Responding to an earlier post got me thinking about internet service.
Here in my city in southern California, we have three types of internet to choose from: AT&T UVerse (similar to DSL but "better;") Brighthouse cable; and various satellite services.
I currently have UVerse. It works ok, but the fastest speed I can get is 3 mbps download speed with ~37 kbps upload speed. It generally works pretty good, but 3 mbps is horrible if more than one person gets on the internet. I pay $40.00 US per month for this service. I have been trying to get AT&T to upgrade the service, but they won't do it. Techs that have visited my property say that with two techs and two hours or less of work, they could do some switches to improve my speed to somewhere in the 20+ mbps range.
Satellite is a no-go because I have heard horror stories galore about data caps, spotty service and outages.
Cable hasn't been an option thus far, but have a meeting with a cable rep today to see about getting that rectified. I am not sure what kind of speeds that are available from them yet.
It just blows me away that in 2015, I can only get 3 mbps from my current provider. Maybe I am just out of touch and expecting too much.
So, what kind of service do you folks from the UK get? Or any other country for that matter?
Here in my city in southern California, we have three types of internet to choose from: AT&T UVerse (similar to DSL but "better;") Brighthouse cable; and various satellite services.
I currently have UVerse. It works ok, but the fastest speed I can get is 3 mbps download speed with ~37 kbps upload speed. It generally works pretty good, but 3 mbps is horrible if more than one person gets on the internet. I pay $40.00 US per month for this service. I have been trying to get AT&T to upgrade the service, but they won't do it. Techs that have visited my property say that with two techs and two hours or less of work, they could do some switches to improve my speed to somewhere in the 20+ mbps range.
Satellite is a no-go because I have heard horror stories galore about data caps, spotty service and outages.
Cable hasn't been an option thus far, but have a meeting with a cable rep today to see about getting that rectified. I am not sure what kind of speeds that are available from them yet.
It just blows me away that in 2015, I can only get 3 mbps from my current provider. Maybe I am just out of touch and expecting too much.
So, what kind of service do you folks from the UK get? Or any other country for that matter?
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