1 more to pipe in...I rarely have dropped packets and service overall is
pretty good and I think the best support you can hope for anywhere these
days is mediocre.

I do believe that they speak in 'burst rates' when they mention 1.5mbps down
and 256kbps up. My rates would probably average about 600kbps - 1200kbps
down and 7kbps - 30kbps up.

Their system is supposed to be switched and the bandwidth sharing is nowhere
near as bad as @home is. Overall, it's not a bad deal for $40 per month.

Craig

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Ken
> Bowley
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 5:57 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: RE: Sprint Broad Band
>
>
> Since everyone was piping in about their dealings with Sprint
> Broadband, I figure I might as well put my two cents in....
>
> I don't have the option of DSL at my house, and never have liked
> COX for some reason, so Sprint was the only option for me.  I
> havn't got a clue what their tech support is like, I only know
> that they never answer any emails...  When I signed up for the
> service, I know I was getting into a shared bandwidth setting,
> and actually expected worse then I have seen.  The bandwidth
> does bounce around a lot, but most of the time it's like sitting
> behind a T1.
>
> Installation was a snap too...  I told the person on the phone
> that I ran Linux, listend to his lame statements about not
> supporting Linux, and then told him that supporting my OS wasn't
> his job, all I wanted was the bandwidth. :)  I went through the
> same thing with the tech that came out (they forgot to mention
> the Linux part to him) and let him know that I was take care of
> everything on the OS side, all I needed were the IP address, netmask,
> gateway, and their DNS numbers for good measure (I didn't feel like
> confusing him by installing a cacheing name server on my system
> while he was sitting there).
>
> For the most part, I've been very pleased with my service...
>
> BTW:  I'm located around 91st Ave and McDowel, with a VERY clean
> view of South Mountain.
>
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