[Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs

[Dave Weis]

Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> On the Asterisk lists they say that VOIP will bring the cable modems to a
> crawl during prime time.  It will be interesting to see if it is true.  Have
> they started introducing or advertising it yet?

How is that different than what it does now?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Maupin [mailto:alan.maupin@mchsi.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:33 PM
> To: cialug@cialug.org
> Subject: RE: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
> 
> 
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> 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.