Eric Wise

Business & .NET

More "broadband" pain

Another weekend, another chance at a learning opportunity missed. I was hoping to download and install the latest CTP of SQL Server 2005 but once again my "broadband" provider is happily charging me $44/month for high speed service that isn't what any reasonable human would call high speed.

If I was in charge of the FCC I would nail a company like this for false advertising. Luckily the lot that I'm building my house on has Time Warner, I've had roadrunner before, it was great, and I can't wait to return to it. The provider I have has a damn monopoly on the apartment complex I'm in, no cable, no dsl, nada. So much for free markets eh?

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Published Jun 25 2005, 08:05 PM by Eric Wise

Filed under: Rants

Comments

Raymond Lewallen said:

I couldn't deal with that, no way. My life thrives on high speed (reliable, nonetheless) internet access.

# June 25, 2005 5:15 PM

Jay Kimble said:

You know, you ought to set up a second machine at Dave's house and use Remote Desktop to control it. That way your crappy connection could somewhat be improved. just a thought.

Jay

PS. I'd be more than willing to let you remote control something at my place as well (except I have limited space...)

# June 28, 2005 6:24 AM

Bob said:

Hey, sorry I'm seeing this so late.

I had a problem like this with the download manager myself, over DSL. Set your MTU lower and confirm all your settings at dslreports.com

You should get full download speed with a lower MTU.

# July 20, 2005 4:30 PM

Carolyn said:

If this is referring to the Myesuite, e-command, Myepath...I would leave that crooked company the first chance you get. I worked for this company and what a joke it is. If you can not get connected...most likely reason...they did not pay their bills and are busy scrambling to find another carrier or pay their bill. They owe me thousands of dollars and were ordered to pay in court, but still have not seen one red cent.

# May 18, 2007 8:04 AM

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