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

[Chris Hilton]

Digital is nice for the quality if you have the tube to take advantage
of it.  But yea, most of it is just stupid; spending $12 to get 11 HBO's
when you just wanted one....



On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 23:19 -0600, reinstall hell wrote:
> Sounds like you have a problem with the TV side of mediacom. I only say 
> this because i never see the ads you speak of as i never watch 
> television (except during bad weather). I also have never seen this 
> increase in price I've always paid $45/month for Internet (both in 
> waterloo and Iowa city over the last 5 years). DSL has never been an 
> option as the cost just to connect was/is over $300 for the first month 
> and ~$45/month after that for less than half the bandwidth. i just wish 
> i saw a positive in the whole digital cable/satellite dish era we are in 
> right now. i find both stupid and annoying. neither is open source or 
> can be open source. i look at either one and all i see is ads ads ads 
> some people might call it SPAM. and thats $0.02 more.
> Neal
> 
> 
> 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).
> >On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 21:09 -0600, reinstall hell wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hey,
> >>
> >>I've had mediacom for about 2 years as well. Pretty much with the same 
> >>story as far as level of service. As long as you "Keep It Simple 
> >>Stupid", if you ever have to call the tech people, your problems will be 
> >>solved in a timely manner. their phone techs don't know squat, but the 
> >>people doing the service calls have always known their stuff (most of 
> >>which that i've talked to being linux users themselves). I wish i knew 
> >>what some people have against cable ISPs, but i just don't see why i 
> >>should pay 2 seperate fees for the signal and then the isp service and 
> >>get raped on my $1/bps. (please note that this is not an invite to start 
> >>any kind of flaming war on this list)
> >>
> >>as patrick said the biggest skill to fixing a cable connection that 
> >>doesn't want to stay connected, is to learn the appropriate way to 
> >>powercycle equipment.
> >>
> >>Neal
> >>Patrick L. McGillan wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Hey,
> >>>I have had mchsi cable for a couple of years now. They dropped off the modem 
> >>>with the wife, one day while I was at work. I hooked it up that night and 
> >>>have been happy since then. Once long ago, I called them with a problem they 
> >>>were having, which they denied of course. Next day everything was back to 
> >>>normal. Sometimes the cable goes out, maybe once every 6 months. Longest was 
> >>>a day and a half, best I can remember. Have had a public web server up for 
> >>>most of the time, couple hunderd hits a day. Power flickers are the biggest 
> >>>culprit, just requires unplugging and repluggin'. Been using the same ip 
> >>>address for at least two years. Bout all I can say, hope it helps.
> >>>
> >>>Patrick
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On Saturday 11 December 2004 10:34, you wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Hey there, first time poster, just joined the list. I use Linux, have for
> >>>>some years now and I'm the only one I know who does, so this could be neat.
> >>>>My main purpose right now is finding a DSL or cable provider in Des Moines
> >>>>THAT DOESN'T FREAK OUT WHEN I DON'T HAVE WINDOWS, haha. Right now I'm at
> >>>>56K with good ol' Qwest but can't go to Qwest (or Verizon, apparently) DSL.
> >>>>Any ideas? Thanks a lot!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Jason
> >>>>
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