That's a fine point. I pay $34.95/mo for my cable access (about US$24) with static IP, no port restrictions, unlimited usage and about 400Kb/s. That's all fine and good, but the service absolutely sucks. In the last couple of months the DHCP server has gone down countless times, meaning no IP address for me and so no access. Calling tech suport is no good since you'll stay on hold for an hour or more.
So, yes, our access is cheap, and generally really fast, but there are fairly frequent service interruptions for one reason or another. Then again, I suppose that if I had to pay it sounds like people pay down south, I wouldn't have high speed access at all, so maybe this isn't so bad.
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That's a fine point. I pay $34.95/mo for my cable access (about US$24) with static IP, no port restrictions, unlimited usage and about 400Kb/s. That's all fine and good, but the service absolutely sucks. In the last couple of months the DHCP server has gone down countless times, meaning no IP address for me and so no access. Calling tech suport is no good since you'll stay on hold for an hour or more. So, yes, our access is cheap, and generally really fast, but there are fairly frequent service interruptions for one reason or another. Then again, I suppose that if I had to pay it sounds like people pay down south, I wouldn't have high speed access at all, so maybe this isn't so bad.