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RE: [Wlug] Comcast experiences Plug for Speakeasy.net

by Keller, Tim

Does anybody on the WLUG list use Vonage? I constantly see banner ads for them, but I don't know anybody who uses them. Later, Tim. "I can not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presents danger, the solution is ignorance" - Isaac Asimov -----Original Message----- From: Josh Huber [mailto:huber@alum.wpi.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:41 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Comcast experiences Plug for Speakeasy.net Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> writes: > the trouble is that if everyone has a cellphone and thus the local > line never gets used, you have to add $30 to the price of dsl since > that's how much a local line will run you -mike Check for the no long distance, local metered plans. I had this (before I canceled my phone line) and it cost $10 from verizon. After the excessive taxes and fees, it came out to around $16, if I recall. All outgoing calls cost money, so you really only want to do this if you don't use the phone for voice... -- Josh Huber _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 19, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Charter experiences? -was:Comcast experiences ?

by Baris Hasdemir

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 09:09, Martin, Eric wrote: > Um...what package did you have with Verizon / Charter? Last I checked, > verizon was 49.99, and Charter only adds on $35 to your cable bill if you > already have any form of cable (or it costs an extra 10 or 11 if you > don't)...Granted those are base rates, but...'sides, buy the bridge, you can > get one from Best Buy for $60 or less if you get rebates.... > > Eric > Verizon 1.5Mbits/s is $35 for a year now. Charter was 2Mbits/s for $43.28 including tax and $2 or $3/month rent for the cable modem. I guess they are supplying 3Mbits/s for the same price now. I did not have any form of tv subscription, so charter package was only high speed cable service.

May 19, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Comcast experiences Plug for Speakeasy.net

by Josh Huber

Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> writes: > the trouble is that if everyone has a cellphone and thus the local > line never gets used, you have to add $30 to the price of dsl since > that's how much a local line will run you -mike Check for the no long distance, local metered plans. I had this (before I canceled my phone line) and it cost $10 from verizon. After the excessive taxes and fees, it came out to around $16, if I recall. All outgoing calls cost money, so you really only want to do this if you don't use the phone for voice... -- Josh Huber

May 19, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Comcast experiences ?

by Hemstreet, Jeffrey L (Jeffrey)

I have & like Charter... I had the same MAC problem 0->O when they typed it in. I've had less than 6 outages at an average of about day each time over the past 3 years. Tech support can take forever to get to since you call into level 1 and they ask the "is your PC plugged into the modem?" questions, but the second-level support is pretty good. Speed is good. 768K base service, but some people are getting 1.5-2 in areas that aren't limited. (My loop is pretty busy, but I still get a good connection.) jeff -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Martin, Eric Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:07 AM To: 'Worcester Linux Users Group' Subject: RE: [Wlug] Comcast experiences ? Charter's not too bad here...Sometimes their tech support is bad (but who's isn't) eg took me a week or 2 to convice them that they wrote my MAC for my bridge wrong, and that was why I couldn't get on the net...As far as speed I think it's fine. Agree? Disagree? -----Original Message----- From: Mike Frysinger [mailto:vapier@gentoo.org] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 3:06 AM To: wlug(a)wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Comcast experiences ? err, replace every occurence of 'comcast' with 'charter' :) -mike _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 19, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Charter experiences? -was:Comcast experiences ?

by Martin, Eric

Um...what package did you have with Verizon / Charter? Last I checked, verizon was 49.99, and Charter only adds on $35 to your cable bill if you already have any form of cable (or it costs an extra 10 or 11 if you don't)...Granted those are base rates, but...'sides, buy the bridge, you can get one from Best Buy for $60 or less if you get rebates.... Eric -----Original Message----- From: Baris Hasdemir [mailto:penguen@hasdemir.com] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:22 AM To: WLUG Subject: Re: [Wlug] Charter experiences? -was:Comcast experiences ? On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 03:04, Mike Frysinger wrote: > i was talking with a guy who claimed comcast provided great cable > service in > worcester and was basically way better than anything dsl could offer (i use > speakeasy myself and love it). seeing as how he is a non-computer person, i > took his opinion with a large grain of salt ... > > it did get me wondering though as ive never used comcast in worcester > myself, > just in holden (and it sucked a lot), how have other people got along with > comcast here ? looking for the standard fare, speeds/tech support/response > times/etc... > -mike > I did not like Charter's service very much when I switched to it from Verizon DSL. Charter charges ~10 dollars more than Verizon DSL including a rent for cable modem but they gave us 2Mbits (I Think they're now giving 3Mbits) Besides the higher bandwidth, most of the time especially in the evenings I experienced latencies, if it's the right word to use. For example, I click on an ordinary link, wait for sometime and *then* it finally starts loading which is fast, of course. So I got back to Verizon again. I have 1.5Mbits and I'm fine enough. Regarding the customer support, all I can say is they did not refund anything when I canceled my subscription in 20 days. Neither the installation fee(although I had to do it myself, since there was no working version of windows) nor usage fee. baris _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 19, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Comcast experiences ?

