Akuzan said:
wow the internet is horrible…..i know their are issues but this is ridiculous. The internet at unca is better then this. If the internet continues like this then i will probably not be going here next year. I mean you pay 9,000 dollars a year and the tv frequently doesnt work and the reception is horrible and the internet barely works. The internet for xbl is either barely working and you cant play anything or it will not work and sometime at like 5 in the morning it works wonderfully. But unless i want to start playing at 5 in the worning and at no other time then i guess im screwed. I know gaming bandwidth is very limited but i can use my pc all day long and the connection is fine. But right when i sign onto XBL it is horrible. It doesnt take very much bandwidth to just play xbl but it seems that the wcu internet can handle pc’s perfectly but it cant handle consoles at all. Before the club starts to advertise to get highschoolers to come to WCU because of the gaming club, the internet has to be fixed. Sorry for the rant but this is very annoying and you cant say you have been through this problem unless you are playing console games on the internet. Because the console lag is much more severe. Regardless of the internet issue i will hopefully be going to another college. Western isnt right for me and the internet issue sure isnt helping the issue.
The TV problem is mainly mediacom sucking. I’m off campus and have terrible problems with it. As for the internet, they are upgrading between now and next semester and that should fix most problems.
I have no clue exactly what the problem is but from what I have gathered from different sources we have a choke point that needs a bigger pipeline and that pipeline is already in the process of being setup.
Do what you will but I would say be patient or move off campus like I did. I save about $600-$800 a semester living in my house as opposed to being on campus. It isn’t out of the realm of possibility. I would say don’t think you only have the option of joining another university.