[Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs

[n00b]

e911 is qwests own fault (from what qwest told me)

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Weis <djweis@sjdjweis.com>
To: cialug@cialug.org
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:59:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: RE: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs

> 
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, n00b wrote:
> > i'm using vonage (www.vonage.com) on my cable. works great. never
> have had
> > a problem. voip kills ma bell for value. but it is still a new
> technology
> > up against a very rich bell system that is trying all kinds of stuff
> to
> > get it over regulated, if i remember right.
> 
> There are still some real problems with voip over 3rd party networks. 
> Cable networks are oversold 100-200 to 1. The ILEC's still don't
> provide 
> access to the E911 network in some areas. Hopefully you don't have a
> heart 
> attack at 4 in the afternoon when all of the high school kids are
> stealing 
> music and you get misdirected to the city snow removal hotline. :-)
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Alan Maupin" <alan.maupin@mchsi.com>
> > To: <cialug@cialug.org>
> > Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:33:22 -0500
> > Subject: RE: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
> >
> >> I've had Mediacom since I moved here 18 months ago.    The only real
> >> problem
> >> I've experienced the entire time was during the past month.    My
> cable
> >> Internet service was frequently going in and out.    Eventually I
> was
> >> told
> >> by a service tech that Mediacom had dialed the frequency down 3 db
> >> (whatever
> >> that means) in order to prepare the system for telephone service.   
> I
> >> was
> >> surprised to find out that having other items such as TV's, VCR's,
> >> Cable
> >> Boxes connected to other cable outlets in your home reduced the
> overall
> >> signal.    This combined with Mediacom turning down the frequency
> >> output
> >> caused the cable modem to stop working.    The service tech hard
> wired
> >> one
> >> cable outlet independent of the other outlets which were previously
> all
> >> tied
> >> together by an 8 way splitter.
> >>
> >> Has anyone else experienced anything like this, and does anyone have
> a
> >> clue
> >> on what turning the frequency amplification 3 db does.    Also, what
> >> telephone service runs off cable?
> >>
> >> Another side effect of the frequency or signal dilution is blocky
> >> images on
> >> digital cable ... yep I had that issue too.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cialug-admin@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-admin@cialug.org] On
> >> Behalf Of
> >> Tim Perdue
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:37 PM
> >> To: cialug@cialug.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
> >>
> >> timwilson011@mchsi.com wrote:
> >>> Mediacom, basically because that's what I signed up with 4+ years
> >> ago.  At
> >> that
> >>> time, DSL couldn't give the bandwidth cable could.  It still can't,
> >> but it
> >> is
> >>> much better than it used to be.  I've been toying with the idea of
> >> switching to
> >>> DSL (and InternetSolver), but just haven't been pushed (read:
> pissed
> >> off)
> >> enough
> >>> I guess.
> >>>
> >>> I wonder whatever happened to multiple ISPs on cable...
> >>
> >> I had really good luck with Mediacom for ~4 years, but switched to
> DSL
> >> (freese notis) so I could have a fixed IP and servers online. VOIP
> >> seems
> >> to be happier with DSL too. The cable modem network apparently has
> no
> >> UPS anywhere, as it is offline as soon as your house lights dim.
> >>
> >> DSL was going offline a lot whenever the phone would ring, but I
> >> finally
> >> just canceled the phone service and it works fine now.
> >>
> >> Tim
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