Comments on: workarounds for the workarounds http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2009/11/workarounds_for_the_workarounds.html defending our rights from the ramparts Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: walls of the city http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2009/11/workarounds_for_the_workarounds.html#comment-3784 walls of the city Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:11:31 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=2206#comment-3784 <strong>comcast sucks harder</strong> Just when you think Comcast's suckage cannot get any harder... As previously mentioned, Better Half and I have a contract with Comcast for cable internet and television. After doing the research, it would appear as though Comcast is our only... comcast sucks harder

Just when you think Comcast’s suckage cannot get any harder… As previously mentioned, Better Half and I have a contract with Comcast for cable internet and television. After doing the research, it would appear as though Comcast is our only…

]]> By: Linoge http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2009/11/workarounds_for_the_workarounds.html#comment-3783 Linoge Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:55:43 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=2206#comment-3783 No dice. But, then, we <em>are</em> backwater TN - I guess I should be thankful for cable internet of any form. We do not even get FIOS or AT&T's equivalent out here, and Verizon wireless is about the only one that reliably services our valleys. No dice. But, then, we are backwater TN – I guess I should be thankful for cable internet of any form. We do not even get FIOS or AT&T’s equivalent out here, and Verizon wireless is about the only one that reliably services our valleys.

]]> By: Kurt P http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2009/11/workarounds_for_the_workarounds.html#comment-3782 Kurt P Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:27:35 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=2206#comment-3782 Linoge- Do a search for Wireless DSL providers wirth your zip code. I'm eight miles from the nearest city and the providers here bounce the signals off repeaters on water towers to cover the entire county (that's probably almost as big as Rhode Island). Linoge-
Do a search for Wireless DSL providers wirth your zip code. I’m eight miles from the nearest city and the providers here bounce the signals off repeaters on water towers to cover the entire county (that’s probably almost as big as Rhode Island).

]]> By: Linoge http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2009/11/workarounds_for_the_workarounds.html#comment-3781 Linoge Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:56:24 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=2206#comment-3781 <strong>Eseell:</strong> Thanks for the insider's view... kind of a bummer, though, especially since it means putting up with some more <em>wonderful</em> customer service. <strong>Kurt P:</strong> My parents had Dish-based internet for a while - never again. The weather-dependence, automatic 2-3 second lag due to bouncing off a satellite, and all of the other shortcomings were definitely too much to bother with. And, unfortunately, my town is too small to be graced with any nifty-keen wireless DSL providers. We really do seem somewhat stuck. Eseell: Thanks for the insider’s view… kind of a bummer, though, especially since it means putting up with some more wonderful customer service.
Kurt P: My parents had Dish-based internet for a while – never again. The weather-dependence, automatic 2-3 second lag due to bouncing off a satellite, and all of the other shortcomings were definitely too much to bother with. And, unfortunately, my town is too small to be graced with any nifty-keen wireless DSL providers. We really do seem somewhat stuck.

]]> By: Kurt P http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2009/11/workarounds_for_the_workarounds.html#comment-3780 Kurt P Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:40:14 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=2206#comment-3780 As for WildBlue/DISHinternet if at all possible give it a pass. Any satellite broadband has download limits and even the best tier you're paying for might be 12MG download monthly. We're on the middle tier od DISH/WildBlue and are paying for 2mG download and 200k upload- our average download is about 1050K and the BEST we've ever had as upload was around 850Kps. Try to see if they have wireless DSL server around. The use radio DSL for alot less than saetllite and NO limits on downloads or uploads. Since it's radio, they should be all over... As for WildBlue/DISHinternet if at all possible give it a pass. Any satellite broadband has download limits and even the best tier you’re paying for might be 12MG download monthly.
We’re on the middle tier od DISH/WildBlue and are paying for 2mG download and 200k upload- our average download is about 1050K and the BEST we’ve ever had as upload was around 850Kps.
Try to see if they have wireless DSL server around.
The use radio DSL for alot less than saetllite and NO limits on downloads or uploads.
Since it’s radio, they should be all over…

]]> By: Eseell http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2009/11/workarounds_for_the_workarounds.html#comment-3779 Eseell Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:16:10 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=2206#comment-3779 Speaking as an engineer for a cable company, it'll be difficult to get another company interested in your complex unless they already have homes passed very near you. It costs a lot of money to run new fiber and turn up new nodes, and it's generally not profitable to "overbuild" another cable company's cable plant. The margin on cable services is razor thin. This is the real reason that you see cable companies with virtual monopolies in most areas - it's not economical for us to build two entirely separate cable plants in the same geographic area. Good luck, regardless. Speaking as an engineer for a cable company, it’ll be difficult to get another company interested in your complex unless they already have homes passed very near you. It costs a lot of money to run new fiber and turn up new nodes, and it’s generally not profitable to “overbuild” another cable company’s cable plant.
The margin on cable services is razor thin. This is the real reason that you see cable companies with virtual monopolies in most areas – it’s not economical for us to build two entirely separate cable plants in the same geographic area.
Good luck, regardless.

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