On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 23:05, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]> wrote: > I think what i'm seeing here is a mix of problems and kudos. Seems > like AT&T and Comcast have pretty much the same fail rate and progress > rate. The problem here is... AT&T and Comcast are our only options > and why can't we, the consumer, allow another entity to come in... say > Verizon to sort of bump up the competitiveness. > > Personally, i've been a Comcast subscriber since 1989 (viacom, > whatever) and have had just internet service since 1999. The house > i'm living in has been wired up for cable since 1982-93. I've had one > major problem with comcast and it was only because of the Pole to > house wire and ever sicne then i've had zero problems out of my > internet line. I don't have cable tv service because frankly I don't > need it, i can download anything I wish to watch. My comcast bill has > roughly stayed the same (57.95), I get excellent pings to my WoW > servers (42ms to one, 83ms to another), and while $58 may seem > excessive for just internet, I use it for a lot of things (skype > phone, torrents, web work, etc). I can't say i've never had a problem > with Comcast, but with a bit of patience and persistance, i've managed > to keep my internet connection stable. > > Personally, i'd suggest to the OP to take out any splitters, run a new > cable from the outside to the cable modem. Reset the cable modem, and > try again. Also, release your IP from the cable modem, spoof a MAC > address, and renew DHCP lease with comcasst to get another IP address > and hopefully new gateway. > > The way comcast looks at it is, ok, your neighbors, are they having > troubles? No, then it must be isolated and it is customer fault. So > before you call them next, ensure that it is not customer fault and > then explain your troubleshooting method to a knowledgeable tech. It > took me a few times to get a tech that knew what they were talking > about. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >
Somehow Comcrap has it grandfathered in that they are the only residential cable company allowed. Gotta love monopolies... There is a company here in town that does "commercial" grade cable but they can't jump over to residential. Otherwise, its satellite, Clearwire or tin cans and string. gk -- -- Remember it's not that we have something to hide, we just have nothing we want to show. ---Keep tunnelling. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
