Heh, we have the symmetric 384 kbps Concentric service at work here, and yes, similar complaints. In cases of packet loss the bad guys are always concentric routers, and often its impossible to use a shell interactively due to latency problems. My Pacbell dsl line at home is so much better:)
I've had Pacific Bell DSL service since February (basically when they dropped their prices from ridiculous $89 a month down to $49 a month), and have had few complaints. I think installation was $200 and included the modem+setup fee (requires a yearly contract though).
It took 2 weeks (just as they promised) between order and installation, however once the technician (who did all the wiring, etc, and even drilled extra holes for us) left, the service stopped working. After that it took me 4-5 days of constant phone tag to get the tech support people to talk to an engineer who fixed the problem withing 3 minutes (our router went down 10 minutes after our service was installed, and lo and behold, the routing tables were restored from backup, without our entry.) The line worked fairly well after that (I have 384-1.5 Mbps downstream, 128 Kbps upstream. Speaking of which, does anyone know how they do this "variable downstream bandwidth" stuff? Some sort of sharing scheme, ala cable?).
In about 2 weeks the service stopped working, but I was able to resolve the problem within a half an hour tech support phone call (they changed my static ip without notice.) There are interruptions of service sometimes, but they dont last over 2-3 hours, and usually happen at 2 am or so (when I should be in bed anyway, not online). The good thing is they provide you a static IP, and don't require to register the MAC address (I remember this being a pain in the ass in college).
All in all, I would say their aDSL is good right now. (We'll see in a year, maybe they'll oversell their lines:( )
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I, for one, welcome our global worming overlords.
over 100 years of history Try 2000+ years of history. Does anyone not know that the Israel state is about building the temple in a proper place?
Gamers were looking forward to the improvements in test version 1.09. Now we have to wait another 2 months. Arrrrrrrrgh.
/me sticks to JohnC and machineguns him to death.
That show is getting old anyhow.
Heh, we have the symmetric 384 kbps Concentric service at work here, and yes, similar complaints. In cases of packet loss the bad guys are always concentric routers, and often its impossible to use a shell interactively due to latency problems. My Pacbell dsl line at home is so much better :)
I've had Pacific Bell DSL service since February (basically when they dropped their prices from ridiculous $89 a month down to $49 a month), and have had few complaints. I think installation was $200 and included the modem+setup fee (requires a yearly contract though).
:( )
It took 2 weeks (just as they promised) between order and installation, however once the technician (who did all the wiring, etc, and even drilled extra holes for us) left, the service stopped working. After that it took me 4-5 days of constant phone tag to get the tech support people to talk to an engineer who fixed the problem withing 3 minutes (our router went down 10 minutes after our service was installed, and lo and behold, the routing tables were restored from backup, without our entry.) The line worked fairly well after that (I have 384-1.5 Mbps downstream, 128 Kbps upstream. Speaking of which, does anyone know how they do this "variable downstream bandwidth" stuff? Some sort of sharing scheme, ala cable?).
In about 2 weeks the service stopped working, but I was able to resolve the problem within a half an hour tech support phone call (they changed my static ip without notice.)
There are interruptions of service sometimes, but they dont last over 2-3 hours, and usually happen at 2 am or so (when I should be in bed anyway, not online). The good thing is they provide you a static IP, and don't require to register the MAC address (I remember this being a pain in the ass in college).
All in all, I would say their aDSL is good right now. (We'll see in a year, maybe they'll oversell their lines
Assuming my newly acquired R2-D2 unit has a speed of under 600 mph, this car would come in handy...
On a serious note, sounds to me like it's going to be driveable (pilotable?) in Utah, and that's about it. (If at all.)