[Cialug] Dumped Mediacom, feels good

[Theron Conrey]

does your new ISP have a name?

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:23 PM, Nicolai <nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org>
wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 03:03:36PM -0600, Justin Richeson wrote:
> > Seconded...who is this ISP?  They sound too good to exist.
>
> Unfortunately my new ISP doesn't provide service to Des Moines.  But
> anyway, having a terrible ISP can distort one's conception of what is
> "too good to exist."  Think about it: 15KB/s * 50x improvement is less
> than 1/4 of the FCC's new definition of broadband.
>
> Centurylink apparently offers 10mbps for $35?  That's faster than what I
> have.  Google Fiber does 1gbps for $70.  Much faster.  US Internet does
> 1gbps for $65 and is now offering 10gbps service.  Basement datacenter!
>
> http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/286680241.html
>
> 10gbps is real, even if hyper-localized to an area of Minneapolis.  So
> 1/4 of broadband speed is pretty far from "too good to exist."
>
> Nicolai
> BRB moving to Minneapolis
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