Re: Fast Downloads in Anchorage

From: Jon Reynolds <jonr@destar.net>
Date: Mon Sep 19 2005 - 10:50:28 AKDT

George Strother wrote:
> I just signed up for GCI's 5mb internet last week.. currently have ACS (pay
> for 960/320 but never get over 55K/s down)..
> You have to sign up for GCI cable TV/local phone.. after all the bells and
> whistles (and taxes) it was just under $140 dollars a month.
> Still though, the local telco companies are going to have to change or they
> are going to lose a good amount of their internet business.
> George Strother
> Fort Richardson MWR IMO
> On 9/18/05, Robert Crowe <forge@mtaonline.net> wrote:
>
>>Howdy,
>>Obviously GCI changed their internet package. It used to be they had a
>>monthly cap that was woefully low if you downloaded music (with
>>sharpmusique for linux to access fairplay) or video files. They changed
>>eh? I think I need to research this. I use MTA as well and it adds a hefty
>>$50 to my bill and if they need my business than they need to step it up.
>>Bob
>>
>>Geez. And I'm still stuck here with stingy MTA - both at home and
>>work. The highest speed they go is 768 (which I still have yet to get
>>over 70 KB/s on), and they still have the 10 GB download limit. You can
>>get 4-8MB speeds if you get DTV - but if you are a business, you can't
>>get that. So bottom line is, they have _no_ decent internet packages
>>for businesses.
>>
>>For the same price as what we're paying MTA for 768, we could be getting
>>10Mbps and no limit with GCI. If they would just run their lines across
>>the street, but we've been asking them about that for over 5 years now
>>with no progress.
>>
>></rant>
>>
>>Justin

Yeah, isn't it like 10Mb downloads and 384kb uploads or some crazy crap
like that? To me that is worthless, give me upload or give me death!

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