Wait, wait...back the truck up...when did this letter come from Mediacom? Sonofa...I always throw out the paper mail then go pay my bill online, so I probably missed this. Can anyone scan this in and post it? I hope it's not any worthwhile channels. I have a NTSC TiVo w/ lifetime service. I can't switch that easy. *^#())@*^$ I hate Mediacom.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Dan Hockey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:icepuck2k@mchsi.com">icepuck2k@mchsi.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] On<br>
> Behalf Of Matthew Nuzum<br>
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 1:50 PM<br>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] [OT] Digital TV<br>
><br>
> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Jim Asbille <<a href="mailto:jim.asbille@gmail.com">jim.asbille@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> > I got the same letter from Mediacom. We are losing CNN as well. I am<br>
> > thinking of going to antennae but don't want to lose my Internet access<br>
> for<br>
> > $40ish a month. Are there any reasonable broadband access alternatives<br>
> that<br>
> > won't cost much more than this?<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> I switched to Dish for TV and Qwest for DSL. My DSL is $35/mo or so<br>
> 1.5Mbps down, 768K up. Not good for watching streaming hidef video but<br>
> otherwise works great. I spend less now than with mediacom's basic<br>
> package + internet and as a bonus have a DVR. Download bandwidth is<br>
> down (from 7Mbps) but upload bandwidth is up. Unless I'm downloading<br>
> an iso I usually don't notice the download difference but I often<br>
> appreciate the upload speed. The DVR is a blessing and a curse. I used<br>
> to never watch TV. At least I can skip the commercials.<br>
><br>
</div>Qwest keeps sending me letters trying to get me to switch to dsl, but I<br>
couldn't get dsl the last time I checked. Mediacom never showed up the last<br>
time I called. My internet still dies if it rains hard enough.<br>
<font color="#888888">-dh<br>
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