Topic 'Re: Great' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22323455 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:26:53 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:26:53 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22657802
The good thing is that now Comcast will keep NFL, and in SEPT, anyone who has above Digital Starter cable (Digital Classic/preffered) will recieve NFL NETWORK, ESPNU and ESPN360 online.

Also, per the other networks, NBA TV, NHL NETWORK.

Wooya! September '09]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22657802 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:04:27 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22389697 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22389697 Thu, 14 May 2009 15:46:34 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22328434 said by sturmvogel:

Because the combination actually works. Which one would you have: spend less money for garbage that does not work or spend a bit more and have good service ? Sorry to burst your bubble. I save about $50 a month getting all there services through my cable company. Best of all? The service is FANTASTIC. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22328434 Sat, 02 May 2009 09:16:07 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22327885 said by damonlab:

said by caco:

"freeing up bandwidth for DOCSIS 3.0"
What does Docsis 3 matter when they don't take full advantage of Docsis 1?

Docsis 1 is capable of 38 Mbit/s down and 9 Mbit/s up.
after overhead its closer to 29mbps down and 4.6mbps up/node.
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SAT doesn't go out when is rains or snows hard. I was in hurricane Katrina and the satellite tv lasted a lot longer than the cable tv. It only went down when the wind blew down the dish.
Rubbish. You do not understand the concepts of electrical-magnetic radiation or wave lengths.

Lightning and Thunder generates a magnetic field that interferes with the radio waves which also generates a magnetic field to propel itself as motion - this is a basic property of the motion of photons or light propulsion. (Regardless of frequency) that the satellite are transmitting to your "Node" (receiver). You will see latency as well as interference when that happens. If you say no then you are a liar.

Clouds and other atmospheric properties will hinder the integrity and speed of the radio waves as well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22327742 Sat, 02 May 2009 00:59:40 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22327544 said by jjeffeory:

SAT doesn't go out when is rains or snows hard. I was in hurricane Katrina and the satellite tv lasted a lot longer than the cable tv. It only went down when the wind blew down the dish.
Cable only goes out in a storm if a line comes down. This is no differant then if a dish comes down during a storm. Surprise surprise BOTH issues are not the fault of the providers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22327544 Fri, 01 May 2009 23:51:36 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325903 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325903 Fri, 01 May 2009 19:00:01 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22326132 said by MTBikerChris:

said by jjeffeory:

SAT doesn't go out when is rains or snows hard. I was in hurricane Katrina and the satellite tv lasted a lot longer than the cable tv. It only went down when the wind blew down the dish.
Hmmm Yes it does and i know this is Fact..We lost it when we had Tropical Storm Allison in Houston and also with the Heavy Snow wet snow we had 2 weeks ago here in Denver.
I should have said SAT doesn't ALWAYS go out under those circumstances. Maybe your dish isn't pointed correctly or peaked appropriately? Of course, the big dishes that the cable companies use can go out under these certain circumstances as well. You're right, I shouldn't use sweeping generalizations. I'd be sure and check that your dish is properly installed though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22326132 Fri, 01 May 2009 18:40:15 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325674 said by jjeffeory:

SAT doesn't go out when is rains or snows hard. I was in hurricane Katrina and the satellite tv lasted a lot longer than the cable tv. It only went down when the wind blew down the dish.
Hmmm Yes it does and i know this is Fact..We lost it when we had Tropical Storm Allison in Houston and also with the Heavy Snow wet snow we had 2 weeks ago here in Denver.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325674 Fri, 01 May 2009 16:56:00 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325646 said by damonlab:

What does Docsis 3 matter when they don't take full advantage of Docsis 1?

Docsis 1 is capable of 38 Mbit/s down and 9 Mbit/s up... per shared segment.

6 mbps out of 38mbps shared is quite a bit different from 12mbps they are allocated into 152mbps shared with DOCSIS 3.0 4-channel bonding.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325646 Fri, 01 May 2009 16:50:59 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325604 said by MTBikerChris:

SAT Blows when it rains or snows hard it will go outOnly if your installer used 1) a dish too small for your region or 2) were too lazy to peak the dish appropriately.

Signal fade should be very rare on DBS installations.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325604 Fri, 01 May 2009 16:42:03 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325200
Try putting more than about 16/2 on a DOCSIS 1.1 line and you're asking for trouble.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325200 Fri, 01 May 2009 15:24:34 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325017 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22325017 Fri, 01 May 2009 14:48:48 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324939 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324939 Fri, 01 May 2009 14:37:21 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324569 said by sturmvogel:

said by sharksfan3:

said by DarkLogix:

I get your point I just wish people would see the light and get Sat TV, cable internet, and pots phone

I know it won't happen though
Please explain how having a combination of sat tv, cable internet, and a pots phone is seeing the light? Sounds like you are wasting money.
Because the combination actually works. Which one would you have: spend less money for garbage that does not work or spend a bit more and have good service ?

1. Cable Internet. Fastest speed, works well after 10+ service calls and avoiding the "generous" caps. (no DSL available)

2. Sat TV. Cheaper, better quality HDTV, no weirdness with digital tuners not working for various reasons (operator forgot to enter ID/subscription whatever into system, constantly needs to reauthorize at weird times and cannot due to poor cable, operator changes for no reason, etc) annoyances.

3. POTS. Works, not dependent on weird similar operator issues as #2, true emergency dialing, no fade outs / drops whatever.

