[brlug-general] Cox prepares to suck more.

[James Kuhns]

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: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf
Of Jonathan Kulp
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:41 PM
To: general at brlug.net
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 $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our Broadband future was stolen.
> 
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Will Hill <williamhill2 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> Shame on you for insults and false choices.  I expect Cox to allocate
>> bandwith
>> for the job, not invest in filters that degrade service.  Every dollar
>> spent
>> on racks of filters is an infrastructure dollar wasted.  I also expect
Cox
>> to
>> do their part in shutting down W32 botnets.  I want Japanese network
>> quality
>> and pricing.  That way, I get my video phone and my neighbor gets his
>> movie.
>> What I'm getting instead looks more like dial up every day because of
>> problems inflicted by M$ 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.
>>
>>


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Jonathan Kulp
http://www.jonathankulp.com

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