[Cialug] Mediacomm fiber

[Jeff Chapin]

Ever think of running a sprinkler? Heck, if you are on good terms with
your neighbors, they might join in, and help out.

It may or may not be practical, but at this point, you might need to try
something new.

Jonathan C. Bailey wrote:
> Yup... That's fairly standard. You call when it's raining, and by the time they come, everything has dried out.. It's so nice having shed most of our copper for 30/20 fiber...
>
>
> -Jon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Hala Jr" <dave at 58ghz.net>
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:12:23 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Mediacomm fiber
>
>
> I gave up working Qwest to get the 7mb DSL... last time the tech was out
> to "fix" the Demarc, he tested the line and said it was capable of doing
> 7mb and I should call xxxx, and the tech gave me his number. More run
> around.  Its been raining a ton this year in the mornings when I like to
> do the majority of my uploads... that makes it even worse, but the issue
> is that it shouldn't be like this in the first place.
>
> The tech is coming today, but its not raining so everything will be just
> peachy, so I'm sure Qwest will blown it off...
>
> >From looking at the emails, sounds like Mediacomm hasn't changed much in
> the last 5 years. Qwest still might be the better of two poor choices.
>
> :) Dave
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 10:49 -0500, Ed Meacham (@work) wrote:
>   
>> @ jrnosee’s last sentence
>>
>>  
>>
>> I had to do a fair amount of complaining to get ITC to bump the max
>> DSL up from 1.5 to 3. It took a few months of me calling in
>> complaining about speed requirements for my job not being met (worked
>> remotely for Wells Fargo at the time) and suggesting that I find a
>> different option if they couldn’t do anything more, and soon. I was
>> never told what they did exactly, but someone from INS called me
>> saying they had finished the installation, and that ITC would be
>> moving me up to the new package.
>>
>>  
>>
>> In the end, it only took my time, an extra $15 a month [I’m getting
>> freaking robbed… $80/mo; forcing me to have a landline, and only
>> getting 3 meg…], and extending my contract a year. Gentle harassment
>> went far in my case… 
>>
>>  
>>
>> -emeacham (@work)
>>
>>  
>>
>> From:cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
>> Behalf Of Matthew Nuzum
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:23 AM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Mediacomm fiber
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>> I am on mediacom for the moment and it's OK but I'm really upset at
>> them right now. My wife's grandpa died and I was going through their
>> bills last night to figure out how to cut costs and get a working
>> budget for his wife. Mediacom has been charging them $70 per month for
>> family cable (no digital, no extras). When I called they started by
>> thanking me for being a customer for 28 years. 
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>> I asked them how to get a lower rate and they literally said they only
>> give lower rates to new customers. When I told them I was going to
>> switch to satellite they gave a $10/mo discount for 6 months. 
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM, <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Mediacom won't replace they're last few feet of cable either....  I
>> was supposed to get the run to my house replaced last year.  They
>> NEVER came out to do it.  The problem got better for a while, but now
>> they're back out scratching their heads wondering why I have issues.
>> Turns out the line guys never did the replacement and nothing was in
>> my file to do it!  I may hate Verizon Wireless (no incorporated back
>> in to PO Verizon?), but who can I beg to get them to bring FIOS here?
>>
>>  
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Matthew Steven
>> <matthew at geniusweb.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dave Hala Jr wrote:
>>     
>>> Anyone using Mediacomm business for a 'net connection?
>>>       
>> As my mother instructed me to only say nice things when I have
>> something
>> to say: no comment regarding Mediacom.
>>
>> I'll just say that Spencer, IA became a dramatically better place to
>> live for Internauts when the community built their own municipal cable
>> infrastructure to foster competition with the former monopoly.
>>
>> Your DSL problem is an all too common one, and I would recommend at
>> least making a complaint. Companies like this will not replace their
>> horribly aged last-mile copper until forced.
>>
>> http://www.state.ia.us/government/com/util/complaints/index.html
>>
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Steven
>> http://www.geniusweb.com/
>> (515) 999 0842
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