<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I don't know if Dave doesn't provide to your area or if he is restraining himself for ethical reasons, but if it is the latter, I am not affiliated with internet solver in any way, other than being a happy and loyal customer in both my home and one of our offices. ( The other is a dedicated 5 Mb synchronous fiber connection with a Class C block of IP addresses from Mediacom Business services.) I would suggest checking to see if internet solver can hook you up.<div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>- Jon<br><div><div>On Aug 13, 2009, at 6:34 PM, John Rearick wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Depending on where you live, Mediacom for internet can be decent. If you are in a overloaded area, it can really suck.</div><div><br></div><div>Mediacom offers several levels of Internet service. The lowest starting at 3MB down and (i think) 512K up. The middle of the road service is 8MB down and 1MB up, then they have the 20 MB down service.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, I just set up Mediacom for TV and Internet at my new house in Nevada (serviced by Ames). I've had it for a week now and they didn't get me the TV package I ordered, and when I called to get it they couldn't get it working. Also, every evening the cable modem craps out for several hours. It takes them a full week to get someone out to look at the problem. They will be in sometime between 8am and noon, no evening hours. I've had mediacom in several locations, and it seems the customer service is lacking, but once the service is running i don't usually run into many problems.</div><div><br></div><div>The way I see it, just about every service provider sucks.</div><div><br></div><div>John</div><br><div><div>On Aug 13, 2009, at 1:52 PM, James Lagnese wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div> <pre style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background:#ffffff;">If I recall, Mediacom has some terrible upload speeds, like 256K or 512K. May be this isn't an issue for some, but I do a lot of VPN from home to work and the speed up and down makes a difference. I wouldn't switch because of this.
On Thursday, August 13, 2009, at 01:37PM, "Chris Tyrrell" <<a href="mailto:tyrrell69@gmail.com">tyrrell69@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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></pre> <div align="left" style="margin-left:10px;"> <div>Hi all.<br> <br>My sincere apologies to those inconvenienced by off-topic posts.<br> <br>I'm approaching the two year anniversary of my switch from Mediacom to Qwest DSL/DirecTV, so my bundle contract is nearing expiration. I was never displeased with Mediacom, but thought I'd be saving money, but I don't think I probably am.<br> <br>I'm going to call Mediacom to explore my options, but I'm sure I'll get better information here (I could write a dissertation about how Mac users are Mac users because they are better informed). I'd be grateful to hear your experiences in comparing the two, assuming others have been where I am now.<br> <br>So, I'm paying for Qwest 8Mb DSL service, though <3 Mb is the best they can deliver in my 'hood (SE Waukee). It's reliable and generally fast enough. My DSL feeds my flying saucer Airport, which is used by one G4 desktop, two G4 iBooks, an iPod Touch, and the ThinkPad I carry home from work.<br> <br>Cable was faster of course, but not as fast as it could have been, again a limitation of my location. One Mediacom tech explained how overcrowed their infrastructure is for serving my area. It was as if all of the western 'burbs went through a single bottleneck in a little building over in the vicinity of Jordan Creek & Ashworth. Cable was slightly less reliable in my experience, but hardly problematic.<br> <br>I also have DirecTV HD DVR service, which allows me to record two shows while watching a third. No premium channels. There are only a few shows worthy of recording, and they are generally on at about the same time, and always before the kids are in bed which means I won't be seeing them as they're broadcast. Two other TVs in the house (one is HD, other is SD) each have a plain DirecTV SD box, no DVR.<br> <br>Cable TV was OK. I understand they have added HD channels in the last two years. DirecTV boasts about their number of HD channels, but aside from the few that I actually watch, the number doesn't matter to me. Both offer music channels (yawn).<br> <br>DirecTV now offers VOD, but it requires an ethernet feed so I haven't tried it - I'd need a router between my modem and my Airport and really long RJ-45. Mediacom on demand was cool, but often timed out.<br> <br> I never did have Mediacom phone service and won't consider it, so I'll be sticking with my Qwest land line. Neighbors had horrible trouble and eventually abandoned Mediacom phone service.<br> <br>I can't tell you what I'm paying, but my wife/budget keeper tells me it's about the same.<br> <br>What say you? Is there a reason to return to cable? Is there a market for used DirecTV equipment?<br> <br> <br>Cheers,<br>Chris<br> </div> </div> </div> _______________________________________________<br>DMMUG mailing list<br>Use this Address to send mail to the list:<br><a href="mailto:DMMUG@dmmug.org">DMMUG@dmmug.org</a><br>Use this page to modify subscription options:<br><a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug</a></blockquote></div><br></div><div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>DMMUG mailing list<br>Use this Address to send mail to the list:<br><a href="mailto:DMMUG@dmmug.org">DMMUG@dmmug.org</a><br>Use this page to modify subscription options:<br>http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>