And didn't the letter say something about their commitment to fiber? John.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 4, 2016, at 7:47 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <li...@fletcherdata.com> wrote: > > Just got a letter from the CEO if Charter about the new company. Some details: > > New name: Spectrum > > Another point that stood out for me harkening back to a conversation we had > on this list a few weeks back: > They are in the process of "bringing over 10,000 outsourced customer service > jobs back to the United States.” > > I guess the rumor was true. > > That still does not mean that their customer service will automatically be > stellar (look at AT&T!), but you should be able to understand what they’re > saying. (Well, unless they’re from Pittsburgh, any Pennsylvania Dutch > community or quite a few places in New England.) > > > Router update: > > I put a software router (PFSense) on a virtual machine (with VMWare) on one > of the computers in my closet and (after getting the firewall rules tweaked > just right) now I get up to the full 200 Mbps that my service level promises. > I test it several times a day and once yesterday it even got MORE than 200 > Mbps. I’m thoroughly satisfied. > > The problems I had before not being able to get my full bandwidth were > entirely the fault of an underpowered router. > > [On a TOTALLY unrelated note: I happen to have a used router for sale!] > > ::-) > > j > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > jonat...@fletcherdata.com > > Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group > Next Meeting: 6/28/16 > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>