[Cialug] Mediacom's pop-up banners

Thu Feb 5 15:00:42 CST 2015

Ugh...I was thinking (dreading) of switching back to MC (internet only) for
some savings if we got rid of our DirecTV...but that's just downright
wrong.  How will the upcoming FCC changes affect this?  It seems like it
should be criminal to me for them to affect your traffic (the actual data
going back and forth.) like that.  I swear Mediacom is the WORST company to
deal with.  I don't want to go back to them...but internet access is
freaking expensive (thanks to area monopolies providers always seem to
have).

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:

> One last note:  As bad as Mediacom can be, I find that persistence pays
> off.  If they won't fix your issue on the first call, find time to call
> back.  When I do this I get things fixed.
>
> Sometimes the first person you get is either clueless or lazy.  By calling
> back or asking for a higher "tier" person, you generally get better
> support.
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Chris, I will check into that. If not, I will be using a VPN. I've
> > setup a server at Atlantic.net where they have a "go" plan which is $0.99
> > per month for a 256MB RAM server. I put that together so that my son and
> > his friends could game without using Himachi, but now maybe the whole fam
> > will use it.
> >
> > By the way, as a side-note rant regarding Mediacom, I'm really irritated
> by
> > them and want to change if there was an option. I'd had auto-pay on and
> > realized as I was looking through my bills in Dec that they'd been
> > over-charging me $30 a month (or $20 depending on how you look at it) for
> > the last 8 months. I called them about it and they refused to do anything
> > accept give me a credit of $60. I would have left them right then and
> there
> > except there really is no other choice.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:56 PM, chris rheinherren <
> > c.rheinherren at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It can be disabled by tier2 at Mediacom. 
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have seen this as well.  Yes, perma-vpn seems like the only answer.
> > I
> > > do
> > > > this with my phone, but generally not my home connection.  Since they
> > > > raised the soft cap to 2TB/m for my level of service, I have not had
> > the
> > > > issue.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Ron Houk <houk.ron at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I've seen this even though I use Google DNS.
> > > > > On Feb 5, 2015 11:31 AM, "Daniel A. Ramaley" <
> > daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
> > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I know. It frustrates me that i'm so close yet the wire distance
> is
> > > so
> > > > > > far. Could we set up a high speed wireless connection between my
> > > place
> > > > > > and the central office? If the wireless antenna were set up on my
> > > roof
> > > > > > it would only have to be strong enough to pass through 1 tree.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 2015-02-05 at 11:19:41 David Champion wrote:
> > > > > > > Really sad since you could throw a rock and hit the Central
> > Office
> > > > > > > from your house...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -dc
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
> > > > > > > <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Mediacom is the only cable internet provider in the area,
> > right?
> > > > > > > > I've
> > > > > > > > actually been thinking of switching to them (<shudder>)
> because
> > > the
> > > > > > > > maximum speed i can get from DSL is just so slow. (No fault
> of
> > my
> > > > > > > > ISP; the phone wires in my neighborhood are bad.)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Obviously i don't want my ISP mangling my traffic though.
> > That's
> > > > > > > > never been a problem with my DSL ISPs. Will i have to set up
> a
> > > > > > > > permanent VPN to work around this though if i switch to
> cable?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 2015-02-05 at 09:59:59 Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> > > > > > > > > As the month goes on Mediacom will tell me that I'm nearing
> > my
> > > > > > > > > data
> > > > > > > > > limit (grr) by embedding a banner atop of some websites. It
> > > > > > > > > doesn't
> > > > > > > > > seem to do it to SSL websites, but if I go to a non-SSL
> > website
> > > > it
> > > > > > > > > will show up along the top of the page. For example, I've
> > seen
> > > it
> > > > > > > > > atop my own website at http://www.bearfruit.org
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > When I check, the domain it is not altered.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Implicitly, this means to me that they're transparently
> > > proxying
> > > > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > > of my non-ssl web traffic through their servers which are
> > then
> > > > > > > > > re-writing the pages if they see fit. This makes me
> unhappy.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Is there any other explanation for what is going on that I
> > may
> > > be
> > > > > > > > > missing?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > It used to be that when I saw this happening it meant my
> DNS
> > in
> > > > my
> > > > > > > > > router was not getting set. If I set the DNS servers to
> > OpenDNS
> > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > wouldn't happen. But I'm pretty sure it's working now,
> though
> > > as
> > > > I
> > > > > > > > > write this I feel like I should double check that just to
> be
> > > > sure.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > __
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> > > > > > > >
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