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

[Chris Hilton]

Oh I love my University access.  Currently dling fbsd 5.2.1 large ISO at
625KB/s.

On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 15:39 -0600, Rocket Robin Hood wrote:
> 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).
> 
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