Anyone an Earthlink subscriber?

[Stewie]

I'm switching to Earthlink on 4/13. I currently have ATT DSL and they just can't keep up. They just increased my rate to $48 for 5 Mbps service. That's unacceptable.

Earthlink uses Time Warner infrastructure and offers 10 Mbps for $29.95 for six months and then it goes to $41.95 after the promotional deal ends. That's the best I could find.

Any pros and cons would be welcomed.

[SnakeXJones]

Originally Posted by Stewie

I'm switching to Earthlink on 4/13. I currently have ATT DSL and they just can't keep up. They just increased my rate to $48 for 5 Mbps service. That's unacceptable.

Earthlink uses Time Warner infrastructure and offers 10 Mbps for $29.95 for six months and then it goes to $41.95 after the promotional deal ends. That's the best I could find.

Any pros and cons would be welcomed.

It is better then ATT but I got alot of downtime around midnight

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by SnakeXJones

It is better then ATT but I got alot of downtime around midnight

Hmm... I wonder why midnight? You'd think that would be a low usage time. I guess I'll find out, but the Earthlink deal beats ATT by a mile.

[alpha_omega]

Yep, have had EarthLink through TW for a long time now. 35/mo.

10 sounds about right. I'm never up at midnight so I can't verify what Snake reported.

All in all....satisfied.

[morphius]

might be when they do their maintenance on their servers.

[BryanBusby]

Just call AT&T and just negotiate a better rate. I never pay the base rate for Internet through them.

Strangest thing, I seem to get promotional offers from competitive services right around the time my promo prices generally end (I don't, but they buy it every time).

[SnakeXJones]

Originally Posted by alpha_omega

Yep, have had EarthLink through TW for a long time now. 35/mo.

10 sounds about right. I'm never up at midnight so I can't verify what Snake reported.

All in all....satisfied.

10 or 12 was about right i didnt have much problem with them though

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by BryanBusby

Just call AT&T and just negotiate a better rate. I never pay the base rate for Internet through them.

Strangest thing, I seem to get promotional offers from competitive services right around the time my promo prices generally end (I don't, but they buy it every time).

I would, but I don't get AT&T's advertised speeds. The best I get is about 4.5 Mbps. Too often it drops even lower and becomes frustrating.

[BryanBusby]

Originally Posted by Stewie

I would, but I don't get AT&T's advertised speeds. The best I get is about 4.5 Mbps. Too often it drops even lower and becomes frustrating.

Good enough reason.

[Stewie]

I'm up and running with Earthlink. Speeds as advertised (10 Mbps) and everything is golden. I'm curious if I'll have the late night issues as mentioned in previous posts.