Cable Modem Help

On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 15:45:10 -0400, krw <krw@nowhere.com> wrote:


>About like the Direct TV droids who accost me in stores.  I tell them,
>loudly, that their service sucks so bad that even as bad as AT&T has
>been, it's worlds better than DTV.  ...and I get Netflix now.


What don't you like about Direct TV? I've been using them for the last
few months, and so far they've been fine.

On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 11:34:22 -0400, Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

>On 10/05/2016 02:55 AM, Andy wrote:
>> Seeing the problems you have faced i can understand why you get fed up with
>> the cable company.
>> Some states have no problems with speeds ect others seem to have no end to
>> them.
>>
>>
>In my neck of the woods Verizon can't find their keisters with two 
>hands, a map, radar etc., whereas Optimum is right on the ball.  We 
>soldiered on with V. for a long time despite hours spent in call 
>forwarding purgatory that never resolved anything, billing snafus, 
>clueless office droids, and an apparent total lack of communication 
>between their residental and commercial operations.  The only reason 
>that I did that was because I really wanted to keep the copper POTS for 
>use during blackouts.   I finally decided that I didn't trust an 
>operation that clueless to know how to run a legacy central office 
>battery system, so that the whole thing was sort of moot.
>
>In 5 years with Optimum I've had exactly one trouble.  Within half an 
>hour, they had somebody on my premises who actually knew what he was 
>doing, with an apprentice in tow learning the ropes.  Fifteen minutes 
>later they had it patched (reprovisioned somehow so that I had 25/5 Mbps 
>again) and the trouble outside was fixed the same day.  A couple of 
>times a year, V. sends salesmen to visit, and I try very hard to 
>restrain my impulse to greet them with howls of derisive laughter, not 
>totally successfully.
>
>Cheers
>
>Phil Hobbs

We have Suddenlink in Truckee, cable TV and internet, but there's an
ongoing problem:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/Truckee/Cable_Chewed.jpg

Squirrels eat the cables. That doesn't sound very appetizing to me.



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John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing   precision measurement 

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com

On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 16:29:23 -0700, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 15:45:10 -0400, krw <krw@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>
>>About like the Direct TV droids who accost me in stores.  I tell them,
>>loudly, that their service sucks so bad that even as bad as AT&T has
>>been, it's worlds better than DTV.  ...and I get Netflix now.
>
>
>What don't you like about Direct TV? I've been using them for the last
>few months, and so far they've been fine.

Dropout every time a cloud rolls by (not quite that bad, but...). They
promised that they could fix that but never did.  Surly
representatives.  Charging for the repair of *their* equipment. Cost.
There wasn't much to recommend them, other than they were the only
game in town (had similar issues with DISH at the previous house).

John Larkin wrote:
>
> We had AT&T DSL and phone service. The DSL was terrible and the phone
> was expensive. We got Comcast cable and DSL, and phone service is
> "free" but we had to rent the cable modem/phone box for something like
> $5 a month, a fraction of the cost of AT&T landline service. We use
> our own WiFi router. We kept our phone number and it works great.
>
> The Comcast data speed keeps going up. It's about 130 mbits now.

In the NYC area I can't seem to get any option for data without a phone 
line and its taxes.

You are right the sales man should be on youre side after all he or she is 
trying to make a sale.
I find the worst sales staff is at best buy in my area any ways and 
Wal-Mart.
its funny when you show them a print out off the company's own web site 
saying the features ect and they say oh well that must be the online model:)
now i just go find what i want and buy it.
but to be fair there are a lot of knowledgeable sales staff  in both stores 
to AT TIMES:)


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"FromTheRafters" <erratic@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message 
news:nt2taq$5tp$1@news.albasani.net...
> Same here, except I got a WiFi "SurfBoard" model.
>
> While I was at it, I had mentioned that a cable modem wasn't really a 
> modem after he asked me if I needed a modem. I had already given him that 
> "apprmodems list so they 
>>>> cant
>>>> refuse to support it:)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>   YES>>>Motorola makes almost all of the modems sold to Comcast (and 
>>> prolly Spectrum as well).
>>>   Model brand names vary,but they is the same beast, so if what you buy 
>>> on the net is the same exact brand and model that they use,then they 
>>> HAVE TO have it on their approved list; they cannot dis their own stuff.
>>>   $100 for your own modem and no $10/mo gives a 10 month ROI; no 
>>> brainer. 

Verizon is my area is wireless only now for about 10 years.
sold it's land line business to Fair Point Commutations.
I still use a POTS land line as time warner cable aka spectrum's digital 
phone service works 90% of the time the rest is system maintenance with no 
warnings.
or just goes down when it feels like it.
I told them when digital phone is 100% reliable like fair point's service is 
then we can talk.
I am looking at a deal from Verizon wireless for its version of digital 
phone for $19.95 a month unlimited use and FREE long distance.
its a phone modem like time warner cables BUT unlike timewarner cables it 
has a 5 Day BATTERY BACK UP built in.
twc does not seem to care its losing its subscribers to Verizon big time in 
Maine any way:)

the same day.  A couple of times 
> a year, V. sends salesmen to visit, and I try very hard to restrain my 
> impulse to greet them with howls of derisive laughter, not totally 
> successfully.
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil Hobbs
>
> -- 
> Dr Philip C D Hobbs
> Principal Consultant
> ElectroOptical Innovations LLC
> Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
>
> 160 North State Road #203
> Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
>
> hobbs at electrooptical dot net
> http://electrooptical.net 

I tell them NO THANKS my land lord DOES NOT ALLOW SATELLITE TV in his 
buildings:)
shuts them up fast.
I talked to one i feel bad for them they are paied well but are told to try 
to sell sell to every one that walks past them.
I could not do it 8 hours a day 5 days a week not for a service i don't 
believe in.


