[Cialug] Broadband Internet

[carl-olsen at mchsi.com]

I've had Mediacom for at least five years and never had a problem.  That doesn't mean anything except my experience is different than yours.

Carl Olsen
http://www.carlswebs.com/

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: john doe <bofh at visi.com>
> Mediacom painted the picture.
> 
> I'm just an art critic... ;)
> 
> Seriously, I consistently had outages with them (one lasting a couple of
> days).  And it wasn't the modem, as neighbors would have outages at the
> same time.  Was the worst service I've ever received.
> 
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 09:32 -0600, john doe wrote:
> > > I moved after getting married, and could only get Mediacom.  Yeah,
> > > it's
> > > fast--when it works.  In case anyone is wondering, their NMS is how
> > > many
> > > outage calls they receive for an area.  Outage frequency may depend
> > > upon
> > > location within the area, though.
> >
> > You paint such a dim picture... I work from home and rely on my cable
> > modem. And even when I'm not working, I'm often online.
> >
> > The only significant problems I've had in two years turned out to be a
> > problem with my own router, and replacing it resolved the issue. Like I
> > said before, except for DNS timeouts occasionally my service has been
> > great.
> > --
> > Matthew Nuzum
> > newz2000 on freenode
> >
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