[Cialug] Question about going broadband in Des Moines...

[Rocket Robin Hood]

Indeed, those ads are truly annoying.
Actually mediacom, if you don't have cable tv which I refuse to get, is 50 a 
month. Looks like I can get Freese for 42 or pay the extra six for Marshall 
and get the 1.5/1MB, which sounds good to me.
I wouldn't _mind_ cable - I remember my friend had cable, in his dorm at Drake 
(which had to be mega-shared amongst students) and it was still pretty fast. 
But that was...whatever the old company was, that closed down.
Thanks for all your help!

-jason

On Saturday 11 December 2004 21:17, Chris Hilton wrote:
> Because mediacom is one of the worst companies in our neighbourhood.
> 1.)  Obnoxious ads constantly calling us thieves.
> 2.)  Ads calling us stupid, saying we will eat monkey droppings.
> 3.)  More outage time than a properly setup dish.
> 4.)  Ever increasing cost for the same service. (from $30 to  almost $50
> in under a decade)
> 5.)  Annoying "people who have dishes are stupid" commercials in
> response to "dishes kick butt and cable stinks" commercials.
> 6.)  They take their price hike money and give it to local "charities."
> I find this offensive as I would prefer to invest my money to charity as
> I please, not as they please.
>
> That's why I don't like Mediacom; but at this point Cable internet is
> better than DSL (at the same cost).