On 10/21/2021 1:10 PM, Ron Bell via Elecraft wrote:
Unless you have no alternatives, find another ISP. Comcast is not a great
or consumer focused company. If you have a lot of time and energy, you can
fight this and may win. If you dont have Verizon or an alternative wireline
company in your area, look into Starlink, still in Beta but I am hearing
great reviews from those who have it.
All well and good in an ideal situation, but knowing the area that Eric
lives in (Silicon Valley) there are all sorts of "alternatives" that may
be available but in reality are vendors based on getting service (as it
is popularly called "bandwidth") from Comcast and/or Verizon "behind the
curtain".
Up here (suburban Portland) I did lots of research on features, service
and reliability before settling on the Comcast bundle of internet, voice
phone, and Xfinity cable. Living in an already-wired apartment I didn't
have much of a choice. I was fortunate enough to talk the management
into letting me put up my VHF/UHF j-poles - I didn't want to press my
luck by having more wire/cable run in.
I had (where did I put it?) the direct phone number of the regional
service manager but fortunately never had to use it. My one and only
problem was resolved locally to my satisfaction the first time without
"sturm und drang".
In sum - you get what you pay for.
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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