[Cialug] [OT] Digital TV

[Dan Hockey]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> Behalf Of Matthew Nuzum
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 1:50 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] [OT] Digital TV
> 
> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Jim Asbille <jim.asbille at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I got the same letter from Mediacom.  We are losing CNN as well.  I am
> > thinking of going to antennae but don't want to lose my Internet access
> for
> > $40ish a month.  Are there any reasonable broadband access alternatives
> that
> > won't cost much more than this?
> >
> 
> I switched to Dish for TV and Qwest for DSL. My DSL is $35/mo or so
> 1.5Mbps down, 768K up. Not good for watching streaming hidef video but
> otherwise works great. I spend less now than with mediacom's basic
> package + internet and as a bonus have a DVR. Download bandwidth is
> down (from 7Mbps) but upload bandwidth is up. Unless I'm downloading
> an iso I usually don't notice the download difference but I often
> appreciate the upload speed. The DVR is a blessing and a curse. I used
> to never watch TV. At least I can skip the commercials.
> 
Qwest keeps sending me letters trying to get me to switch to dsl, but I
couldn't get dsl the last time I checked. Mediacom never showed up the last
time I called. My internet still dies if it rains hard enough.
-dh