speakeasy questions..

Betauser · Post by **Betauser** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:16 am

are they good ISP provider? i kina thinking of switching to them coz they offer more uploads.. not much but more than any other cable company around northern cal.. any info would be great.. thanks.

Betauser · Post by **Betauser** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 5:27 pm

no1 knows?

Kip Patterson · Post by **Kip Patterson** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 5:48 pm

The first issues is how far you are away from the CO. If you are too far away, the higher speed plans will be unavailable.

Betauser · Post by **Betauser** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:53 pm

i called them earlier and they said it's available, but the max upload they can give me is 384.. but i want to get their 764uploads.. that sux.. but are they good tho? i mean their connection is it reliable?

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:49 pm

Extremely so. I have had them in the Washington, DC area and now in SanFrancisco. Great uptime and very close to rated speeds.

They aren't the cheapest, but this may be a case where you get what you pay for.

dslreports.com has a forum dedicated to Speakeasy. See if you can find any posts from users in your area.

skye

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:45 pm

SpeakEasy is great in my opinion. Definately head over to that DSLR forum that cyberskye mentioned. They have SE techs over there that will help you with many problems, and may be even able to tell you why you can't get the 768 upload.

Betauser · Post by **Betauser** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 5:03 pm

ok, i switched to speackeasy now and see how it works.. ill be getting my equipments next week and set it up.. the guy told me that i maybe be able to get atleast 600kbps uploads but they set me up to 384 for now. i will still have my cable but i will cancel comcast after i approve myself that speakeasy is worth it..

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 2:55 am

What plan did you end up getting?

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:12 pm

I just got an email stating that they are lowering the price on my 1500/768 package from $100 to $90/month.

Most companies would just offer this to new customers to try and build up their base. Speakeasy PROACTIVELY notofied me that they are lowering prices and I will see the savings on my next bill.

Skye
Speakeasy customer for life

Betauser · Post by **Betauser** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:24 pm

i got this plan: 1500/384 and i havent get my equipment yet, so after i install everything, i will try to upgrade it to 1500/768 and if i cant get that then i would have to go back w/ cable

they said they 384 is my max, hopefully that's not true.. im ok if i they can give 600 uploads.. that should more than fine for me

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:54 pm

It isn't really what 'they can give you' - it's your distance from the CO and the line quality in between.

600k on a 768k connection is respectable.

I would still take 1500/384 over cable (comcast in my area) as the pings are so low - 15-17ms range. I was getting 80-100ms with cable and unless you just sit around downloading or providing targets for RIAA bots, ping affects your overall experience more than raw speeds.