Nathan scribbled on Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:26 PM:
> I've had reliability problems with Comcast at my house, and I don't > get a static IP address or decent upload speed. I'd like to host my > own servers for various purposes, which is why I've been looking > forward to iProvo (decent bandwidth, static IP's, decent prices). I > hope they get their act together. I wonder. Are you in a high use area for comcast (like an apartment complex)? I have comcast at my parents house (Taylorsville, Utah- pretty low use area) and have had it since [EMAIL PROTECTED] days (second family in the neighborhood to get it). I consistently pull 700-900 KB/s to mirrors.kernel.org and have had a disconnection of service twice in the past 18 months. The first disconnection is because my brother moved the billing to his credit card and they shut the service off about an hour after he got off the phone with them. He had already been ranting at a supervisor for the billing departments shortcomings so he hopped back on the phone and was told by a customer service guy that it would be 3 days for second level to reinstate the service. He turned red, asked for the original supervisor he was talking to. She was super apologetic and said she would handle it. Service was back on in about 25 minutes. The next was when they upped the service from 450KB/s to the current rate and our old modem wasn't compatible. I didn't complain. They replaced the modem (we lease) and we were back online with ALMOST double speed. In 18 months I have had two different ip addresses (this latest for 12 months now). I know they don't claim static ip addresses but 12 months is ALMOST static... About the best thing I have seen come out of iProvo/UTOPIA is that they are giving comcast competition. I don't mean to start any political debates, but if you are wondering if a free market works, just ask any comcast users who are in areas serviced by iProvo. Brian -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
