[Cialug] Question about going broadband in Des Moines...

[reinstall hell]

Hey,

I've had mediacom for about 2 years as well. Pretty much with the same 
story as far as level of service. As long as you "Keep It Simple 
Stupid", if you ever have to call the tech people, your problems will be 
solved in a timely manner. their phone techs don't know squat, but the 
people doing the service calls have always known their stuff (most of 
which that i've talked to being linux users themselves). I wish i knew 
what some people have against cable ISPs, but i just don't see why i 
should pay 2 seperate fees for the signal and then the isp service and 
get raped on my $1/bps. (please note that this is not an invite to start 
any kind of flaming war on this list)

as patrick said the biggest skill to fixing a cable connection that 
doesn't want to stay connected, is to learn the appropriate way to 
powercycle equipment.

Neal
Patrick L. McGillan wrote:

>Hey,
>I have had mchsi cable for a couple of years now. They dropped off the modem 
>with the wife, one day while I was at work. I hooked it up that night and 
>have been happy since then. Once long ago, I called them with a problem they 
>were having, which they denied of course. Next day everything was back to 
>normal. Sometimes the cable goes out, maybe once every 6 months. Longest was 
>a day and a half, best I can remember. Have had a public web server up for 
>most of the time, couple hunderd hits a day. Power flickers are the biggest 
>culprit, just requires unplugging and repluggin'. Been using the same ip 
>address for at least two years. Bout all I can say, hope it helps.
>
>Patrick
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>On Saturday 11 December 2004 10:34, you wrote:
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>>Hey there, first time poster, just joined the list. I use Linux, have for
>>some years now and I'm the only one I know who does, so this could be neat.
>>My main purpose right now is finding a DSL or cable provider in Des Moines
>>THAT DOESN'T FREAK OUT WHEN I DON'T HAVE WINDOWS, haha. Right now I'm at
>>56K with good ol' Qwest but can't go to Qwest (or Verizon, apparently) DSL.
>>Any ideas? Thanks a lot!
>>
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>>Jason
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