We had satellite several years ago, and had frequent outages - especially in the Spring - due to severe weather, sometimes far away, but in line with the satellites. We first switched to AT&T DSL and it was OK 15 years ago.
Eventually we went with Comcast/Xfinity cable, and have had virtually non-stop service for at least 10 - 12 years. They own the cable biz in Chicagoland, and outages are at a fraction of 1%. Most notably occurring only when they have upgraded service (like installing fiber). I currently have 235 Mbps down, and about 20 up for ~$80/mo. We get the bulk of our TV OTA (85 broadcast stations) plus occasional streaming ... but our main cable use is Internet. 73 Lyn, W0LEN -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2021 3:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS On 10/20/2021 11:21 AM, eric norris via Elecraft wrote: > My XYL depends on an internet connection to work. Being off the air is > unimaginable. Hi Eric, I see that you're in Santa Clara, so likely have many options for alternate carriers. Street View shows pretty much unobstructed view of the sky which makes you a great candidate for Starlink. W6GJB and I have both signed up for it, and are six months into waiting. Neither of us has cell coverage. Comcast and satellite are my only options, Glen has flaky DSL from AT&T, and satellite. He's tried two, latency makes them slow and prone to dropouts. He has a good enough view of the sky that Starlink needs; mine is pretty limited by the tall redwoods, but I'm hoping. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
