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Changing Services

Heh ... just about every year around this time, both my ISP and cell phone contracts expire. So I go shopping.

I had already decided to get rid of Earthlink DSL ... they have upgraded their network to 3MB download, but only for new customers and only those on Covad lines. Even though Bellsouth has 3MB capability (my ILEC), Earthlink is not upgrading their Bellsouth customers. Add to that, they are now outsourcing tech support to India. Pfft! I'm gone.

I signed up for Comcast cable internet last night. I would be already up and surfing, but apparently an internet filter was placed on my line. They are sending someone out tomorrow to remove it.

I was a Comcast customer way back in the @Home days. Man ... that was some sweet surfing ... my area was uncapped and 3MB download speeds were average. I remember downloading a Linux distro (650MB) for a friend in less than 30 minutes ... from an FTP server in France! Then came the demise of @Home and the transition to Comcast's own network. Oh the pain ... the agony! I bailed and went to DSL. But I hear good things about Comcast now ... aside from the invisible bandwidth caps, but that appears to be a thing of the past too.

I am also looking around for new cell phone service. I have nothing against Cingular, except they don't give existing customers any phone upgrade offers. I am looking at Sprint ... I want to Moblog with a camera phone and they have the best picture uploading service I have found. I am looking at the Sanyo PM-8200 picture phone ... I can walk out of Best Buy with it for $99. Sprint also has an upgrade program ... every 18 months, customers can get a new phone for $150 off.

It's kinda like Christmas ... I get new toys to play with!

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