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Fast Forward: ISP Directory

Cable Companies

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Cable ISPs: Comcast Online Communications, Cox Communications, Millennium Digital Media CableSpeed,
Starpower Communications

Comcast@Home
Company Info.	Costs/Features	Performance
Web site 888-793-0800 HQ: Philadelphia Coverage: Anne Arundel, Charles, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Alexandria, Arlington, Prince William, Reston.	• Price Plans: Cable: 1.5 Mbps/128 kbps, $44.95 ($5 less w/ modem purchase, $5 more w/o cable-TV subscription). • Extra E-mails: 6 • Web Server Space: 70MB • Junk E-mail Filter?: N • Newsgroups: 35,000	• Bandwidth: - • Users/Modems: - • Total Users: 790,000 • Yrs. of Experience: 5 • Downtime: - • Software: Win 95 or newer, Mac • Tech Support: 24 hrs./day; toll-free
Self-promotional quote: Comcast provides high-speed Internet access with always-on functionality designed to meet your lifestyle. Available almost anywhere Comcast has cable and can be easily installed by yourself in just hours. Call 888-793-0800 for latest offer. [Back to top]

Cox Communications
Company Info.	Costs/Features	Performance
Web site 703-378-8422 HQ: Atlanta Coverage: Fairfax	• Price Plans: Cable: 1.5 Mbps/192 kbps, $44.95 ($15 less w/ modem purchase, $10 more w/o cable-TV subscription). • Extra E-mails: 4 • Web Server Space: 5MB • Junk E-mail Filter?: Y • Newsgroups: 48,000	• Bandwidth: - • Users/Modems: - • Total Users: 32,000 • Yrs. of Experience: 3 • Downtime: 1% • Software: Win 95 or newer, Mac • Tech Support: 24 hrs./day; toll-free
Self-promotional quote: Cox Communications is investing $500 million for a fiber-optic upgrade of the cable system to provide customers with enhanced service reliability, high-speed cable-modem Internet access, digital video, traditional analog video and eventually digital telephone service. [Back to top]

Millennium Digital Media CableSpeed
Company Info.	Costs/Features	Performance
Web site E-mail 410-987-9300 HQ: St. Louis Coverage: Anne Arundel	• Price Plans: Cable: 1.5 Mbps/128 kbps, $45.95 ($5 less w/ modem purchase, $10 more w/o cable-TV subscription). • Extra E-mails: - • Web Server Space: 10MB • Junk E-mail Filter?: N • Newsgroups: 38,000	• Bandwidth: - • Users/Modems: - • Total Users: 14,000 • Yrs. of Experience: 7 • Downtime: - • Software: None • Tech Support: 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; toll-free
Self-promotional quote: Millennium CableSpeed service continues to provide reliable, locally based, customer-focused high-speed Internet access solutions for northern Anne Arundel County customers. [Back to top]

Starpower Communications
Company Info.	Costs/Features	Performance
Web site 877-782-7769 HQ: Laurel Coverage: D.C. metro area, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Howard, St. Mary's, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, plus 12 states (cable access in Washington, Montgomery County and Falls Church only)	• Price Plans: "Modem: $19.95/unlimited. Cable: 1.5 Mbps/800 kbps, $39.95 ($10 more w/o cable-TV subscription)" • Extra E-mails: 3 • Web Server Space: 10 MB • Junk E-mail Filter?: N • Newsgroups: 30,000	• Bandwidth: - • Users/Modems: - • Total Users: - • Yrs. of Experience: 3 • Downtime: - • Software: Win 95 or newer, Mac • Tech Support: 24 hrs./day; toll-free
Self-promotional quote: Starpower, in conjunction with RCN, is one of the nation's largest ISPs. Offering free, 24/7 technical support, reliable connections, a high-quality network and 100 percent satisfaction guaranteed, Starpower delivers the Internet you've been waiting for. [Back to top]

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