Just go back there, dig a little hole by the cable, grab you a little vampire plug, and.. ;)
Tim Fournet wrote: > 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 > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://esva.puryear-it.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id= > > -- Dustin Puryear President and Sr. Consultant Puryear Information Technology, LLC 225-706-8414 x112 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
