[aklug] Re: Fast Downloads in Anchorage

(Yes I know this email chain is 10 years old....)

How's this for some nostalgia?! 10 years ago we got all excited when GCI
rolled out 5Mbit speeds! Now, gigabit is supposed to be here within the
next 90 days. How things change in a decade. :)

Cheers,

Scott

On Monday, September 19, 2005, George Strother <gstrother@gmail.com> 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 <javascript:;>> 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
> >
>
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