I've used dialup. Thats why I went cable. When I first got my cable modem from CGO Cable, which is now CGO@Home, the speed was 500kbps both ways and it cost me $60/mo. I'd GLADLY pay $60/mo for 500/500 or even 500up and 1mbps down. @Home has screwed their customers... Big Time..
Tried that. We had about 50 people screaming bloddy murder on the CGO@Home newsgroups. The people who work for CGO@Home have stoped reading/replying to messages about the cap. They don't care about their users. To them, about 3% of the users use their outgoing connection on a regular basis. They'd be happy to see us go.
As a matter of fact, the only people who knew about the CGO@Home cap was the people who read the cogeco.concerns news group. CGO wasn't even going to tell their users that a cap was in place.
I'm on with CGO@Home in Hamilton, ON and they have had a 128kbps upstream cap for a few months now. I just flat out sucks. It is impossible to upload and download at the same time. I tried to send a file to a friend over ICQ and browse the web, and no go. 128kbps outgoing just isn't enough to support a 2mbps down connection (not like we ever see that either).
I hate @Home. I wish daily that DSL was affordable and in my area.
I went a local College for Telecommunication Technology. I dropped out after a couple of months because I thought I was too good at what I did. I regret it now 2 years later. I see where my computer skills need to be rounded out and employers in Canada almost insist that you have gone to College or University. I'm probably signing up for the course again this Sept.
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I've used dialup. Thats why I went cable. When I first got my cable modem from CGO Cable, which is now CGO@Home, the speed was 500kbps both ways and it cost me $60/mo. I'd GLADLY pay $60/mo for 500/500 or even 500up and 1mbps down. @Home has screwed their customers... Big Time..
Tried that. We had about 50 people screaming bloddy murder on the CGO@Home newsgroups. The people who work for CGO@Home have stoped reading/replying to messages about the cap. They don't care about their users. To them, about 3% of the users use their outgoing connection on a regular basis. They'd be happy to see us go.
As a matter of fact, the only people who knew about the CGO@Home cap was the people who read the cogeco.concerns news group. CGO wasn't even going to tell their users that a cap was in place.
Like I said before... I hate @Home.
Correction... IT just flat out sucks... Typo on my part... :)
I'm on with CGO@Home in Hamilton, ON and they have had a 128kbps upstream cap for a few months now. I just flat out sucks. It is impossible to upload and download at the same time. I tried to send a file to a friend over ICQ and browse the web, and no go. 128kbps outgoing just isn't enough to support a 2mbps down connection (not like we ever see that either).
I hate @Home. I wish daily that DSL was affordable and in my area.
I went a local College for Telecommunication Technology. I dropped out after a couple of months because I thought I was too good at what I did. I regret it now 2 years later. I see where my computer skills need to be rounded out and employers in Canada almost insist that you have gone to College or University. I'm probably signing up for the course again this Sept.