First I have Sonic.net, and while I love their pricing/lack of tiers I'm at my wits end for speed. Listening to what they're about to roll out, what they plan on doing, only will be doing if there are lots of existing customers, I don't want to wait 5 years on the off chance I might get Uverse levels of speed, I live in San Francisco, I realize there is city wide red tape but come on... lets get with the speed already and stop expanding into suburbs with low population density! I currently get 5Mbps through it, and that's not enough, if I'm watching a youtube video in HD, my wife can't do much on her end of things.
So I see they have a no-contract special of $49.95/month for 12 months. Says Internet Plus with Blast, then there's a little red (2x) next to the the box that says 105Mbps.
Question 1: Does that 2x refer to 2x 105Mbps? So a total of 210Mbps? Or is that 2x on the 50Mbps plan, and they're trying to be sneaky?
Question 2: What sort of installation costs are there? I got through to the point of saying "confirm order" but the only thing I saw was the monthly rate, it didn't mention any other fees.
Question 3: Is the modem rental useful? I'm tempted to rent it for a month, then buy my own the next month if I decide I want to keep the service. Then again if they charge me $150 I'm kind of locked in whether their service is good or not.
Question 4: What sort of installation procedure is there? My computer is a way different part of the house than my TV. Is it one box to the TV, then a cable from that to my computer? Or will I need to run Cat5e to my computer?
Question 5: Is Astound leasing Comcast lines? It seems if I want to go with internet only, which I kind of do, they have a cheaper rate, but they have the same exact tiers of speed as Comcast. While the package I'm looking at has "local channels" and HBO, I'm not totally sold on needing those. While nice, and $10/month more expensive than Astound... that $10 turns to $20 more if I want HD... which I kind of do, but not just for a single channel (HBO)
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