Speedchoice

[Mike Cantrell]

It's absolutely awful. I had it about 6 months ago and had to drop it. I was
reasonably happy with the half duplex but when I switched to the 2 way.... ugh.
Lot's of packet loss and latency fluctuation. I couldn't keep a secure shell
open to work for more than 5 minutes and it was rare to finish a FTP download.
When I talked to their support techs, I told them what was happening and they
told me:

"Oh, you're using telnet and FTP, that requires a constant connection... you
need to go back to the half duplex method."

I said, "So what you're telling me is that it's not good for doing anything but
viewing web pages and it's not even very good for that?".

He says, "Well, you should have told the sales person when you signed up.".


We have a client at work that is a re-seller for speedchoice and we're trying
to integrate our software with their network and we can't because it's at about
50% packet loss a lot of the time. They are a re-seller for speedchice and
we've talked them into dropping speedchoice in favor of DSL and a reputable
ISP.

Needless to say, it's the lousiest ISP I've ever dealt with and that's rather
harsh words.

Sorry but I'm a bit bitter,
Mike Cantrell

Donn Shumway wrote:

> Do you have their full duplex or half duplex / modem service?
>
> Thanks,
> Donn (I'm using their half duplex service until I find a reason to switch.)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig White" <CraigWhite@azapple.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 5:54 PM
> Subject: Speedchoice
>
> > by the way...
> >
> > last week I ragged on Speedchoice saying that their service was running
> > poorly if at all and I believe that I related my statement to their tech
> > support...that they had achieved the impossible...they were making Cox
> look
> > good.
> >
> > Anyway, they updated their hardware at my house yesterday.
> > cons - changed IP address
> >      - had to stay home for them to do the work
> >
> > pros - lowered my price to $40 per month
> >      - speedtest routinely comes in between 750K - 800Kbps
> >        (before, I wouldn't get past 600)
> >      - changed to Sprint Broadband & will use Earthlink support services
> >
> > reliablity of course is too soon to tell.
> >
> > Craig
> >
> > ----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|
> > - Craig White - PO Box 8634 - Scottsdale, Arizona - 85252
> > - e-mail address ................ - CraigWhite@AzApple.com
> > - world wide web address ........ - http://www.AzApple.com
> > - e-mail my pager address ....... - 6023779752@airtouch.net
> > - cellular phone ................ - (602) 377-9752
> > - voice/facsimile ............... - (480) 945-8445
> > ----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Joel
> > > Dudley
> > > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 4:39 PM
> > > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > > Subject: ISOS
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone know a good site where I can get .iso's for distros?  I am
> > > craving a
> > > Suse 6.3 iso.  Thanks.
> > >
> > > - Joel
> > >
> > > P.S.
> > > Der Hans,
> > > Wann findet das folgende linux stammtisch statt?
> > >
> > > Tchus.
> > >
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