ha, yeah, but without the gas you are competing with the grocery stores lower prices on your inflated retail
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > Sling TV seems to think the opposite. > http://www.businessinsider.com/sling-tv-ceo-is-not-afraid-of-apple-2015-6 > > I suspect the cable companies are already viewing their business as > broadband, and would happily give up dealing with all the content owners > constantly wanting more money, and just be the big dumb pipe. > > Kind of like threatening gas stations that you will take away their > lucrative fuel business, leaving them to just sell milk, beer, cigarettes, > snacks and lottery tickets. Oops, turns out you don’t make money on gas, > all the profits come from the mini mart. > > > *From:* Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 07, 2015 11:57 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] CableOne > > It will not be long before they use all the cable channels for data and > then send you tv over IPTV. > Called VOD. Video over Data. I think that if coax plant is still out > there 10 years from now, it will be done this way. > The money is in the data, not the TV. > > *From:* D. Ryan Spott <rsp...@ngc457.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 07, 2015 10:50 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] CableOne > > The new standard is fiber node and then max 3 line extenders. > > Seeing these speeds is the norm. > > ryan > > -- > D. Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc > broadband | telco | colo | communities > PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294 > 425-939-0047 > > On Jul 7, 2015, at 08:42, That One Guy /sarcasm <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I have mediacom at home, I had always been on a 12x2 plan, we are heavy > streaming, no tv and tons of kids the old hag babysits with electronics, > its like a BYOD party at my house plus my folks are connected up to my > house from across the street. My brother in law moved in and was pushing me > over my cap so I went to upgrade, it was cheaper to go to the 100mb plan, > something like 50 bucks, I dont know. > I was floored when I was talking to the tech when I was activating my > modem. I asked what kinds of speeds I would actually see figuring on > average 40, maybe more, maybe less. he keept assuring me that at no time > would I ever see less than 80. I told my I run an ISP network, that he > didnt need to lie to me. but he almost sounded angry when he told me, 80mb > over and over. > > I consistently see 30-60mbps on speedtests. Highest Ive seen is like a 92. > They have fiber on the poles, but cable to the house, I dont know what that > means, they strung the fiber like 15 years ago. > > One thing to note, if have internet only cable to your house, I assume its > provider dependent, if they dont have a filter on your line there are alot > of overlay analog channel and a boatload of digital. when I was > investigating it, even with the filter in place, the way mediacom does pay > per view is they must have dynamic digital channels in place. if you > periodically scan channels you can watch whatever someone if watching on > pay per view, but youre at the whim of their remote. I havent checked it in > a while, going to prison for some free tv didnt seem all that appealing for > somone as pretty as me > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > wrote: > >> In town where the cable is already ran and you just need DOCSIS 3... Why >> not?! >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> On Jul 6, 2015 9:50 PM, "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net> wrote: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> So the cable provider in my area just increased their speeds to 100Mbps. >>> So now you can get 100Mbps cable internet for $33/month for the 1st year... >>> then it goes up to $59/month for year two. I don't know of anyone with this >>> package yet, but that's pretty impressive for the price. >>> >>> Travis >>> >>> > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your > team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
