[Cialug] Mediacom to boost speeds

Tue Apr 29 16:07:58 CDT 2014

I paid Verizon (local tel in my area of FL) for carrier grade service. It
had an SLA and guaranteed response of 4 hours or less around the clock. The
service and uptime was astounding. One time we did go down and there was a
tech on sight in under 45 min, we didn't even have to call him.

To be fair, we had a whole bunch of T1s and PRIs. The price was also pretty
astounding.

Here's the question of the day:

Why is Mediacom raising their bandwidth? If Century Link had increased its
bandwidth or lowered its price, I'd expect that. But they haven't. No
competitive pressure in sight, which means they're doing it out of the
goodness of their hearts, right? (yeah, I'll go read the article now, maybe
the answer is there)

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:

> I tried paying a "carrier" for carrier grade service.  I couldn't get
> it. DS circuit service was so bad it nearly put me out of business.
> Run around, BS, poor service, blah.. .It was so bad I was actually
> able to cancel the contract on the service clause.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Jonathan C. Bailey
> <jbailey at co.marshall.ia.us> wrote:
> > Yup. Right off the grid. I asked one of the techs here in Marshalltown
> and
> > he said all of the equipment had batteries, but most were bad. Apparently
> > they're supposed to be replaced "soon", but "soon" has been around 4 or 5
> > years so far.
> >
> > In my case, I have a Verizon MiFi (with unlimited data) for backup.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> > Behalf Of Tim McLaughlin
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1:39 PM
> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Cialug] Mediacom to boost speeds
> >
> > I think they are powered directly from the grid in the neighborhood.  I
> > have seen large boxes on poles with a power meter and coax cable lines
> > attached. I guessing a ups that would fit in that box would cause more
> > maintenace issues. If you want carrier grade reliability you might need
> to
> > pay a carrier for service.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I've inquired but really haven't made any progress on a getting any
> >> meaningful answers other than "it power goes it out, it will go down".
> >>
> >> :) Dave
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> > wrote:
> >> > Good point.  I was obviously thinking customer side.  I wonder what
> >> > they
> >> do
> >> > for power on their side.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Pretty sure Mediacom would object to a customer breaking open their
> >> >> cabinets to add UPS ;-).
> >> >>
> >> >> I read his comment as the whole neighborhood goes down, since the
> >> Mediacom
> >> >> equipment loses power, not just the parts at your home.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > That is what they make UPS units for I thought.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > Except that when you a pay a premium for business service and
> >> >> > > the power goes out, your modem goes offline, because there are
> >> >> > > no backup power systems on the line.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Scott Yates
> >> >> > > <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> > > > Say what you want about service techs and the like. Once the
> >> service
> >> >> is
> >> >> > > set
> >> >> > > > up it is very fast.  One of the few ISP's that do not seem to
> >> >> > > > over subscribe bandwidth.
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Nicolai <
> >> >> > nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org
> >> >> > > >wrote:
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > >>
> >> >> > > >>
> >> >> > >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> http://www.kcci.com/news/mediacom-announces-big-jump-in-internet-speed
> >> s/25714272
> >> >> > > >>
> >> >> > > >> Bandwidth tiers will increase
> >> >> > > >>
> >> >> > > >> from 30/2mbps to 50/5mbps,
> >> >> > > >> from 50/5mbps to 100/10mbps, from 105/10 to 150/20mbps,
> >> >> > > >>
> >> >> > > >> for the same price.  The article doesn't mention if
> >> >> > > >> bandwidth
> >> caps
> >> >> > will
> >> >> > > >> move also.
> >> >> > > >>
> >> >> > > >> Nicolai
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