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To: geoffrey Wren who wrote (10839)4/3/2001 12:53:22 PM
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Adding on to the commentary:

I have been on MediaOne / T cable modem via roadrunner (in a suburb of boston) for about 6 months and have good luck - usually running between 300k and 1 meg.

The biggest crush is around 3 PM when kids get home from school - I assume they are downloading music and IM'ing each other. At those times, the cable modem is as good as dial up - at best.

I am purchasing a 4 port router this weekend, so I will see what the foray into home networking will do to performance and my wife's tolerance level.

The funny thing about my situation is there is a disincentive to let my neighbors know that I like the product. My access is good right now, presumably because there is lower penetration in my area. If I were to tell my neighbors how much I like it and they sign up, my service would actually get worse, and their experience would be worse too. It is so much the opposite of every other product or service that I have ever experienced. When I tell someone that I like a restaurant or a consumer product, it is more likely that the other businesses will stay open or that products will continue to get funding to evolve. Cable is the opposite - the more people that get it, the worse the product gets, the worse the customer service gets.

If a cable company ever hired someone from a consumer products company to look at their service, they would be appalled.
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