Who’s Hot, Who’s not. A Review of SE Idaho broadband Providers.
Conclusion
Here’s the overall ratings of the four companies. Qwest barely nudged out CableOne for two reasons. First, they have a starting package (256kbps/256kbps) that is only a few dollars more than most national dial up providers ($26.99), and after all, this review was was meant for those that are tired of dial up.
Secondly, Qwest (currently) offers the fastest speed at the best price. 3-5mbps for about $50 is pretty fast and cheap for the south eastern Idaho area. I would gladly update this review if CableOne updates their speeds/prices!
| Connection Speed | Equipment Needed | Technical Support | Satisfaction | Overall Rating | |
| Qwest | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Cableone | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Microserv | 3.5 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Teton Wireless | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
August 26th, 2005 at 8:21 am
I like your website, it has eye appeal and easy to navigate.
I noticed you do not list Fairpoint as local broadband connection.
Gene A Crawford
August 29th, 2005 at 5:49 pm
I like your website, it has eye appeal and easy to navigate.
Thanks, Gene. We have worked quite hard to find a design that is (hopefully) easy for all to use and navigate.
We did not list Fairpoint for a couple of reasons.
1) Their web site(s) had little to no information, especially when it comes to their technical support. This article relied heavily on the information made publicly available, which, fairpoint made either very obscure, or non-existent.
2) There isn’t really any one “fairpoint”. They operate mainly through third party retailers, whom, as luck would have it, are mostly our competition. I just don’t feel comfortable sending our traffic to our competition, for any reason.
Thanks for posting though, hopefully we’ll be able to keep some content here for the local area that people will be interested in. If you have any ideas, please feel free!