DSL/Cable in the W. Lansing area?

[Rocky Lichen]

Cable modem.  It's actually Voyager (should I now say CoreComm?) on the back
end and Millenium Digital Media (formerly Horizon Cablevision) provides the
connection.  

It was not a pretty experience getting it hooked up, but it's always on,
doesn't tie up the phone and FTP will typically sustain 30-40K BYTES/sec
both ways.  It's about $50/month, but we've had it for a couple years now
and I'd hate to go back to dialup.  


On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 17:26:14 -0500, Daniel R . Kilbourne wrote:

>  Service in what way?
>  
>  The only thing Voyager has available on the west side of Lansing is ISDN
(only certain areas - check with telco), or some sort of dedicated circuit
(expensive). I live in Grand Ledge, only 2 blocks from the damn switch which
GTE updated to be able to handle ISDN about a year ago, but since GTE wont
train their switch techs, they dont offer ISDN, therefore I have a 128K
Frame circuit from GTE (which voyager pays for) which is very damned
expensive.
>  
>  
>  Anyway, if you happen to live on the west side of Lansing, I think ISDN
is the only possible/reasonable choice, and that is of course only in
certain areas.
>  
>  
>  Rocky Lichen extolled:
>  > 
>  > These guys aren't too bad, if they serve your area.
>  > 
>  > http://home.voyager.net/web/residential/highspeed/cable.html
>  > 
>  > 
>  > On 23 Mar 2001 17:45:50 EST, Matt Graham wrote:
>  > 
>  > >  I've been stuck on a 56K (actual speed more like 33.6) dialup for 5
>  > months
>  > >  now, and it sucks and blows at the same time.  Better connectivity
on the
>  > west
>  > >  side of town is difficult to find; I've Googled and gone to various
pages
>  > >  claiming to offer broadband service in Lansing and come up empty
every
>  > time. 
>  > >  So I humbly ask the other folks on the list:  What options exist for
>  > >  better-than-modem connectivity on the west side, and what are your
>  > opinions of
>  > >  the various options?
>  > >  
>  > >  At this point, I don't care so much about speed, certainly not about
>  > download
>  > >  speed.  Last year, I shared a 384Kbit SDSL with 4 other folks, and
that
>  > was
>  > >  fine with me.  What I'd really like is a constant connection of some
>  > type. 
>  > >  I'd pay $40/month to have a 24-7 128/128 connect, more for higher
speeds,
>  > but
>  > >  the number I'm really interested in is the upload speed.  (Yes, I
know
>  > about
>  > >  ISDN, but that per-minute charge thing sounds hideous, not to
mention
>  > >  potential difficulties with the terminal adapter under Linux.)
>  > >  
>  > >  -- 
>  > >  Matt G / Dances With Crows
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>  > >  But only Light too dim for us to see
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