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"krw" <krw@nowhere.com> wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 11:34:22 -0400, Phil Hobbs
> <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
>
>>On 10/05/2016 02:55 AM, Andy wrote:
>>> Seeing the problems you have faced i can understand why you get fed up 
>>> with
>>> the cable company.
>>> Some states have no problems with speeds ect others seem to have no end 
>>> to
>>> them.
>>>
>>>
>>In my neck of the woods Verizon can't find their keisters with two
>>hands, a map, radar etc., whereas Optimum is right on the ball.  We
>>soldiered on with V. for a long time despite hours spent in call
>>forwarding purgatory that never resolved anything, billing snafus,
>>clueless office droids, and an apparent total lack of communication
>>between their residental and commercial operations.  The only reason
>>that I did that was because I really wanted to keep the copper POTS for
>>use during blackouts.   I finally decided that I didn't trust an
>>operation that clueless to know how to run a legacy central office
>>battery system, so that the whole thing was sort of moot.
>>
>>In 5 years with Optimum I've had exactly one trouble.  Within half an
>>hour, they had somebody on my premises who actually knew what he was
>>doing, with an apprentice in tow learning the ropes.  Fifteen minutes
>>later they had it patched (reprovisioned somehow so that I had 25/5 Mbps
>>again) and the trouble outside was fixed the same day.  A couple of
>>times a year, V. sends salesmen to visit, and I try very hard to
>>restrain my impulse to greet them with howls of derisive laughter, not
>>totally successfully.
>
> About like the Direct TV droids who accost me in stores.  I tell them,
> loudly, that their service sucks so bad that even as bad as AT&T has
> been, it's worlds better than DTV.  ...and I get Netflix now. 

Works fine in some areas ken.
in my area i hear complaints about them all the time.
one of my friends just dumped them for time warner cable and he gets the 
same channels and his digital phone and internet with more speed then direct 
TV for over 100 bucks less.


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"Ken Blake" <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote in message 
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On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 15:45:10 -0400, krw <krw@nowhere.com> wrote:


>About like the Direct TV droids who accost me in stores.  I tell them,
>loudly, that their service sucks so bad that even as bad as AT&T has
>been, it's worlds better than DTV.  ...and I get Netflix now.


What don't you like about Direct TV? I've been using them for the last
few months, and so far they've been fine. 

The second part of youre post Phil was not mine i was replying to the 
original poster
my post ends after the talk about channel bonding.
when you see the same hear that is the other posters reply to mine:)
I have a nice netgear wireless router but at present i don't use it.
when i get around to it ill hook it up and use for my lap top:)


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"Phil Hobbs" <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote in message 
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> On 10/05/2016 08:56 AM, FromTheRafters wrote:
>
>> After serious thinking Andy wrote :
>>> Exactly why i OWN my own modem.
>>> The day i got the notice in the mail about 2 or 3 years ago in Maine.
>>> I went out and bought my own Motorola modem off the approved list got
>>> the best one that DID NOT have wireless i don't use it .
>>> and love the savings and the speeds as they allow channel bonding in
>>> my area any ways so i get double the normal download speeds most of
>>> the time.
>>>> Same here, except I got a WiFi "SurfBoard" model.
>>
>> While I was at it, I had mentioned that a cable modem wasn't really a
>> modem after he asked me if I needed a modem. I had already given him
>> that "approved" list provided by Time Warner Cable for compatibility
>> with their system. They, of course, call them all cable modems.
>>
>> He argued with me! Right or wrong, salesmen shouldn't argue with
>> customers. Cable modems have more in common with TV transceivers than
>> they do with modems. I asked him if a smartphone was a modem, and he
>> said no.
>
> You run WiFi right off your cable modem?  With no separate firewall?   I 
> expect your other hobbies are bungee jumping, motorcycle racing, and 
> free-climbing, right?
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil Hobbs
>
> -- 
> Dr Philip C D Hobbs
> Principal Consultant
> ElectroOptical Innovations LLC
> Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
>
> 160 North State Road #203
> Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
>
> hobbs at electrooptical dot net
> http://electrooptical.net 

Andy pretended :
> You are right the sales man should be on youre side after all he or she is 
> trying to make a sale.
> I find the worst sales staff is at best buy in my area any ways and Wal-Mart.
> its funny when you show them a print out off the company's own web site 
> saying the features ect and they say oh well that must be the online model:)
> now i just go find what i want and buy it.
> but to be fair there are a lot of knowledgeable sales staff  in both stores 
> to AT TIMES:)

That experience was at "Staples" which I already knew were less than 
completely savvy. They were pretty helpful on the sales end though. I 
was a bit surprised when the saleman told us on the 'down low' that we 
could get the warranty and if the computer broke, even trivially, we 
could run it over with our car and they would completely replace it 
with no questions asked.

Could I get that in writing? LOL