[wplug] switching ISP

[Aaron Maricic]

No issues/complaints with my Comcast service in Clairton. I have the 150 /
10 Mbps service and normally get higher speeds than that. Connectivity
issues are extremely rare. I would, however, recommend purchasing your own
modem and router. You'll avoid the monthly equipment fees and have higher
quality equipment.

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Mark Griskey <mark at linuxhardware.net>
wrote:

> It might be worth it to check with some of your neighbors and see if they
> have Comcast and are experiencing issues.  My sister lives on Mt.
> Washington and had nothing but trouble with Comcast (this was maybe 3 years
> ago when they switched to Verizon).  But then again, the cable
> infrastructure on their side looked old, spotty and suspect.  I don't think
> any of these companies really offer customer service anymore, I have a 7
> year old cable box that needs replaced and trying to go through Verizon to
> figure out how is a nightmare!
>
>
> On 5/19/16 3:14 PM, Zachary Uram wrote:
>
>> Mark we live in Carrick.
>>
>> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Mark Griskey <mark at linuxhardware.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> That is a good price, but I wonder if Verizon's service issues are
>>> regionalized.  I live in the South Hills and had FiOS as soon as it was
>>> available in my area, that was in the summer of 2006.  In the 10 years
>>> since, I've rarely had issues.  I replaced Comcast with FiOS, the Comcast
>>> service was kind of flaky, but again, that was 10 years ago.  I
>>> telecommute, so I need a reliable connection, and don't ever recall not
>>> being able to work due to an outage except for one time, and that was due
>>> to a bad storm ripping FiOS cable down.  They fixed it pretty quickly
>>> though.
>>>
>>> On 5/19/16 1:44 PM, Zachary Uram wrote:
>>>
>>> I am sick and tired of my Verizon FIOS internet freezing MULTIPLE times
>>>> EVERY SINGLE day! Verizon did nothing to correct this problem even after
>>>> repeated calls to tech support. So I'm switching to Comcast. They have a
>>>> deal 2 years for $19.99 per month. I pay $70 month with Verizon so I'll
>>>> be
>>>> saving quite a bit of money. Any Comcast internet users? What is your
>>>> experience with the service? How is tech support/customer service? How
>>>> much
>>>> downtime do you usually experience?
>>>>
>>>> Zach
>>>>
>>>>
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