Best Internet Provider

By digitalart, published on 23 May 2011
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I don’t know about you but I have not been happy with my internet service.  I am not one to give bad reviews because I normally try to work something out with the company.  However I must say that Comcast is definitely lacking on customer service and their internet speed is ridiculously slow. 

I began searching for alternatives and I found that there are not too many out there especially if you live in a rural area.  I’m in the DC-metro area and the best alternative I found was RCN.  I haven’t tried them yet so I will definitely give you an update but after looking at other options it’s probably the best one.  AT&T has the best coverage for 4G LTE if you want to go the wireless hotspot route.  However their plan is $50 a month for only 5GB of data.  If your data goes over you have to pay an extra $10 for each GB you go over.  I don’t like the idea of checking every 5 minutes to see if I have used all my data.

It’s good to compare prices to see who has the best plans and speeds as well.  You can check your speed at Speedtest.net.  I checked my internet speed and it was around 20-22mbps download speed which is the slow end of the spectrum.  RCN has a deal for 50mpbs and if you want more you can get up to 75mbps. 

Verizon Fios sounds like it is the fastest out there but again the availability issue comes in to play depending on where you are and they also may have to install cable.  In that case they have to do some digging in the ground. 

Do some digging on the web yourself to see which one is the best in your area.