by Martin, Eric

Charter's not too bad here...Sometimes their tech support is bad (but who's isn't) eg took me a week or 2 to convice them that they wrote my MAC for my bridge wrong, and that was why I couldn't get on the net...As far as speed I think it's fine. Agree? Disagree? -----Original Message----- From: Mike Frysinger [mailto:vapier@gentoo.org] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 3:06 AM To: wlug(a)wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Comcast experiences ? err, replace every occurence of 'comcast' with 'charter' :) -mike _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 19, 2004

RE: [Wlug] SuSE 9.1

by Martin, Eric

Yeah, I ran 2.6.(can't remember patch) on my laptop for a while, and `ifconfig eth0' worked fine...One cool thing is that 2.6 did get pcmcia working, although it ran dog slow with some stuff...maybe I had to recompile a bunch of apps? I'll post a few when I get to play with 2.6 again Eric -----Original Message----- From: mike(a)beakerware.net [mailto:mike@beakerware.net] Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 10:11 PM To: Andy Stewart Cc: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] SuSE 9.1 > 7) The network devices are a little weird in 2.6. There isn't an > "ifup eth0" > or "ifup eth1" like there used to be. On my system, its "ifup > eth-id-00:00:00:00:00:00" (fill in your MAC address). Once its up and you > see it with ifconfig, the "standard" ifdown command works as always. While I'm not 100% familiar with SuSE, does your network interface appear if you do an 'ifconfig -a' before an ifup is issued? I think its a SuSE thing, not a 2.6 thing your seeing, maybe because SuSE doesn't load the network card module until an 'ifup' is done? -mike _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 19, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Comcast experiences Plug for Speakeasy.net

by Mike Frysinger

On Wednesday 19 May 2004 08:52 am, Dallas Stafford wrote: > Speakeasy.net has good bandwidth and service but the most endearing quality > is that they encourage reselling the service to the neighbors. You can > become an ISP or WISP. If you like, they will even take care of the billing > for you and give you 1/2 the charges. i know, i said i use speakeasy currently ;) the trouble is that if everyone has a cellphone and thus the local line never gets used, you have to add $30 to the price of dsl since that's how much a local line will run you -mike

May 19, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Comcast experiences Plug for Speakeasy.net

by Dallas Stafford

Speakeasy.net has good bandwidth and service but the most endearing quality is that they encourage reselling the service to the neighbors. You can become an ISP or WISP. If you like, they will even take care of the billing for you and give you 1/2 the charges. I think they would rather sell T1 service and let us take care of the local neighborhood. Service can quickly become free if you serve a few neighbors on your LocalArea Network. Dallas Stafford, E-Mail: dallas(a)speakeasy.net Cell 774-253-2260 Worcester, MA, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Lund" <jim(a)fiero.net> To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Monday, 17 May, 2004 21:28 Subject: Re: [Wlug] Comcast experiences ? > I have Comcast (AT&T Broadband) in southern NH and have nothing but > good things to say about them. In the 3 years I had them, I think I > can count the number of outages on 1 hand and they were always very > brief. > > > > > I've heard nothing but overwhelming complaints about Comcast. I have had > > email contact with dozens of municipalities who use Comcast for Internet > > service. Things like "weeks without service" is a common theme. I can't > > remember hearing anything good about them. > > > > - Rob > > > > > > At 08:49 AM 5/16/2004, you wrote: > > > > >On Sunday 16 May 2004 3:06 am, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > > err, replace every occurence of 'comcast' with 'charter' :) > > > > -mike > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wlug mailing list > > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > >Charter is great in Chelmsford. Err, replace every occurrence of 'charter' > > >with 'comcast'. > > > > > >:-) > > > > > >-- > > >Andy Stewart, Founder > > >Worcester Linux Users' Group > > >Worcester, MA USA > > >http://www.wlug.org > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Wlug mailing list > > >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

May 19, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Comcast experiences ?

by Jim Lund

I have Comcast (AT&T Broadband) in southern NH and have nothing but good things to say about them. In the 3 years I had them, I think I can count the number of outages on 1 hand and they were always very brief. > I've heard nothing but overwhelming complaints about Comcast. I have had > email contact with dozens of municipalities who use Comcast for Internet > service. Things like "weeks without service" is a common theme. I can't > remember hearing anything good about them. > > - Rob > > > At 08:49 AM 5/16/2004, you wrote: > > >On Sunday 16 May 2004 3:06 am, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > err, replace every occurence of 'comcast' with 'charter' :) > > > -mike > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wlug mailing list > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > >Charter is great in Chelmsford. Err, replace every occurrence of 'charter' > >with 'comcast'. > > > >:-) > > > >-- > >Andy Stewart, Founder > >Worcester Linux Users' Group > >Worcester, MA USA > >http://www.wlug.org > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Wlug mailing list > >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

May 18, 2004