[GLLUG] Alright, I've had it with Comcast....

[Jason L. Froebe]

I've seen several wow trucks in Lansing on the way to work.  you may want
to double check availability with them.
On Mar 30, 2013 10:44 PM, "Peter Smith" <psmith.gllug at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, looks like I'm about 8000 yards from the CO, 1.5 miles...either just
> before, or just after, the cut off in performance. Unless someone pops up
> and tells me they run an ISP here in town, I think I'll grab 2 years of
> ACD. Thanks for the opinions, and feel free to keep 'em coming, I'm out of
> town, can't really get moving on this till Monday.
>
> As for my Comcast service, I'm not too disappointed in it in general.
> 3mbit down, 1mbit down, mostly up service. Just been sucking recently. Hrm.
> Mebbe I should talk to a friend of mine in JAX who is a Comcast rep of some
> sort. :) See if there's any way to keep a forward on my email for a bit. :)
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Peter Christenson <pac1.mi at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I would check to see how far away from the head-end for any DSL services
>> first, but as far as it goes I was pleased with ACD's service, although
>> full disclosure, I'm not currently able to use them because I'm outside the
>> distance of usable DSL.
>>
>> I don't believe that WOW is in Lansing at this time, however I know that
>> in mid Michigan they took over broadstripe, so they may have some work on
>> there hands before they are as good in Chicago.... but I don't have there
>> service ether. I'm stuck with comcast until I can find something better.
>>
>> Peter.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Jason L. Froebe <jason.froebe at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> no idea about acd but I had wow in downtown Chicago and was very happy
>>> with them
>>>
>>> Jason
>>> On Mar 29, 2013 4:34 PM, "Peter Smith" <psmith.gllug at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, when I told them 'I don't want your crappy basic digital cable that
>>>> I can't use', they dropped my rate to $70 a month, but then they cancelled
>>>> my 400 yard change of service without telling me. So after waiting all day,
>>>> I rescheduled it that night, to a week from then...tomorrrow. Now I find
>>>> not only have they rescheduled me from tomorrow to next Thursday, but
>>>> apparently they also want a deposit. WTF? After at least 8 years of being
>>>> their customer? My payments weren't THAT bad!
>>>>
>>>> Anyhow, who should I switch to for service in the Penn/496 area? I
>>>> detest AT&T, which is all I seem to see when I poke around at places like
>>>> movearoo.com. How's ACD.net? I've already got pricing from them, and
>>>> I'm fine with DSL. Is there any other local provider friendly to us that I
>>>> can use? And get ASAP? I'm starting to twitch in my new house without
>>>> access!
>>>>
>>>> -- Peter Smith
>>>>
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