[colug-432] Comcast and connectivity alternatives

[FiL Farris]

Legal fee's alone in trying to accomplish something like this would be
massive.  In the end you would just be dealing with a higher level,
probably less responsive, service provider anyhow.

I have never had a worse experience with a service provider then I did with
Century Link.  They are the only wired service available in my area (rural)
and it became so bad & unbelievable I go without rather then use them.

Unix is basically a simple operating system.  But you have to be a genius
to understand the simplicity.  D.R.


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:06 PM, tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 02/13/2014 09:58 AM, Angelo McComis wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net> wrote:
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>>  > http://www.cablemover.com/   Type in your address only (not email!),
>> and it
>> > will search and scan and tell you what is available in your area.  This
>> > assumes you're expecting to bundle cable and internet service.  As a
>> > standalone service, DSL is really the only other option, and it's never
>> > above 5-10mbps, which you might as well sign up for a 4G LTE hotspot and
>> > call it a day.
>>
>>  Heh, that site just confirmed that T-W is my only cable option. I like
>> the concept though. It just needs to expand to other transport media.
>>
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>   That's kinda where the speedtest.net site comes in handy - It tells you
> what other ISPs are in the general vicinity - you can then see which 3 or 4
> (sadly, only 3 or 4) other players are in the area, and do some calling
> around. Unfortunately, right now, it's a menu with only one option on it
> for a lot of us.
>
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>>  > Keep in mind, Comcast is not going to come in and pull out all of TWC's
>> > finished work, fire all their people, and replace with their own. (yes,
>> some
>> > of that will happen in the spirit of "economy of scale" like in HR,
>> Finance,
>> > management... goes without saying)  They're likely to keep the @
>> x.rr.com
>> > domains because people don't know how to migrate their emails, they're
>> > likely to keep all the set top and modems and such will all stay the
>> same.
>> >
>> > I believe (and I hope I'm correct) that all we current customers will
>> see is
>> > just a new name on the envelope for sending the bill to each month.  At
>> > least for the first 3 or so years after the deal closes.
>>
>>  I'm more concerned about corporate policy, particularly in slowing or
>> blocking things they don't like or things that compete with their
>> products. If we can persuade the FCC to reclassify them as telecom
>> services then I won't be too concerned, but until then I can't trust
>> them.
>>
>> And yes I have the same concerns with T-W, but less so because T-W is
>> smaller (less powerful) and doesn't also own a huge media company.
>>
>>
>  Really - the same concern we all share with regard to network neutrality.
>
>  With all of the constant investment being done by carriers as they
> refresh and upgrade their POPs, seeing the Netflix index of ISP is very
> chilling.  Why are the speeds going down, when everyone is investing and
> building better/faster/stronger?
>
>  http://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/
>
>  It could be this... although as it points out, it's difficult to prove...
>
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> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/verizon-could-be-throttling-netflix-and-amazon-but-theres-no-actual-evidence-of-it/
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>   With Comcast owning NBC, there's definitely some concern for preference
> over allowing NBC and their programming/advertising to have unfair
> programming advantage.  I felt the same about TWC up until they were spun
> out from under the media conglomerate in 2009.
>
>   Angelo
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>  Not to speak of proposed Comcast Time Warnermerger. Freepress.net among
> others are making motions to oppose that.
>
>
> Tom
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