Re: Earthlink Cable

2005-08-15 Thread Travis Roy
As I understand it, if MV is a CLEC or they buy from a CLEC (Covad, et. al.) they're still in the game - otherwise they're subject to Verizon's whim under the new FCC rule. And why would Verizon have pushed for the new rule if the status quo were acceptable? Exactly, MV isn't effected by

Re: Earthlink Cable

2005-08-14 Thread Travis Roy
True, it definately is cheaper than Comcast, but the only thing that is keeping me from switching to Earthlink is the fact that they recently deregulated(I think that is the correct term), meaning that Comcast no longer has to allow 3rd parties such as Earthlink over their lines. Hopefully

Re: Earthlink Cable

2005-08-14 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Aug 14 at 10:47am, Travis Roy wrote: I talked to a guy at MV about it and he said that they're not worried buecause they're resellers ... and they have a few years left on their contract. So what happens when a few years is up? -- Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Earthlink Cable

2005-08-14 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Aug 14, 2005, at 19:21, Benjamin Scott wrote: So what happens when a few years is up? As I understand it, if MV is a CLEC or they buy from a CLEC (Covad, et. al.) they're still in the game - otherwise they're subject to Verizon's whim under the new FCC rule. And why would Verizon

Re: Earthlink Cable

2005-08-13 Thread Fred
On Friday 12 August 2005 19:29, Travis Roy wrote: ... I use my cell phone for 99.9% of my calling needs. In fact I don't plan on having phone service at all at my new house, not even VoIP. At my household, we do all have cell phones and use them for near 100% of the calls. 3 cell phones

Re: Earthlink Cable

2005-08-13 Thread Numberwhun
True, it definately is cheaper than Comcast, but the only thing that is keeping me from switching to Earthlink is the fact that they recently deregulated(I think that is the correct term), meaning that Comcast no longer has to allow 3rd parties such as Earthlink over their lines. Hopefully

Re: Earthlink Cable

2005-08-12 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Aug 10, 2005, at 16:34, Travis Roy wrote: Anybody on the list use Earthlink's cable service? It's cheaper then Comcast. I don't actually know anything about it, but the FCC doesn't require cable companies to share access to their cable plants, so it's probably a branding/co-marketing

Re: Earthlink Cable

2005-08-12 Thread hewitt_tech
- Original Message - From: Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nice web site Bill! To: Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: GNHLUG gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 6:47 PM Subject: Re: Earthlink Cable On Aug 10, 2005, at 16:34, Travis Roy wrote: Anybody

Re: Earthlink Cable

2005-08-12 Thread Travis Roy
It so happens that Verizon will sell you DSL in my neighborhood for $30/month but of course the assumption is that you have a POTS line and that tends to run up to $50/month. Since Comcast was running at least 3 times faster than DSL (I'm about 8,500' from the DCO), I stuck with Comcast. I

Earthlink Cable

2005-08-10 Thread Travis Roy
Anybody on the list use Earthlink's cable service? It's cheaper then Comcast. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss