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<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 18:42:16 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Service Electric Cablevision - Breaking News</title>
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<description><![CDATA[My buddy just moved and transfered his service with SECV in Birdsboro, PA.

Now he already had his Motorola 6412 Phase 3 DVR with him, but while the guy was there installing in his new townhouse he upgraded his bedroom to a HD box, which happens to be a PACE box.  So far he loves the Pace box.

The Cable guy said by the end of May this year, they plan to be all digital and launch 40 new high definition channels!  That's right, 40 HD channels on top of the 30 they already have!  If this cable guy is right (hopefully he is, that will put Service Electric up to 70 HD channels!  Eat that Comcrap!  Never underestimate the little cable operators!

You know the other thing that makes me want to believe the tech was that an article in our local Reading Eagle newspaper stated that Service Electric will be migrating to an ALL DIGITAL service, where every TV will require a set top box.  You know how much bandwidth this frees???  Well they have about 77 Analog channels now, and they are a 750 MHz network pushing stuff past that to Ch 120.  Talk about the little operator that could!  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-01-25 23:54:40</pubDate>
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<title>(topic move) Interesting......</title>
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<pubDate>2008-05-20 23:36:41</pubDate>
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<title>30 day suspension from PenTeleData/Blue Ridge Communications</title>
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<description><![CDATA[read below is a copy of the email i received from my internet service provider stating that I'm going to be suspended for 30 day because of excessive usage 

 ;)could some one tell me ;) the usage that I'm using is it really excessive?? i have 5 computers hooked up with 2 voip phone lines thru vonage the kids like to play pogo and i like to watch movies thru netflix online streaming and on occasions i use echolink voip for amateur radio communications also. is our family excessive in usage??

we have the highest cable service they provide also with 15000 kb/s download and 1500 kb/s upload.

read the letter i received below from penteldata in Jim Thorpe PA

December 5, 2007
 
Dear Mr.  
 
RE: PTD ACCT #
 
Please read this critical system message from PenTeleData/Blue Ridge Communications regarding the excessive usage statistics that continue to be recorded for your residential cable Internet service. 
 
PenTeleData previously informed you about excessive bandwidth usage through your cable modem account.  
 
6/11/07 &#150; First notice for May &#146;07 usage sent &#150; 136.6 gigs down & 49 gigs up
8/6/07 &#150; Second notice for July &#145;07 usage sent &#150; 139.95 gigs down & 41.14 gigs up
11/7/07 &#150; Re-sent second notice for Oct &#146;07 usage &#150; 88.22 gigs down & 21.93 gigs up 
 
After careful analysis of recent usage data on your account, it was determined that your cable Internet account continues to consume bandwidth in excess of what is considered normal for the cable package that you are paying for.  We asked you to please review your computer system(s) and your usage patterns for any activity you thought might cause your account to exceed the acceptable usage totals.   We also asked that you sharply reduce the bandwidth utilization for your account or upgrade to a higher speed package.  Today, your cable Internet service account remains identified as utilizing an excessive amount of bandwidth. 
 
Your bandwidth utilization for the month of November &#145;07 was 91.56 gigs down & 25.34 gigs up.  As a result, on December 12, 2007, your Internet service with Blue Ridge Communications / PenTeleData will be suspended. The account will remain closed for a period of 30 days. If you would like to have your service reactivated in the future, you may contact your local Blue Ridge Communications office after (30 days) to request account reactivation.  
 
If you choose to reactivate your service after the 30 day suspension and you continue to use excessive bandwidth, your account will be terminated.
 
PenTeleData/Blue Ridge Communications
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<pubDate>2007-12-06 04:40:22</pubDate>
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<title>How do i find out who&#x27;s faster</title>
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<description><![CDATA[All of these companys touting there speed. I am in the New York City area. I just switched from RR to RCN RCN claims ther have faster speeds. Please how do i find out for sure who is faster? Thanks new to forum here!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-05-09 03:00:54</pubDate>
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<title>CableOne Caps, filed franchise complaint with City of Boise</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is my first post in these forums, but I have been using them to research the issue of the speed caps that CableOne has implemented.  I was put off by the fact that I was never informed of these caps, and that when I contacted CableOne about it, they just told me that everyone does it and at least we advertise our limits.

So. . .that being said I decided to file a complaint with the City of Boise (where I live) regarding CableOne's intrusive caps, and specifically the fact that they do a very poor job of making the limit information available to new customers, especially if you don't ask about it.

I will be interested to see what kind of response I get from CableOne, and I will post any updates as they come in.  I expect that I will be switching to Qwest DSL, but this is CableOne's only opportunity to redeem themselves.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-05-12 10:52:25</pubDate>
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<title>RG59 from street to RG6 in the house</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have an RG59 that enters my home and connects to a splitter. I would like to upgrage my 2 TV's and internet modem to a RG6 after the splitter. Is this acceptable and will there be any advantages to this?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-03-28 22:48:53</pubDate>
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