Cox v. Qwest High Speed - One More Time Please

[Robert N. Eaton]

ggambill at emr.net wrote:

>Looking at dumping dial-up for something faster and something that will 
>not tie up the phone line..
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>Cox is advertising $14.95 per month, no contracts, no taxes, no hidden 
>fees.  however, a Cable modem is needed (59.95 +tax).  Supposedly, you 
>do not need other COX services (television etc.).
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>Meanwhile, Qwest if touting 21.99 a month.  No doubt there are taxes and 
>maybe hidden fees they don't want to talk about.
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>I know this has been thrown around recently (I wasn't thinking about it 
>then) and was hoping folks might be willing to go there again.
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>Interested in the strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes of both.  
>Also on the COX, what about buying a cable modem from another source, 
>strengths and weaknesses?
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I have been a Cox customer, and (because of a change of address) I am 
now a Qwest customer.  Because of its speed, I would have preferred to 
remain a Cox user. As I recollect, I was paying about $56/mo for the 
service (just high-speed internet, no cable tv.) I'm paying $25.99 for 
DSL service.

I believe I used a link/sys (?) modem for several years, although when 
it died, I replaced it with standard Motorola Surfboard sb5120 (with 
which I'd willingly part since it doesn't work with DSL.)

Furthermore, one can purchase an Actiontec DSL modem which will play 
nicely with Qwest.  What I'm saying, I guess, is that you are not locked 
in to either Cox hardware or Qwest hardware.

Had I known about the Cox offer of $14.95/mo, that might have been a 
deal breaker for moving into my current apartment.  If that's a solid 
offer, jump on it.  Cox is faster than DSL; however, DSL ain't all that 
bad.  During times of high internet traffic, the difference in speed 
just isn't a factor, and DSL is so much faster than dial-up you just 
don't care.  It may not be click of the switch fast  (which cable is 
only sometimes)  the one or two second wait isn't too hateful.

My $.02 worth.

Bob Eaton