[XCSSA] Once again, cable vs DSL, and also Grande

Tue Mar 17 04:08:46 CDT 2009

I'll put in a good word for Grande. I've got the 12Mbps down/1Mbps up
service and it's spectacular. If there's any outage it's usually for
less than 30 minutes in the middle of the night if it's routine
maintenance. I think in the last 4 years it's only been down for any
other reason maybe twice. Their support is great if there ever is an
issue. I've also got my landline and TV through them for the bundle,
and I've always been happy with it. Even if you don't go with the TV,
the landline phone beats TWC's digital service any day. It's nice to
have service that still works when the power goes out!

Grande also gives a discount if you provide your own cable modem. I'm
running on my own Motorola connected to an IPCop firewall box, then to
my network (wired & wireless) from there. Grande has never had a
problem with it, in fact, the last tech that came out was somewhat
envious of my configuration.

Side note, has anyone had any luck flashing DD-WRT or similar to a
Linksys WRT54Gv6? I need to figure out a way to make the Linksys
accept a local 10.10.x.x IP, and with its default firmware it will
only do 192.168.1.x.

Justin

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:23 AM, X-otic Computer Systems of San
Antonio <xcssa at xcssa.org> wrote:
> My friend has a 6mbps connection and he's probably getting around 5,
> although he's in a pseudo rural area so it's pretty good. I use
> standard AT&T DSL and have had amazingly few problems. The only major
> issues I've had is that their 2Wire DSL Routers suck. Avoid those or
> even buy one on your own and hook it up to a Linksys W54G (preferably
> with DD-WRT flashed onto it :) and call it done.
>
> I've always wanted to use Grande simply because it's not Time Warner
> and my calls to their sales/support center made me feel all warm and
> fuzzy (even when I couldn't be a customer because they were not yet in
> my area). Alas, they are still not in my area so I can't say how good
> or bad they are.
>
> Tim S.
>
> On Mar 17, 2009, at 12:17 AM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio
> wrote:
>
>> My Time Warner Roadrunner cable modem service went out last weekend.
>> It seems like it does that at least once a year about this time.  I
>> called service on Sunday night.  Used to be they'd answer then, but
>> now they just took message and I still haven't gotten a return call.
>>
>> Last time it went out, I said to myself if it went out again before
>> too long, I'd switch to AT&T DSL.  OK, here I am making that decision
>> now.
>>
>> AT&T Elite DSL claims to get 6mbps.  Is that true?  Price seems
>> slightly cheaper than cable modem, but as usual I'll have to get the
>> second bill to be sure of that.  It's close.  One friend of mine says
>> "DSL is slow" but 6mbps is fine for me now.
>>
>> Non-turbo cable (what I have now) claims 7mbps and turbo cable claims
>> to get 15mbps, but online reviewers are very critical of the claim
>> for Turbo.
>>
>> The AT&T website says I can get AT&T Elite.  AT&T was out in my
>> neighborhood last year for months rebuilding a shed that is basically
>> next door to my house, so I think I can get all their latest stuff
>> including U-Verse.
>>
>> I do not want U-Verse or any such package.  Just internet.  I get my
>> TV from Dish satellite and will not change that until someone else
>> has both FSTV and Link TV channels.  Cable has neither.  DirectTV has
>> Link TV but not FSTV.
>>
>> I can also get Grande, they were out a couple of years ago setting up
>> my neighborhood.  How is that?  They claim 8mbps for $39.95 and
>> 12mbps for $49.95.  I know the neighborhood was hooked up with fiber
>> but I don't know if they run fiber to each house.  I might get the
>> 12mbps package if it actually delivers that, also gives twice the
>> upload speed (useful for media sharing stuff like Orb and VNC, I'm
>> not doing any hosting).
>>
>> Charles Peterson
>>
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