# powerlink questions... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 18, 2006, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998 "2006-01-18T11:29:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/1 "2006-01-18T11:29:47Z")
I’m really getting sick of waiting for Verizon to get their heads out of their asses and finally get me internet. I thinking about just saying f’ it and going to cable internet. In my apartment complex, I pay an extra 35.00 a month on top of my rent for regular basic cable (non-digital as far as I’m aware… I only have like 80 channels or something like that). can I get powerlink how I currently stand, or will I have to upgrade my cable service aswell? I’m 100% content with the service I already have… dont need a DVR box or any of that stuff (shit, I hardly watch TV as it is) nor do I need any premium stations. also, how long did it take you to get all hooked up with it and how much is just the basic powerlink service? I looked on their website but they didnt list prices. thanks -steve ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/2 "2006-01-18T11:38:01Z")
you dont have to upgrade anything, i dont have theyre shitty tv service and i get powerlik. ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/3 "2006-01-18T11:49:56Z")
powerlink rules and pwns dsl, get it ---
**Author:** ![MonteCarloChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@MonteCarloChick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MonteCarloChick)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/4 "2006-01-18T12:00:09Z")
Adelphia is evil and overpriced. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/5 "2006-01-18T12:02:46Z")
I just did… heres the kicker too, first 3 months cost me less than the fastest DSL speed (and it’s faster than DSL)… NO CONTRACT and best of all, I’m able to pick my equipment up today and start my service. time to call Verizon and tell them 😉 😃 I’ll be getting in touch with you Adelphia peeps in the near future… I need to know the in’s and out’s of how they work. ---
**Author:** ![MonteCarloChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@MonteCarloChick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MonteCarloChick)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/6 "2006-01-18T12:04:05Z")
> [@SC\_Steve](#): > > I just did… heres the kicker too, first 3 months cost me less than the fastest DSL speed (and it’s faster than DSL)… NO CONTRACT and best of all, I’m able to pick my equipment up today and start my service. time to call Verizon and tell them 😉 😃 > > I’ll be getting in touch with you Adelphia peeps in the near future… I need to know the in’s and out’s of how they work. Sure it’s cheap for 3 months… but it’s expensive after that. I’d stay with Verizon ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/7 "2006-01-18T12:07:34Z")
well… my plan is to keep Adelphia for a few months and maybe switch back to DSL if the price starts outweighing my need for the faster connection. I like the price and Verizons apparent commitment to privacy (aka not ratting people out of d/ling torrents and whatnot) but I just got sick of waiting. I planned on getting vonage when I moved into this place, but so far it’s been 3+ months with no internet and no phone :tdown: sucks a big one ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/8 "2006-01-18T12:39:21Z")
how what works? its simple u plug it in and u have internet ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/9 "2006-01-18T12:40:50Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > how what works? > > its simple u plug it in and u have internet What do you mean by “it” ? can my blender get the internet? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/10 "2006-01-18T12:41:35Z")
lol I meant more of what I can get away with and all that sneeky jazz like, for instance, uncapping my service :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/11 "2006-01-18T12:44:27Z")
lol u wont spend 15 bucks on a game, and u want to uncap??? well heres the deal, you have to see what kind of modem they give you, and then go buy a sb4200 off ebay (35.00), cause u dont want to uncap with a leased modem. Then you have to buy a rs232 port (30.00) to change the firmware on it. Then you have to buy a sigma licence (20.00) for the actual uncapping part of it. Then you have to learn how to do it all and make sure it works, adelphia is very hard to uncap as they use MD5, and tftp enforce. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/12 "2006-01-18T13:05:21Z")
$60 for Powerlink = ghey I had horrible slowdown with Powerlink during peak hours. 2am, I was downloading shit at blazing speed. 8pm I couldn’t even check my Yahoo mail because it wouldn’t load. ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/13 "2006-01-18T13:06:09Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > $60 for Powerlink = ghey > > I had horrible slowdown with Powerlink during peak hours. 2am, I was downloading shit at blazing speed. 8pm I couldn’t even check my Yahoo mail because it wouldn’t load. kevin must be on your node. :lol: 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/14 "2006-01-18T13:07:07Z")
> [@SilencingMachine](#): > > kevin must be on your node. :lol: 🤣 I believe he is. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/15 "2006-01-18T13:09:32Z")
powerlink is not 60 bucks, its like 45 including the modem lease or somethign like that. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/16 "2006-01-18T13:16:09Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > powerlink is not 60 bucks, its like 45 including the modem lease or somethign like that. werd… cost like 39 a mo (plus tax) with a 3 dollar surcharge for the modem anyway, they gave me a motorolla surfboard with it (just pick the equipment up) with any luck, I’ll be d/ling porn in no time at all 😃 lol > lol u wont spend 15 bucks on a game, and u want to uncap??? ??? no… I didnt want to spend 39.99 on a game that I could buy for 15.00 ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/17 "2006-01-18T13:51:43Z")
im thinking they gave u a 5120 series modem, its black right?, even if its a 5100 those cant be uncapped in the way i did it, you would need to purchase blackcat, as the firmware cant be changed via rs232. [www.tcniso.net](http://www.tcniso.net) for more info ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/18 "2006-01-18T13:59:09Z")
thanks man :tup: I’ll read up on that. so whos to say they wont catch you? in that post you made before, someone posted an article where someone (or multiple people) got pinched ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/19 "2006-01-18T14:08:28Z")
im at 500kb/s downloads all day long if nto more sometimes ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998/20 "2006-01-18T14:19:26Z")
sigma has a feature where u can hide, it also allows you to specify what firmware you want adelphia to see. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/powerlink-questions/6998.md?page=2)