[Cialug] OT: Qwest and Mediacom Internet Service Advice

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Alan Maupin <alan.maupin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm asking for advice for a friend on Internet service in Ankeny.  It's
> been
> > awhile since I've negotiated a deal and I'm not sure of what to tell her.
> > She's been offered two deals:   Qwest 7 mbps for $41 per month and
> Mediacom
> > 8 mbps for $39.  Since the price and download speeds are very similar
> what
> > other criteria should she consider?  One possible negative is the fact
> that
> > Qwest requires a two year contract.
>
> Given the otherwise comparable plans, the contract would be a definite
> no-go for me.  Why should they get to lock you in like that?  What if
> you don't like the service?
>

CHECK the deal with Mediacom. Is that pricing only for the first 12 months?
What does the price change to after that?

I try to avoid mediacom purely on the principle of their misleading
advertising. I'm on qwest now and have had awesome reliability. Mediacom
wasn't bad (DNS was the biggest problem and opendns solved that) but my
*feeling* is that qwest has been slightly better regarding reliability.

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