Archive for May, 2009
Broadweave vs. Comcast pricing
Posted by Roger Brown in Internet, computers on May 27th, 2009
Here are my initial thoughts after comparing the ease of finding prices on Comcast.com vs. Broadweave.com:
| Comcast.com | Broadweave.com |
|---|---|
| ease of finding standard prices(prices before any discounts!): pretty darn frustrating — all they’ll tell me is what the promotional price is and not what it gets increased to after 6 months or 12 months!!! | ease of finding standard prices(prices before any discounts!): it takes 3 clicks to get to their Standard Offerings price list. These are their regular prices BEFORE discounts. No gimmicks! And they don’t require me to enter my personal information before showing me the prices like Comcast hassles me to do. |
| Internet only; up to 16 mbps download speed = $74.99 — NOTE, i couldn’t find this price on their website, i had to contact one of their employees to get it — it took me about 15 minutes waiting before i got through to someone that would give me a straight answer on it — they first wanted to tell me the promotional price. | Internet only; up to 15 mbps download speed = $44.99* |
| Dedicated line from home to the “head-end”? NO, only partway, can you say “bogus!” when everybody in your neighborhood uses Comcast at the same time in the evenings!! |
*Dedicated line from home to the “head-end”? YES!
This means that Broadweave’s 15 is definitely faster than Comcast’s 16! A very important distinction!
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Check back later for more comparison/contrasts. Some of the contrasts are very striking. Fiber optics is the way to go!
Give me a call at 801-356-1032 if you have any questions.
NOTE: I am not a direct employee of Broadweave. I am one of their direct sales contractors. I am also a consumer advocate and have been involved in some local whistle blower situations that you
can search web/newspaper archives for. In other words, I don’t tolerate anything less than the full truth — I cut through the nonsense gimmicky kind of stuff that too many corporate sales people do and give you the bottom line up front. I can give you an estimate of the all little municipal, state, and federal taxes that get added to your bill too.
Feel free to ask me a question here too. ![]()
Thanks!
Roger Brown
UPDATE: Feb 5, 2010
I no longer work for Broadweave since the merger with Veracity but I still believe they are the best in town. Most of the people in my neighborhood (South Provost, Deer Haven) have Comcast and since it’s shared amongst the neighborhood then sometimes it really drags. My current landlord wants to stay with Comcast though because he gets a military discount that is pretty sweet. Can’t wait to move to a place that has Veracity Networks!
favorite video channel?
Posted by Roger Brown in Internet, LDS, Personal on May 25th, 2009
This is one of my favorite video channels online — http://youtube.com/mormonmessages — very inspiring and uplifting!
It is a blessing to be able to watch these videos from modern day prophets so easily!
P.S. Rufus, the advisor to Bill & Ted would say that it’s “modern technology William!”
a floating Sargasso Sea of plastic waste?
Posted by Roger Brown in environment, science on May 25th, 2009
No way — check this out — instead of a big floating patch of seaweed, imagine a big floating patch of plastic waste that is bigger than Texas!!
… around 13,000 pieces of plastic litter are found in every square kilometre of sea, but the problem is worst in five ocean gyres, or spiralling ocean currents, the worst of which is in the North Pacific.
The plastic has become so small most of it cannot be seen by satellite pictures, but the volume means the poisonous soup is being unknowingly vacuumed up by marine life and birds, and much of it is heavy with toxic chemicals, organisers of the trip say.
“That means the little piece of plastic the fish eats is actually a little toxic bomb,” said Doug Woodring, an entrepreneur and conservationist who lives in Hong Kong and will lead the expedition.
source: http://www.physorg.com/news162454033.html
No way! Just another reminder of how important is to clean up after yourself at the beach and to try to reuse bags and bottles — try to reuse them first before you recycle!
Or maybe too many people have been sending a “message in a bottle”!
shopping for computer equipment?
Posted by Roger Brown in computers on May 25th, 2009
Here are two of my very favorite sites for finding out prices and reviews when I’m shopping for a new computer or computer equipment/accessories:
#1 — PriceScan — awesome site! I’ve been using it since about 1997:
http://pricescan.com/computer-hardware-software-supplies.html
#2 — CNET Reviews — another awesome site:
http://reviews.cnet.com
new Broadweave pricing
Posted by Roger Brown in Internet on May 2nd, 2009
Click here for the current prices WITHOUT DISCOUNTS!
(Note: it’s a PDF file. i’ll convert it to plain text or HTML sometime soon!
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Call me for the current discounts @ 801-356-1032. Right now Reconnects get 1 month free per year && brand new installs get anywhere from $12.99 to $27.99 off for the first 12 months on a 36 month agreement. (In the past there have been other discounts so these could change in the future!
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