[Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs

[Dave Weis]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, n00b wrote:
> i'm using vonage (www.vonage.com) on my cable. works great. never have had
> a problem. voip kills ma bell for value. but it is still a new technology
> up against a very rich bell system that is trying all kinds of stuff to
> get it over regulated, if i remember right.

There are still some real problems with voip over 3rd party networks. 
Cable networks are oversold 100-200 to 1. The ILEC's still don't provide 
access to the E911 network in some areas. Hopefully you don't have a heart 
attack at 4 in the afternoon when all of the high school kids are stealing 
music and you get misdirected to the city snow removal hotline. :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Alan Maupin" <alan.maupin@mchsi.com>
> To: <cialug@cialug.org>
> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:33:22 -0500
> Subject: RE: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
>
>> I've had Mediacom since I moved here 18 months ago.    The only real
>> problem
>> I've experienced the entire time was during the past month.    My cable
>> Internet service was frequently going in and out.    Eventually I was
>> told
>> by a service tech that Mediacom had dialed the frequency down 3 db
>> (whatever
>> that means) in order to prepare the system for telephone service.    I
>> was
>> surprised to find out that having other items such as TV's, VCR's,
>> Cable
>> Boxes connected to other cable outlets in your home reduced the overall
>> signal.    This combined with Mediacom turning down the frequency
>> output
>> caused the cable modem to stop working.    The service tech hard wired
>> one
>> cable outlet independent of the other outlets which were previously all
>> tied
>> together by an 8 way splitter.
>>
>> Has anyone else experienced anything like this, and does anyone have a
>> clue
>> on what turning the frequency amplification 3 db does.    Also, what
>> telephone service runs off cable?
>>
>> Another side effect of the frequency or signal dilution is blocky
>> images on
>> digital cable ... yep I had that issue too.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-admin@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-admin@cialug.org] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Tim Perdue
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:37 PM
>> To: cialug@cialug.org
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
>>
>> timwilson011@mchsi.com wrote:
>>> Mediacom, basically because that's what I signed up with 4+ years
>> ago.  At
>> that
>>> time, DSL couldn't give the bandwidth cable could.  It still can't,
>> but it
>> is
>>> much better than it used to be.  I've been toying with the idea of
>> switching to
>>> DSL (and InternetSolver), but just haven't been pushed (read: pissed
>> off)
>> enough
>>> I guess.
>>>
>>> I wonder whatever happened to multiple ISPs on cable...
>>
>> I had really good luck with Mediacom for ~4 years, but switched to DSL
>> (freese notis) so I could have a fixed IP and servers online. VOIP
>> seems
>> to be happier with DSL too. The cable modem network apparently has no
>> UPS anywhere, as it is offline as soon as your house lights dim.
>>
>> DSL was going offline a lot whenever the phone would ring, but I
>> finally
>> just canceled the phone service and it works fine now.
>>
>> Tim
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