disturbed Posted August 10, 2005 CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 ...I am in FL right now, on a vacation, and my friend still suffers by surfing (if you wanna call that surfing) the net via AOL - i am trying to persuade her into switching to DSL - her phone number does not qualify for Yahoo SBC, but I have an OK for verizon dsl. Their advertisement says she will be gettting 1st three months for 19.95 and every other month for 29.95 (with a one year contract) ... what kind of speeds should i expect with that package in FL - anybody knows ? Reliability ? Is there a better ISP for that kind of money in FL (St Petersburg/Tampa) ? Also, does the price after a 12 month contract stay 29.95 or does it increase/decrease.... Any help is very welcome Thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted August 10, 2005 CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 I live in Tampa and i get speeds up to 1.5dl and 384ul........if u live close enough to co then u may be able to get 3/768......i highly recommend verizon dsl!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted August 10, 2005 CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 It will increase to 37.95 but just renew contract and price will stay the same.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted August 10, 2005 CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 392 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 48 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Wed Aug 10 2005 19:19:03 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 21.33 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 63.12 % of your hosts average (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-AJ823SRTH] ::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1159 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 141 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Wed Aug 10 2005 19:20:50 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 21X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.26 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 27.28 % of your hosts average (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-E2NKWAOGP DL is not so good i dunno why................ul is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 10, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 is there a way to find out if my friend lives close to the co ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted August 10, 2005 CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 u could call tech support and let them test ur line to see wat plan will work...or email....i emailed bout 3/768 but i was too far from co Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 10, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 and also...will they alow us to renew the contract ? wouldnt they kind of consider it fraud - cuz it would be cheating them ? or you can actually renew the contract without them suspecting anything....you know what i mean but i guess it does make sense to have it cheaper if you renew the contract, since they would rather have a customer for 3 years paying 29 than a customer for 1.5 year paying 37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted August 10, 2005 CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 Naw thats wat most people recommed, thats wat im playin on doin when contract is over......also is she interested in fios or somethin because it is way faster... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 10, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 well.....she lives in an apartment and i dont think fios is available there, and plus she does not want to spend that much money on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted August 10, 2005 CID Share Posted August 10, 2005 me neither then i highly recoommend verizon dsl.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6arett Posted August 11, 2005 CID Share Posted August 11, 2005 Theirs so many people with Verizon DSL living where I live....even though DSL isnt SUPOSED to fluxuate, it does...gets down to about 1.2 around 5-10pm and my dad isnt smart enough to re-new it, so he's paying 37.99 a month....err w/e not my $ and i think he's switching to comcast cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resijs Posted August 11, 2005 CID Share Posted August 11, 2005 If you live in Tampa check again, because we're running on 3MBs package on full power, yea... That's right I test for 2.8-2.9MBs sometimes instead of the usual 2.7crap. My upload is over the cap, I'll post soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted August 11, 2005 CID Share Posted August 11, 2005 man ur lucky..........i have 1.5/384 package Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 30, 2005 just for the hack of it ... i thoguht id update the verizon people that my friend has finally gotten verizon dsl up and running (yesterday) - and it looks very promising.... 2.8 download and half a mb for upload very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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