02-03-2012, 02:08 PM
So, like 12 years ago, when cable internet was first coming out, I worked as an installer for ATT in Washington. One thing I can tell you is that people bitch about their internet companies all the time, but like 90% of the time, it's not the internet company. It's the wireing at the house or between the house and the trunk. Underground lines are vastly superior (and normally much newer) than overhead. And lots of old houses have 59 cable instead of 60 which constricts bandwith. Given how much I use the net, these are always things I look at when I move to a new place. Sometimes you can convince your cable company to come out and drop a new overhead line, but they won't touch the shit inside your house and so you end up still being fucked.