I hope they do. It seems crazy they painted the USA with a wide brush in the contract. AT&T is not within 90 miles of me. I can get AT&T data lines, but it goes through many local telco loops on the way here.
Scottie > > > One of the cable companies I talked to a couple years ago said they > couldn't resell to an ISP because of their contract with AT&T forbid > it. They were working to get out from under that. > > Christine Montalvo > > Senior Data Account Executive > > Mediacom Enterprise Networks Group > > 3737 Westown Parkway > > West Des Moines, Ia 50266 > > Office: 515-246-2251 > > Cell: 515-360-0015 > > Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > On 7/20/2010 11:52 PM, Scottie Arnett wrote: >> I have a connection to me across the state line that can be easily back >> hauled across the TN/KY line. In TN, the rural telco's rule the roost, >> and >> love to add on to the last mile charges . I have a tower that can easily >> reach into KY within 20 miles. >> >> Mediacomm has a tower within 16 miles that I can reach. I have asked >> them >> to price me bandwidth on fiber to their tower in KY, and the price to >> locate my back haul on their tower(their tower is almost 500' tall, so I >> can almost pick my area on that tower, if they allow). Have any of you >> guy's or gal's dealt with Mediacomm before? >> >> The problem is that I can't get a bandwidth quote, much less a tower >> quote >> out of them! I contacted them with a question of fiber availability and >> quickly got a response. Once I told them I was an ISP and wanted to >> back-haul it across the TN/KY border, everything went to a stand still. >> They had no problem quoting me bandwidth on fiber with a KY address >> about >> a year before. I also told them that I was an ISP in TN and my whole >> intentions of back hauling it. >> >> I am at a standstill with dealing with Mediacomm. Their pricing a few >> years ago, was much less than what I am paying now. I have repeatedly >> emailed the contact, and she has gotten back to me once in the last 2 >> months. The reply back was that she had been on vacation the week before >> and she was still awaiting pricing from the "higher ups." She also told >> me >> the tower crew wanted to talk to me about what I wanted to mount on the >> tower...I told her the number to contact me at almost 2 weeks ago, and >> have not heard from them either. >> >> I guess my question is, "have any of you dealt with Mediacomm before, >> and >> is my situation usual...or unusual?" >> >> Scottie >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
