Switched to Charter Internet

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 1:57 am

Finally a connection worthy of me. That's a clean 20x faster than what I did have.

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3681562108"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/3681562108.png" /></a>

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:54 am

nice.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:28 pm

great numbers . word has it we be switching to Charter from Comcast due to some ATT and Comcast merger ! I believe its with Att that merging !
there (Comcast plan is to let charter take over my area !

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:34 pm

I wish there was any other choice than Comcast around here. Only alternative is CenturyLink DSL, but even their fastest plans have extremely limited upload speeds (capped around 1Mbit).

I'm perfectly happy with Comcast's performance (and I've been thinking of upgrading to a business plan) but I hate dealing with their customer support.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:31 pm

Funny thing is that I was fine with AT&T till they doubled my price. I called them expecting them to negotiate, but they wouldn't. So, I set up Charter for $10 less a month and the noted speed increase. Then I call to cancel AT&T today and they have the gall to finally offer me a petty $4 off of Charters price. I told them that they should have offered that before I got Charter and the huge speed increase.

But yeah, what I would give to have about 2 more options in the ISP arena.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:54 pm

im in a no choice are its Comcast -for internet or using a hot spot 3 g connection from my cell phone provider .and very limited rabbit ears (maybe 6 channels)

Losbot · Post by **Losbot** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:22 am

All I have avail here is some crap called Advanced Cable, which charges ridiculous amounts of money for a fraction of what Comcast offers. Problem is I can't get Comcast here, so I'm stuck with AT&T. My other issue is the AMOUNT of data I transfer monthly. I have to have a biz account and AT&T, like Comcast, have no limits on biz accounts. That Advanced crap has a 250GB limit. That's a deal breaker for me, by far.

I have to admit though, it's been solid the past 2 yrs but I miss Comcast's speeds.

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3683901603"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/3683901603.png" /></a>

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:23 pm

Have Brighthouse here. There are a couple of faster speeds available, a 60mbit/s and a 90mbit/s with a 10 upload but this is plenty fast at least for now.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:28 am

I'm still trailing the pack with my hillbilly dsl from frontier - 2.4 down/.75 up - but they've just run some fiber optic lines in town (where my dsl terminates) - so maybe they can tie my switching station into that. They've completely oversold the dsl capability they have, so prime time is slow time. the Comcast cable is ~2000 ft. down the road but they still want $8k from me to extend the line.... 100 mbs just out of reach.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:48 pm

Here is mine on Verizon FIOS:

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:17 pm

Go figure that the rioting in St. Louis is causing my internet to go in & out. Supposedly, wires are getting cut. Fortunately, it's only went out a couple times. I'm only about 3-4 miles from most of the action.

http://therundownlive.com/faa-issues-fl ... -services/

GuardianAsher · Post by **GuardianAsher** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:00 pm

We have a local carrier called NTS Communications. Fiber to the user. Much better than the pokey 6Mbps (that was really 3Mbps) that I was getting before.

If I test to a closer server, I get this, but that is very unrealistic.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 2:46 am

Looks like I picked the wrong time to get on the Charter bandwagon.

http://www.kmov.com/news/talkers/Charte ... 56401.html