If I could get DSL, I would drop CC's HSI/TV in a second. Never used their phone and am considering dropping TV and subscribing to satellite soon, even if it was TWICE as expensive, just since am so tired of CC.
Sounds like you have a specific beef with ONE provider in one specific market. To claim that that paradigm is bad across the board is silly. I have FiOS for everything. My internet is awesome - 20/5 service, with no caps, no throttling, and no slow periods. Their TV service has the best PQ I've seen, with 109 (and counting) HD channels available in my market, and their phone service is still traditional POTS (even though it's now delivered over fiber instead of copper).

As for DBS being cheaper - not for me it isn't. Even if I didn't bundle, I'd be saving money over an equivalent setup with DirecTV - I know, because I came from DirecTV.

In terms of Comcast - what makes them profitable is the fact that they're able to bundle. Those triple-plays are extremely popular. Think there's a reason that DirecTV, e.g., is considering starting up a wireless phone service? Can't imagine why they'd want to do that... unless so they can also jump on that bandwagon of being able to provide bundled services.

If Comcast made the jump just to HSI, they would lose money - they couldn't sustain their current business with just HSI - I don't care how fast their service would be. And because they'd only provide one service, they'd lose the ability to attract people in by offering bundled services - you know, one of the enticements that they've used to grow their business so successfully. Which means that their HSI would be more expensive. Which means that they would likely LOSE customers to those services that did provide bundling. At the end of the day it would be, like I said, totally suicidal for Comcast to do that. They're successful because their business model is working. By all means, let's totally mess with that model, to make it so they're not profitable. That'll work!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324569 Fri, 01 May 2009 13:29:59 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324089 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324089 Fri, 01 May 2009 13:19:00 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324491 said by DarkLogix:

I get your point I just wish people would see the light and get Sat TV, cable internet, and pots phone

I know it won't happen though
I think someone is smoking some thing.. Who wants a Pots line anyway? I have a cell and CCDV also SAT Blows when it rains or snows hard it will go out,But if you want he NFL package then sign up,No thanks i will wait for cable get it and that is in due time when the NFL wakes up..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324491 Fri, 01 May 2009 13:14:49 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324414 said by caco:

"freeing up bandwidth for DOCSIS 3.0"
What does Docsis 3 matter when they don't take full advantage of Docsis 1?

Docsis 1 is capable of 38 Mbit/s down and 9 Mbit/s up.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324414 Fri, 01 May 2009 13:02:03 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324405 said by sharksfan3:

said by DarkLogix:

I get your point I just wish people would see the light and get Sat TV, cable internet, and pots phone

I know it won't happen though
Please explain how having a combination of sat tv, cable internet, and a pots phone is seeing the light? Sounds like you are wasting money.
Because the combination actually works. Which one would you have: spend less money for garbage that does not work or spend a bit more and have good service ?

1. Cable Internet. Fastest speed, works well after 10+ service calls and avoiding the "generous" caps. (no DSL available)

2. Sat TV. Cheaper, better quality HDTV, no weirdness with digital tuners not working for various reasons (operator forgot to enter ID/subscription whatever into system, constantly needs to reauthorize at weird times and cannot due to poor cable, operator changes for no reason, etc) annoyances.

3. POTS. Works, not dependent on weird similar operator issues as #2, true emergency dialing, no fade outs / drops whatever.

If I could get DSL, I would drop CC's HSI/TV in a second. Never used their phone and am considering dropping TV and subscribing to satellite soon, even if it was TWICE as expensive, just since am so tired of CC.
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I get your point I just wish people would see the light and get Sat TV, cable internet, and pots phone

I know it won't happen though
Please explain how having a combination of sat tv, cable internet, and a pots phone is seeing the light? Sounds like you are wasting money.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324293 Fri, 01 May 2009 12:43:05 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324131 said by DarkLogix:

I get your point I just wish people would see the light and get Sat TV, cable internet, and pots phone

I know it won't happen though
See the light? What Comcast's numbers (as well as Verizon's and AT&T's) tell me is that bundling is very popular. No, it's not for everyone, but if you can save a few bucks per month by bundling your services, that's not a bad thing - and it would be suicidal for a service like Comcast to just become an ISP.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22324131 Fri, 01 May 2009 12:16:20 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22323917
I know it won't happen though]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22323917 Fri, 01 May 2009 11:31:46 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22323907 said by DarkLogix:

Ya I just don't care about their TV service
But they have over 24 million customers that do. Who do you think they will care about? You or them?
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Ya I guess you don't get my point
drop all channels and use the whole range for internet
the TV service isn't very good anyway

I get my VOD from the internet
I watch Directv for TV
I have no need for their TV service at all just for the coax that happens to be used for it

so upgrade the plant to 1GHz and use it all for internet
Yeah, that will happen. :huh:

They get 75% of their revenue from TV related products. The rest comes from voice & the internet.
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the TV service isn't very good anyway

I get my VOD from the internet
I watch Directv for TV
I have no need for their TV service at all just for the coax that happens to be used for it

so upgrade the plant to 1GHz and use it all for internet]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22323632 Fri, 01 May 2009 10:39:23 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22323552 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22323552 Fri, 01 May 2009 10:28:12 EDT Re: Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22323529
"freeing up bandwidth for DOCSIS 3.0"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-22323529 Fri, 01 May 2009 10:24:21 EDT Great http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Great-22323455 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Great-22323455 Fri, 01 May 2009 10:09:14 EDT