[dorkbotpdx-blabber] best internet service provider?

[dalas v.]

A few times I have called Comcast and told the representative "Your service costs too much for me to keep it. Can you give me a discount?" And they have knocked maybe $15 off the price for maybe 6 months. Then I would just call back and ask them to lower it again. I stopped doing that because my company pays my Internet bill now and $15 is not a significant enough amount to them for me to bother with it.

Not a guarantee, just my experience.

-d


--- On Mon, 7/7/08, Frank Canaan <fcanaan at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Frank Canaan <fcanaan at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] best internet service provider?
> To: "A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland,  or)" <dorkbotpdx-blabber at dorkbot.org>
> Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 8:59 PM
> Yeah, I'm pretty Happy with Comcast other than the
> prices :) Watchout though
> if you need to keep a Craptastic Windows IPSEC vpn session
> open reliably.
> They tend to dump when comcast sends out modem or other
> updates.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:36 PM, dalas v.
> <dalasv at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I haven't had any problems with Comcast. I hear
> they block torrents in
> > other markets? Mine download just fine. I haven't
> tried any other service.
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Simran Gleason
> <fermatslasttheremin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Simran Gleason
> <fermatslasttheremin at yahoo.com>
> > > Subject: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] best internet
> service provider?
> > > To: "A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx
> (portland,  or)" <
> > dorkbotpdx-blabber at dorkbot.org>
> > > Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 5:48 PM
> > > Hello dorks,
> > > I just moved to portland (well, just finished
> buying a
> > > house. haven't quite moved yet),
> > > and need to get it set up with hot & cold
> running bits.
> > >
> > > What's the best internet provider? Speakeasy.
> qwest,
> > > verizon, comcast? others?
> > > Do you have any horror storrrries to warn us away
> from any
> > > of them?
> > > Warmfuzzyohyeah recommendations?  Are there small
> local
> > > companies that do a good job
> > > of competing with the big bandwidth-limiters?
> > >
> > > We're in SE (very S, medium E).
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Simran
> > >
> > >
> > >
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