Re:...and not with their incompetence, huh? (Score 1)

Gosh, ScumBiker, my condolences to you! We're in the St. Louis, MO, area and Charter has committed to making this one of their crown jewels for cable services. My friend lost the advantages of a static IP address when Charter took over (which, of course, he wasn't paying for and should never have had in the first place) but he's been able to console himself with 900k rates and precious few dropped connections. I admit that I've never tried to optimize our DSL connection but the best we can normally get is around 300k (at just over a mile from SWBell's switching station). They also charge about $5/month less than SWBell ($45 vs. $50) so it's been very tempting to switch over to them.