So I am (finally) switching my ISP. And I'm going with Comcast, not ATT. The funny thing is that ATT keeps sending me flyers advertising that High Speed Internet is available in my area; however, my address is still not available to sign up for High Speed Internet on their website. Needless to say, I’m a bit jaded at that.
Now that I’m back in school (taking classes on campus and online), and attempting to publish more media to the web, I am in need of a faster internet connection. Also, since I am sharing this connection with someone who watches entirely too much bachelor-themed shows than I can keep track of online, it helps to have more bandwidth available.
Monday morning Comcast came to install the internet. Naturally, they were late :p. However, Comcast offered me a $20 credit to my first bill. As they showed up about 10 minutes after the latest scheduled time, it was more than sufficient a gesture. Since I own my modem, and had used it before it was, I’m told, considered a re-connect to their network. It was mentioned to my girlfriend that they don’t get credit for reconnects so they weren’t too happy about that. Not that it’s my fault, I did tell them I owned my modem when I signed up. Anyway, I have my desktop computer and my router in a corner of the living room by the balcony entrance. There is a coax jack in that same corner; however, Comcast no longer uses those lines as they are ran through the outer wall, and they stopped using them last year. Instead, the coax jack is across the room from the computer along the opposite wall. So, for now, I have a white coaxial cable running across my living room. At some point I’m going to get a longer cable and run it along the baseboard. Until then, I have a nice reminder that I have a much faster connection to the internet. :)
How much faster is it though?
Lets compare:
