ISP in Ankeny not named Mediacom

Just moved here and I need some ideas.

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Originally Posted by Stewo

Just moved here and I need some ideas.

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Pretty much mediacom or centurylink.

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Originally Posted by serverguy

Pretty much mediacom or centurylink.

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Is Centurylink any good?

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Originally Posted by Stewo

Is Centurylink any good?

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No. The other option is Qwest, but it sucks too depending on where you're at. Sadly, Mediacom pretty much has the market cornered.

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Originally Posted by cyfan964

No. The other option is Qwest, but it sucks too depending on where you're at. Sadly, Mediacom pretty much has the market cornered.

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Qwest and Century Link are now one in the same. We have Century Link, and dont have any problems at all really, but also dont use the internet for anything more than browsing.

Mediacom

Damn. Really didn't want to give Mediacom my business.

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Originally Posted by Stewo

Damn. Really didn't want to give Mediacom my business.

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Dial up.

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Originally Posted by chuckd4735

Qwest and Century Link are now one in the same. We have Century Link, and dont have any problems at all really, but also dont use the internet for anything more than browsing.

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Hmmm I had heard they were potentially merging, didn't know it happened already.

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Originally Posted by cyfan964

Hmmm I had heard they were potentially merging, didn't know it happened already.

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Qwest is no more.

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Originally Posted by Stewo

Damn. Really didn't want to give Mediacom my business.

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I have the Century Link 5mb (not the lowest, the next one up) on DSM southside. It's just fine for me. Netflix operates smoothly.

In-laws have the bottom barrel 1.5mb, Netflix still works, though I will get frustrated browsing at times. But some of that I think is just their home network issues.

Anyway, with the 5mb, it really hasn't impacted how I operate on line, if the 5mb is available, you should be fine.

The nice thing about Century Link is my internet always works. Mediacom's downtime was ridiculous.

And the internet works in the rain. With Mediacom rainy days and internet access was a minor miracle.

Unrelated to this - What about reliability of Direct TV satellite internet service. Any bundle users out there with comments.

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Originally Posted by FDWxMan

I have the Century Link 5mb (not the lowest, the next one up) on DSM southside. It's just fine for me. Netflix operates smoothly.

In-laws have the bottom barrel 1.5mb, Netflix still works, though I will get frustrated browsing at times. But some of that I think is just their home network issues.

Anyway, with the 5mb, it really hasn't impacted how I operate on line, if the 5mb is available, you should be fine.

The nice thing about Century Link is my internet always works. Mediacom's downtime was ridiculous.

And the internet works in the rain. With Mediacom rainy days and internet access was a minor miracle.

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I'm not sure - but probably location makes a difference. I'm in Ankeny and have Mediacom Internet and it is rarely down. I do find I need to unplug my router and modem occasionally to reset them. But a true outage has been a rarity.

Mediacom in ankeny is cheap and works well for us.

Had a lot more problems with Qwest

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Originally Posted by ajk4st8

Mediacom in ankeny is cheap and works well for us.

Had a lot more problems with Qwest

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Do you have just internet (not bundled with cable) and if so what do you pay?