[Cialug] Question about going broadband in Des Moines...
Alan Maupin
cialug@cialug.org
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:46:23 -0600
I've used DSL and Cable. Mediacom Cable is the best deal going in the Des
Moines area as far as bandwidth is concerned. Here's some data gleaned from
http://www.broadbandreports.com/ on my current Mediacom performance.
http://speedtest.broadbandreports.com
2004-12-12 12:35:40 EST: 2468 / 229
Your download speed : 2528255 bps, or 2468 kbps.
A 308.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 234559 bps, or 229 kbps.
Ankeny IA. - Line Status / Test History
Time (EST) Test Results.. Comment..
2004-09-26 00:56:48 Speed test 2484/230 kbps
2004-09-25 23:20:45 Speed test 2450/222 kbps
-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-admin@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-admin@cialug.org] On Behalf Of
reinstall hell
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:23 AM
To: cialug@cialug.org
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Question about going broadband in Des Moines...
don't know what sites you download from but i get 3mbit all the time
when i download from a server that isn't overloaded. and your mistaken
the upstream is 256kbps (which isn't all that great either), but who
needs that much upstream? its fine for uploading txt, pictures, and
short movie files. if you really have the need for lots of upstream go
with DSL (hope you live close to your carrier) and you can get that
1.5mbit down/ 1.5mbit up (still for a very hefty price usually
~$60-70/month right?). only people i've heard of using stuff like that
are pirates, programmers, and those needing remote access(none of which,
being related).
going back to sites that support the 3mbit, i thought that most webhosts
give their sites ~>5mbps to work with usually. granted online gaming
never uses more than proably 768kbps(if that), making it crucial to have
DSL should you run a game server. most ISPs however are not server
friendly(some will let you pay an extra monthly fee to get away with
it), so check with your ISP about whether you can have a server or not.
all that other stuff aside, can you tell me what you mean by "doesn't
police their network well" means? because they don't manage their
network. AT&T does, or so i've been told by customer support. so blame
AT&T (yes the same one thats the phone carrier). any AT&T fans in here?
and i don't respect that comment of "ghetto". don't use it again. very
uncool.
Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
>I don't agree that cable (mediacom) Internet is better than DSL. I had
>Mediacom. Mediacom Internet is like the "ghetto of the internet".
>Mediacom doesn't police their network well.
>
>Just remember, you may get a fast download connection, but your
>upstream connection is usually limited to 128k...
>
>So what if they say you can get 3mb downstream. How many servers can
>you download from that will actually support that rate? Almost none.
>You say you go peer-to-peer? Try and do that at 6pm in the evening on
>Mediacom's network.
>
>1.5/1.0mb DSL would be my first choice, from a small to mid-size
>provider. 640/256kb DSL my second choice. Mediacom would be my last
>choice.
>
>:) Dave
>
>
>
>On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 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).
>>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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