[Cialug] OT: Qwest and Mediacom Internet Service Advice

[Dave Hala Jr]

I've had both Mediacom and Qwest DSL. Like most of the others, I've
found Qwest to more "usable" (reliable,faster?) than Mediacom.  However,
be advised that if you get a "naked" DSL line (without dialtone) that
repair service will not have the same priority as a line with dialtone.
Generally this means they will fix it within 48-72hrs, which can be a
real pita.

I happen to live on the edge of town, on gravel road about 2 miles from
the CO.  A service tech swapped the middle part of my circuit into a
different circuit to avoid some load coils, so its a little messy when
its repair time. Secondly, I usually have a reduced speed after a heavy
rain and I've never been able to get it fixed. It generally goes away
after about 48 hrs.


:) Dave

On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 06:30 -0600, joshstrobl at hush.ai wrote:
> I also have noticed my speed drop considerably when others are 
> using it. Do you recommend switch to Qwest? My grandfather has 
> Qwest and its the fastest internet (besides T1) that I have ever 
> used on a computer...or so it seemed.
> 
> On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:49:09 -0600 Aaron Korver 
> <aaron.korver at gmail.com> wrote:
> >Okay, I'll throw my two bits into this discussion.  I had Mediacom 
> >for about
> >4 years at my current location (Polk City).  I would have multiple 
> >outages,
> >and the speed was terrible from about 3:30 (when kids got home 
> >from school)
> >until about 9:00 (kids going to bed?).  After a two day long 
> >outage, I got
> >tired of it and switched to Qwest, and the MSN ISP.  I've been 
> >with them for
> >1.5 years now, and I've had one outage during that time.  The only 
> >"bad"
> >thing was trying to set my modem to bridge mode.  That was a pain, 
> >but once
> >I figured that out, I have zero complaints about Qwest's service.  
> >I was
> >able to lock in the price at $19.99 a month for as long as I'm a 
> >customer.
> >Count me a happy Qwest customer.
> >
> >Aaron Korver
> >
> >On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Matthew Nuzum 
> ><newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:









>  tremondous>
> >> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-
> >home.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> I've had DSL service for several years, and I am quite happy 
> >with it.  The
> >>> only complaint that I have is my modem seems to be having 
> >issues.  I have to
> >>> reset it every couple of weeks because we experience slowness 
> >of loading of
> >>> pages.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> This is exactly the same problem that I mentioned to in my other 
> >email
> >> where I needed to replace my modem. It got worse and worse until 
> >finally one
> >> day it died completely. The kid at qwest said that they think 
> >the Motorolla
> >> modems are the best but locally I could only find the Actiontec. 
> >Still,
> >> after replacing the modem the internet has been perfect.
> >>
> >>
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