One of the most arduous tasks in moving in the US invariably seems to be broadband setup. Ever since my first experience with US West/Qwest in Des Moines back in 1998 setting up DSL, it is a process I dread. One would that in a decade things had improved. My two experiences in Troy, NY were mostly positive. The first time setting up a cable modem wasn’t bad, but required more than a week of waiting and eventually the price of service rose so high that I dropped it in favor of Dry Loop (no phone service) DSL from Verizon, which again, aside from a roughly week long lag time in setup served us very well, and at a lower price point.
I hoped that my experience here in Athens might at least match those of Troy, but I was sorely mistaken. Continue reading »