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The One About Our Internet Access

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We have been getting out broadband internet access from Comcast.

As their ads say, "It's Comcastic"

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We are also getting our cable TV service from Comcast.

Now, we have moved around a few times, so how have I been able to manage this?

Well, the housing provider manages the actual accounts with Comcast.

Each time we have moved house, I have had to complete a form and a cable modem magically appears at the house. I then go through the setup, plug in the account details and voila I am on the interweb.

It's been a relatively painless experience.

It's a cable connection, which is the same as I had back home in Sydney with Optus. However, the speed is much faster than I had back home.

I took a broadband speed test and came up with :

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Not too fast, but not too slow either. Rigo is happy - and you know, that's all that matters.

Right now I am thinking what to get once we move to our new home.

I would really like something *FAST*, ideally "fibre to the home" (or as they call it here, FTTP or  Fibre to the Premises). Verizon has an offering called FiOS wich seems interesting.

I need to do my research and find out what other options are out there. Any suggestions??

Does it make sense to get Phone, Digital TV and High-Speed Internet from the same provider?

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  • Anonymous
    September 14, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    September 14, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    September 18, 2007
    Information is ~2 years old, but we tried verizon DSL for a bit (while keeping comcast).  I think there was some deal to try to get us to switch from cable over to DSL. It was reaaaaaaally slow so we cancelled it and returned the equipment.  If you can find a "switch" deal I would try that so you can compare side by side. ...but now I've done the opposite of you (Seattle->Oz), so complaining about DSL versus Cable seems a bit moot.  =)

  • Anonymous
    October 05, 2007
    Finally got around to ordering my new broadband service and it's Good News! Yes, fiber is indeed good