On 2/23/06, Brian Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
Nope, residential neighborhood in West Provo (out near the boat harbor). > 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... True the IP's don't change too often, but almost doesn't cut it for some things. I have some business and personal needs where I need to have a static IP that doesn't ever change without me having advance notice. > 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. Comcast has definitely responded to the competition well. They came around our neighborhood twice last year giving all existing (and new) subscribers discounted rates "for a year." That's cool, especially since I don't currently have an alternative anyway. I would like to see this same "free market" in ISP's on iProvo. Giving a virtual monopoly to two ISP's with poor reputations for service is just bad business. Comcast has been fairly stable for us until last fall. Since then I've experienced intermittent laggy/lossy service, and a bunch of periods of down-time, though the down-time has only really been happening with any frequency starting a few weeks ago. ~ Nathan -------------------- 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
