Re: Charter hijacks browser

CSharpner wrote:
On May 4, 9:21 pm, "$Bill" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

CSharpnerwrote:


Since I've
posted that, a new high speed internet company has come to town which
will be providing fiber to the door. I'll be able to get 15mb/s (as
opposed to Charter's 3mb... well, OK, charter JUST NOW upped to 4mb)
for the same price (or less) than I'm paying charter.

What outfit is that so I can check their website out and see where
else they're going ?


It's TDS.
www.TdsTelecom.com

They haven't rolled the fiber in my neighborhood yet. If anyone else
gets this service, let us know:

1. Does it live up to the download speed claims of 15mb/s?

Not here yet. Looks like a DSL and Satellite setup. Couldn't find any
reference to fiber on their site.

From their FAQ:

What Speed Packages are available with TDS Wireless?

TDS currently provides Wireless to both residential and business customers
in 1 and 2 year contracts ranging from 384k to 4MB.
For Pricing and Package information, Please contact our Sales Department at
1-877-METROCOM or 1-877-638-7626. You can also get more information at
www.tdsmetro.net

4MB would normally be 4 MegaBytes, but I doubt that was their intent.
I assume they meant 4 Mb - 4 Megabits. Let us know if you can find any
reference to fiber for these guys.

They show a 3 Mb service for $20/mo for 6 mo. Looks like it goes to $50
after the trial period.

2. Does it live up to the upload speed claims of 2mb/s?
3. Do they do the unethical browser hijacking too??
4. Reliability?
5. Hardware -- What do you get? Do you have to pay monthly for the
HW? How much?
6. Do you use any VOIP phone service (like Lingo.com or Vonage.com)?
Does it work?
7. Did you get the TV combo? Is the video quality any good? Are all
channels digital?
8. If you got the TV combo, what about hardware? What'd you get and
how much do you pay monthly for the hardware (not counting the service
price itself).

For the record, their phone service (which is VOIP, as I understand
it) is way more expensive than either Lingo.com or Vonage.com. I'll
be sticking with Lingo.com and ditch TDS's phone service.

If I'm the first one here to get this, I'll report back on all of
these. I just don't know when they'll be rolling out fiber in my
neighborhood. I'll be their first customer when they do (assuming no
one here has really bad stuff to report about them).

.

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