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Help With Cable Access
My local cable company has just started offering cable access to the internet. I've been waiting for some one to offer high speed for the last four years. Anyway, I was just wondering if this is a good deal and worth the money. They said the first year is around $33.00 a month and then in the second year it jumps up to $44.00 a month. No contracts. Their site says a line speed up to 512 KPS (http://www.rapidcable.com/internet_s...omparison.html). I really know nothing about high speed access except that I want it badly. So, is 512 KPS fast? Would this speed be worth the $33.00 a month and then $40.00 a month a year later? Right now I pay $22.00 a month for earthlink. I would be willing to pay the $33 and $40 a month, I just want to make sure that for the money I'm getting a truly fast connection. Anyway, how fast is 512 KPS with a cable modem? Would I get good quality video feed thru this? How fast would I be able to down load a movie trailer? I know that apple web site offers a choice of downloads, low speed for dial up, medium speed, and high speed. With this cable modem, would I be able to choose the high speed? Also, I don't play many on-line games, but If I wanted to, would this cable modem allow me to play those games with multiple players online? Also, I do have an X-Box that I got so I could play sports games over the internet if and when I ever got high speed access. Do you know if I could use the X-Box with this cable modem? And finally, how much slower or faster is this compared to DSL? Much Thanks! |
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Up to??? 512kbps is slow for cable. When I had Road Runner, I routinely got
1.5 to 3 mbps. I'm getting slightly better than 512K now with Starband Satellite modem service (No cable or DSL available where I live now). 512K beats the heck out of dialup, tho. HH "Von Fourche" wrote in message link.net... My local cable company has just started offering cable access to the internet. I've been waiting for some one to offer high speed for the last four years. Anyway, I was just wondering if this is a good deal and worth the money. They said the first year is around $33.00 a month and then in the second year it jumps up to $44.00 a month. No contracts. Their site says a line speed up to 512 KPS (http://www.rapidcable.com/internet_s...omparison.html). I really know nothing about high speed access except that I want it badly. So, is 512 KPS fast? Would this speed be worth the $33.00 a month and then $40.00 a month a year later? Right now I pay $22.00 a month for earthlink. I would be willing to pay the $33 and $40 a month, I just want to make sure that for the money I'm getting a truly fast connection. Anyway, how fast is 512 KPS with a cable modem? Would I get good quality video feed thru this? How fast would I be able to down load a movie trailer? I know that apple web site offers a choice of downloads, low speed for dial up, medium speed, and high speed. With this cable modem, would I be able to choose the high speed? Also, I don't play many on-line games, but If I wanted to, would this cable modem allow me to play those games with multiple players online? Also, I do have an X-Box that I got so I could play sports games over the internet if and when I ever got high speed access. Do you know if I could use the X-Box with this cable modem? And finally, how much slower or faster is this compared to DSL? Much Thanks! |
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Do a bit of web searching and see what alternatives you might have. The
market is getting tougher and prices have dropped a bit. Earthlink has just started their test bed for BPL (Broadband over Power Lines). Supposed to get MBPS (+) speeds at comparable rate$. DSL prices in my are have dropped to compete with Charter Cable and it's VoIP offering. KC "HH" wrote in message . net... Up to??? 512kbps is slow for cable. When I had Road Runner, I routinely got 1.5 to 3 mbps. I'm getting slightly better than 512K now with Starband Satellite modem service (No cable or DSL available where I live now). 512K beats the heck out of dialup, tho. HH "Von Fourche" wrote in message link.net... My local cable company has just started offering cable access to the internet. I've been waiting for some one to offer high speed for the last four years. Anyway, I was just wondering if this is a good deal and worth the money. They said the first year is around $33.00 a month and then in the second year it jumps up to $44.00 a month. No contracts. Their site says a line speed up to 512 KPS (http://www.rapidcable.com/internet_s...omparison.html). I really know nothing about high speed access except that I want it badly. So, is 512 KPS fast? Would this speed be worth the $33.00 a month and then $40.00 a month a year later? Right now I pay $22.00 a month for earthlink. I would be willing to pay the $33 and $40 a month, I just want to make sure that for the money I'm getting a truly fast connection. Anyway, how fast is 512 KPS with a cable modem? Would I get good quality video feed thru this? How fast would I be able to down load a movie trailer? I know that apple web site offers a choice of downloads, low speed for dial up, medium speed, and high speed. With this cable modem, would I be able to choose the high speed? Also, I don't play many on-line games, but If I wanted to, would this cable modem allow me to play those games with multiple players online? Also, I do have an X-Box that I got so I could play sports games over the internet if and when I ever got high speed access. Do you know if I could use the X-Box with this cable modem? And finally, how much slower or faster is this compared to DSL? Much Thanks! |
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