May be off line tomorrow... 02/20/2006

[Chris Rendall]

I was in the same position last year.  I switched from our very reliable
T1 to business class internet cable.  I've had a couple blips over the
last year that I never had with the T1, but nothing bad enough that made
me wish I didn't switch.  Overall, saving a TON of money going with
cable was very much worth it and having much faster download speeds is
also very nice.

Chris

> Tomorrow, we will be removing the T1 in my house and changing over to
> cable.
> The expense is unreal at about $14,800 per year!!! But that is not why
I'm
> changing. I will be going to a business service of 5.0Mb down and
1.5Mb
> up.
> The nearly 1/7th the price charge is just an unbelievable extra. It is
so
> sad to be leaving my ultra-reliable T1 for a mass-man distribution...
but
> the benefit to someone who takes down and puts up as much data as I
do...
> makes it imperative to switch. (Saving the $12,000/yr doesn't *hurt*
> either!)
> 
> I'm guessing nothing will go right... :-) and Murphy will be visiting
my
> house for the duration tomorrow. So, if I don't respond to much...
even my
> own "Desperate Plea Poll"... give it a day... and I'll hope to be back
on
> then.
> 
> P.S. - I am rationalizing away the loss of guaranteed reliability to
the
> belief that if the *cable* goes down... many thousands of people
> immediately
> start putting pressure on the cable company to "get it fixed!". This
is
> probably as good (or better) than my rantings to our service provider
the
> rare occasions when the T1 did slip... :-)