Yeah, I've had the fiber behind my house for about a year now, still no access though... We have had it at work now for nearly 3 years, and it's been great (10 megabit). About two weeks ago they were down for about 2 hours, but that was caused by AT&T...
James Kuhns wrote: > Yeah, I know what you mean. We had crews stringing the fiber on the poles > in our neighborhood about two weeks ago. I also noticed some trucks last > week in the area between Broadmoor and Camellia, looked like they were > putting up enclosures on the poles. > > You forgot to mention the 100MB between LUS users, the price tiers only > dictate bandwidth when you leave LUS's network - big plus, if like me you > and your co-workers work from home. > > Patiently waiting for them to start putting in drops. > > > James > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Jonathan Kulp > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Cox prepares to suck more. > > This whole thing makes me glad that a taxpayer-funded fiber network is > being installed over here in Lafayette. The guys were in front of my > house this morning putting the cable in. :) I'll be getting 10MB up and > down for about $28, which is less than I currently pay Cox for 1.6 MB > down and 256K up. :| The fiber will also provide TV and phone packages > that are dramatically cheaper and better than what Cox and BellSouth > offer. :D > > Jon > > Brad Bendily wrote: > >> Part of the problem is that it's not all up to Cox. Apparently all ISPs >> > are > >> sticking it to the >> unknowing public and there isn't much we can do about it. >> >> This was posted on slashdot a few days ago. >> http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_002683.html >> Titled: >> The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our Broadband future was stolen. >> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Will Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Shame on you for insults and false choices. I expect Cox to allocate >>> bandwith >>> for the job, not invest in filters that degrade service. Every dollar >>> spent >>> on racks of filters is an infrastructure dollar wasted. I also expect >>> > Cox > >>> to >>> do their part in shutting down W32 botnets. I want Japanese network >>> quality >>> and pricing. That way, I get my video phone and my neighbor gets his >>> movie. >>> What I'm getting instead looks more like dial up every day because of >>> problems inflicted by M$ and the MAFIAA. People who use and recommend >>> Windows don't have a right to complain about bandwith. >>> >>> >>> On Thursday 29 January 2009, Dustin Puryear wrote: >>> >>>> I think both of you have a valid point here. >>>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
