[Cialug] SOT: Local ISPs

Wed Aug 8 17:52:36 UTC 2018

Tell me about it. I happen to know there's a big fat fiber cable running up
the sidewalk past my place, was being installed by my former employer, but
they wouldn't let me tap into it. I wasn't going to use more than a few GB
of bandwidth, honest.

-dc

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 12:43 PM Andrew Denner <linux-list at upeke.com> wrote:

> Regrettably I am so close yet so far away from the fiber. In Polk City I
> currently have Centurylink dsl but have their fiber running through my
> front yard as well as a run from UPN
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 6:28 PM Rob Cook <rdjcook at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If you can get it, CLs fiber to the home is amazing. $80/mo for 1Gig
> down.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018, 1:47 PM David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > The traditional ADSL service in Windsor Heights is pretty bad, due to
> > your
> > > distance from the CO and relatively old copper lines. I think there are
> > > some areas that have Century Link's Fiber to the Node service, which
> can
> > > also cause cross-talk for the old ADSL circuits and reduce your
> available
> > > speed. There probably won't be Fiber to the prem there any time soon.
> > >
> > > -dc
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 11:28 AM Bill Davis <bill.davis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I live in Windsor Heights. We had DSL Internet (still do actually, as
> > > part
> > > > of a bundle with phone service through Aureon) but don't actually use
> > it.
> > > > We decided to keep it as an inexpensive  backup after switching to
> > > Mediacom
> > > > for Internet service, since I work from home sometimes and needed
> much
> > > > faster speed.   Our DSL connection is a 3 Mbps connection (reality
> > about
> > > > 1.5 or less).  We asked about getting faster speeds and they told me
> > the
> > > > phone lines were too old to support anything faster over one line.
> We
> > > were
> > > > told we'd have to get a second phone line and multiplex the
> connection
> > > (or
> > > > whatever the proper net term is).  We'd have paid about $90/moth for
> 6
> > > > Mbps-ish speeds, as I recall (this was several years ago.)  By
> > > comparison,
> > > > Mediacom had 15 Mbps for half that cost, and faster options were
> > > > available.  That 15 Mbps connection was converted about 8 months ago
> > to a
> > > > 60 Mbps connection with no increase in our cost.  And I happened to
> > run a
> > > > speed test the other day and it's now actually more like 80 Mbps.
> > > >
> > > > So I'd go with Mediacom not DSL in Windsor Heights. To be fair,
> things
> > > may
> > > > have changed recently; someone from CenturyLink was going
> door-to-door
> > > > about 6-8 months or so ago and said they were upgrading their lines
> and
> > > > speed...but I couldn't get a speed out of him.  I'd check into what
> > > > CenturyLink or Aureon can get you, but don't be surprised if it
> doesn't
> > > > compare to Mediacom.   I'm on the LOW end of Mediacom's available
> > speeds.
> > > > 15 Mbps was plenty for my needs, so I am more than happy with 60-80
> > Mbps.
> > > > We're also watching a lot more streaming video now that we dropped
> > > Mediacom
> > > > cable TV service and use them solely for Internet.  Much cheaper to
> buy
> > > the
> > > > season of the shows we watch off iTunes and stream them or download
> > them.
> > > > We figured out that to buy each season of the shows we watch, for ALL
> > the
> > > > shows, would be just maybe 2-4 months worth of cable TV bills.  AND
> we
> > > own
> > > > the show and can watch them again anytime and on any device.   We
> > hooked
> > > up
> > > > an antenna to the TV but really only use it for one or two things
> that
> > > > aren't series TV that we can't get over the 'Net (CBS Sunday Morning,
> > > > notably).
> > > >
> > > > - Bill
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 10:43 AM Nathan C. Smith <NSmith at hhlawpc.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > It seems like the Local ISPs have all gone away with Aureon having
> > > > gobbled
> > > > > them up. Are there any ISPs left that serve Des Moines?  I’m
> looking
> > > for
> > > > > Internet service in the Windsor Heights area for one of my kids.
> Any
> > > > > thoughts on getting the best deals out of Mediacom?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you.
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