[colug-432] Comcast and connectivity alternatives

[Rick Hornsby]

> On Feb 13, 2014, at 21:06, Mark Geary <geary at acm.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:20:50 -0500, Angelo McComis <angelo at mccomis.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
> 
> I'd be careful with those results. It told me that TWC was my only choice, but wowway.com says that WoW is also an option for me. And I can see their box on the pole across the street from me.
> 
>> That said, most areas around here (there are some pockets of exceptions),
>> the choice (singular) is TWC.
> 
> I have no details, but I was under the impression that Ameritech had built out their cable system (now owned by WoW) pretty extensively in central Ohio.

Yep I recall the same, that WoW bought Ameritech and now owns a bunch of their cable infrastructure.

A few years back, AT&T was on quite a tear building out DSLAM cabinets around Columbus, probably to support their IPTV product.  I'd imagine that in many cases you could get DSL as an alternative.  Might be slow depending if you have a CO or DSLAM near you or not, but the bandwidth is all yours.  I had 3/1 service and while those are low numbers, it really never strayed much below that.