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September 28, 2010 at 3:45 pm #703882
JoBParticipantCarson..
i would love to see basic cable and internet piggybacked with Seattle City light…
September 28, 2010 at 4:05 pm #703883
CarsonParticipantThe bottom line is I pay for HUNDREDS of channels I don’t want. Most are pennies and nickels, but I am still paying for them. The Cable Cartel is very strong and we will probably never take it down.
September 28, 2010 at 4:13 pm #703884
austinMemberThey should just broadcast wireless internet in town for free. That would get comcast pretty bunched up in a hurry no doubt.
My chosen alternative to overpriced low content advert dense television service is to just download or stream the show or shows I might be interested in from the internet. This works well but I watch around three hours of tv a month so it might not be for everybody.
September 28, 2010 at 4:23 pm #703885
CarsonParticipantThere are plenty of ways to download/rent/pirate/stream TV, but its not always easy. Most of the cable companies have figured out how to make us feel like nothing more than a revenue stream, so at any chance to move away from them, I try!
September 28, 2010 at 5:37 pm #703886
KenParticipantQwest cheapest tier internet is 1.5 if you have someone other than msn as your isp. Only the ISP can throttle you to a lower speed. MSN/qwest tried to sell me on an upgrade several months after I noticed the speed increase and I had to tell the sales droid that I did not have msn and was already at the higher speed.
Most isps and carriers have language in their agreements that prohibit servers and connection sharing, but none have any way to detect NAT redirection to private Ip ranges as long as you don’t install their branded cd/spyware. (the cd they insist you MUST insert first to configure your computer)Both comcast and qwest can be configured without the branding software easily and the instructions are on the net.
September 29, 2010 at 3:41 am #703887
redblackParticipantken: nyet! (edit: well, maybe this doesn’t apply to new subscriptions…)
i am currently running 256kbps DSL on qwest lines with a second-party ISP based in vancouver, WA. and i have been for about 10 years. i was one of the first private citizens in the city on the DSL bandwagon.
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it’s only been in the last year that i have had the option of upgrading to 1.5 Mbps for an increase of only $10/month.
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yeah, i’m a “slowsky,” but my gaming days are over – for a little while. email, music, and photos take up the bulk of my CPU time, so i have no real need for fast-loading content.
September 29, 2010 at 12:02 pm #703888
KenParticipanthttp://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
my isp is my former employer (wolfenet). I was the network operations manager at the time of DSL roll out in Seattle.
I admit the ISP end was setup with no limit and several features not available to casual customers, but I was told the limiting factor for current speeds below 1.5 was the setting in the ISP end of the circuit. Now that I think of it, since I use transparent bridging (RFC1483 Bridged) the carrier qwest cannot limit my speed below the ATM wirespeed of the dslam I am connected to at the CO. PPPOE and PPPOA customers would be different since qwest owns the first tcp/ip hop in the network path.
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