I live in a rural area and the pickings…
I live in a rural area and the pickings are slim for internet connectivity. Mediacom is the fastest, somewhat reasonably priced, and pretty versatile. Connectivity isn't quite as stable as my last company, but that was in a major metro area. I traded a rented apartment there for an owned house here. This is an extremely small sacrifice. The only thing I'm not fond of is being required to go through all the auto-answer "troubleshooting" every time I call with a problem. I'm not that stupid. I know to do all those things before I call. Once I do get a live person, though, they are generally courteous and usually have good information if not an immediate solution. Downtime is limited. I have been on the service for 2 1/2 years and I think my service has gone out - define that as needing more than a reboot - maybe 6 or 7 times. These times usually involved a storm or something to that effect. Any other downtime, such as scheduled maintenance, you will be notified days ahead and in ways you can't possibly miss it.
