Hi everyone, Thanks for those excellent responses!! I love Hidden Tech. I'm always raving about it to anyone who has joined yet. So it looks like I'd be crazy not to go with Comcast. I admit my experience with Comcast has been better too. And their customer service is quite good, especially if you go via Twitter. Now I have to get my own wireless router. DSL comes with it but Comcast doesn't. Anyone have one they're not using? Thanks Val On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > At Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:38:56 -0500 Stefan Gonick > <stefan at DatabaseWebWorks.com> wrote: > > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > I would definitely recommend Comcast over DSL. However, you might > > want to consider > > Verizon's FIOS. It's faster than cable and may be cheaper right now. > > Verizon's FIOS is not available in Western Mass, and it is unlikely that > it ever will be anytime soon. > > > > > Stefan > > > > At 09:42 AM 3/11/2010, you wrote: > > > > > > >I wouldn't trust DSL. I've been testing U/D speeds on our DSL line > > >at the office and recently got <Mbit up. If you ever intend on > > >sharing files of even moderate size, go with Comcast, it is just not > > >worth $10/mo to throttle your bandwidth like that. > > > > > > > > >On Mar 10, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Val Nelson wrote: > > > > > >> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > > >> ** If you did, we all thank you. > > >> > > >> > > >>Hi HT friends, > > >>Sorry to ask this age-old question but I feel overwhelmed by the > > >>tech talk when talking to Comcast and Verizon. Can you help give me > > >>some perspective on these options? > > >> > > >>I need to set up Internet access in my office and these are the two > > >>choices in my price range: > > >> > > >>Comcast cable internet $59.95/month > > >> * Downloads 6-12 mb, uploads 1-2 mb > > >> * "Internet speeds up to 15 times faster than DSL" > > >> > > >>Verizon DSL $49.99/month > > >> * "Up to 5.0M" > > >>It will mostly be for one user at a time, but occasionally up to 5 > > >>users at a time. I'm in a building that probably has no Comcast > > >>users yet because they just installed it here, but eventually might > have more. > > >> > > >>Will I notice a difference in speed between these two options? I'm > > >>not doing any major downloading or uploading but I give my browser > > >>a run for its money. > > >> > > >>Which option would you do? > > >> > > >>Thank you!! > > >> > > >>Val > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: > > >><http://www.hidden-tech.net>http://www.hidden-tech.net > > >><mailto:Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > >> > > >>You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > > >>If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > >>page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > >>http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > > >Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > > >You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > > >If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > >page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > >http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > ===================================================== > > Database WebWorks: Dynamic web sites through database integration > > http://www.DatabaseWebWorks.com > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows > heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/ > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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