Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss
High Speed Internet Access in Davis ???
1 view
Skip to first unread message
Ziphius
Mar 26, 2001, 5:24:13 PM3/26/01
to
I'm moving to Davis soon, and just found out cable modem access is not
available ! Does anyone have any recommendations for a good DSL provider in
the area ?
available ! Does anyone have any recommendations for a good DSL provider in
the area ?
Thanks !
Dan
Mark K. Kim
Apr 1, 2001, 7:09:47 PM4/1/01
to
DSL service isn't very good here. No matter who you get as your service
provider, everything is handled on back-end by Pacbell (I think!), and
Pacbell has been pretty bad at providing a good solid steady connection
(goes off a couple times a week, though not always when you're home; also
they started capping the top speed). Their customer service isn't very
good either (you'll either get someone really good or someone really
inexperienced, but 99% it's someone inexperienced... you're also on hold
quite often.) Because of their bad service, people often choose another
provider to so they don't have to deal with Pacbell directly. From what
I've heard, they get better service this way. People seem to like Omsoft
(http://www.omsoft.com/). No matter who you choose besides Pacbell,
though, you'll probably end up paying $10 more per month -- Pacbell is (or
was) $40/mo, other places are usually $50/mo. A couple apartments also
offer shared T1 connection (universiting housings and Graystone Apartments
being the primary ones.)
provider, everything is handled on back-end by Pacbell (I think!), and
Pacbell has been pretty bad at providing a good solid steady connection
(goes off a couple times a week, though not always when you're home; also
they started capping the top speed). Their customer service isn't very
good either (you'll either get someone really good or someone really
inexperienced, but 99% it's someone inexperienced... you're also on hold
quite often.) Because of their bad service, people often choose another
provider to so they don't have to deal with Pacbell directly. From what
I've heard, they get better service this way. People seem to like Omsoft
(http://www.omsoft.com/). No matter who you choose besides Pacbell,
though, you'll probably end up paying $10 more per month -- Pacbell is (or
was) $40/mo, other places are usually $50/mo. A couple apartments also
offer shared T1 connection (universiting housings and Graystone Apartments
being the primary ones.)
Even though DSL isn't very good, it still beats a 56K connection... when
it's working :)
Hope that helps!
-Mark
---
Mark K. Kim
http://www.cbreak.org/mark/
PGP key available upon request.
0 new messages