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

[reinstall hell]

Sounds like you have a problem with the TV side of mediacom. I only say 
this because i never see the ads you speak of as i never watch 
television (except during bad weather). I also have never seen this 
increase in price I've always paid $45/month for Internet (both in 
waterloo and Iowa city over the last 5 years). DSL has never been an 
option as the cost just to connect was/is over $300 for the first month 
and ~$45/month after that for less than half the bandwidth. i just wish 
i saw a positive in the whole digital cable/satellite dish era we are in 
right now. i find both stupid and annoying. neither is open source or 
can be open source. i look at either one and all i see is ads ads ads 
some people might call it SPAM. and thats $0.02 more.
Neal


Chris Hilton wrote:

>Because mediacom is one of the worst companies in our neighbourhood.
>1.)  Obnoxious ads constantly calling us thieves.
>2.)  Ads calling us stupid, saying we will eat monkey droppings.
>3.)  More outage time than a properly setup dish.
>4.)  Ever increasing cost for the same service. (from $30 to  almost $50
>in under a decade)
>5.)  Annoying "people who have dishes are stupid" commercials in
>response to "dishes kick butt and cable stinks" commercials.
>6.)  They take their price hike money and give it to local "charities."
>I find this offensive as I would prefer to invest my money to charity as
>I please, not as they please.
>
>That's why I don't like Mediacom; but at this point Cable internet is
>better than DSL (at the same cost).
>On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 21:09 -0600, reinstall hell wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>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!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Jason
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