to our house (turned out ours was over 30 years old!)

My personal favroite ISP (Not sure if they are available where you live)

Cox Cable 15mbps downstream 2mbps upstream for 50 bucks a month
http://www.cox.com/newengland/highsp...ze.asp#Premier

I hate you Rogers. I am sick of getting my connection throtled, it's so obvious when its happening I don't need the writen proof. Not only am I sick of your throtling my connection I'm also pissed at the amount of games I drop out of on xbox or even worse, when I'm in a poker game with real money involved. I'm mad about the years of ****ty service and high prices but I'm also glad because while complaining to my friends, My new ISP ACN was brought to my attention. Their rates can't be beat, there are more advanteges and savings and there is an awesome oppertunity if you want it. I signed up through a rep site. And I havent droped out of games or had my connection throtled plus they don't have a download limit.

Good bye Rogers...........for life!

Even better, it's a referrals based scheme!! - You know, kind of like a pyramid-shape, but less pointy at the top - MasterP