[Cialug] Internet access

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
<daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
> I'm exploring alternatives to my current DSL, either an upgrade in
> service with the current ISP, or a new ISP. Right now i think i have 3
> or 5 mbit down, 1 mbit up. I want faster, particularly on the upload
> side. I've talked to the sales people at my current ISP and they can't
> offer anything better.
>
> Are there any magic words that i need in order to ask the right
> question? I'm willing to discuss the costs to run a new wire to my place
> if that's what it takes to get faster speeds. (I'd be unsurprised if the
> copper wiring in the ground is from the 1950s, when the circle i live in
> was built.) And it seems to me that faster should be possible since i
> only live about 2 blocks from a central office. But i evidently didn't
> ask correctly since the answer i got was that i could go up to 12 mbit
> download (which *would* be nice) but still only 1 mbit upload (*fail*).

I'd like to know the same thing, as I've been using an online
cloud-based backup and it takes *forever* to backup when I download a
large batch of pics from my DSLR much less when I've taken some
movies.

And I don't really want cable... as of last month I'm a cord cutter
and I don't want a Godfather III moment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU

-- 
Jeff Ollie