The area I live in is currently being served by Adelphia Cable. But,
we got a notice in the mail a few weeks back saying that they are
being bought out by Comcast. There is supposed to be about a year
for the transition to take place but I 'think' I'll be happy with
Comcast.
Tim
On Jun 13, 2005, at 10:12 PM, Pacer wrote:
My Fellow PowerBook-philes and Tim,
Cable Modems would be nice if only we did not have one of the worst
iterations of the Comcast Empire where I live. It was formerly
known as MediaOne, then later as AT&T Cable and Broadband.
MediaOne has the dubioius distinction of having the poorest
customer service rating of any cable company ever. Ever. It was
fantastic. Man I still shudder about MediaOne.
Regardless, I will be moving to Birmingham, AL which only has
Charter I understand. I had to deal with them in Athens, GA. They
are not as technically savvy as Comcast, nor do they know how to
run networks in general, plus they do not have as many nifty
features, but goodness ... it's like the difference between Sun and
Microsoft in cultures. Sure, I'd prefer a Linux or Apple kind of
culture, but at least it isn't an uncaring empire.
On an aside: Apparently Paul Allen does have a stake in Charter. Eh.
Still, business lines are expensive so I won't be able to run any
nifty home-made servers from leftover computers running everything
from NetBSD, OS 8.5 to RedHat 9. I plan on getting the DreamCast
an Ethernet adapter and turning it into something .... That oughta
be funny. If my Mac SE had a larger hard drive I might even
network it.... (G)
Good luck with y'alls DSL and/or Cable Modems .... and watch out
for the lightning! :-)
Sincerely,
Pacer the Loon
Tim Collier wrote:
I live in South Florida and we have thunderstorms everyday
especially in the Summer. I used to have BellSouth DSL and had a
similar experience. I use a cable modem now. No more problems.
Tim
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