GBockhaut
join:2002-05-10
Ingleside, IL
|  Northern Illinois cable update! Don't get DSL
My cable insider just got word that the AT&T / Comcast transition includes an aggressive upgrade plan for Northern Illinois! Goals are to use contractors and In house to complete 90% of the rebuilds by END of 2003!
I'm told the orders for equipment have been placed and the labor ramp up is underway! Yippeeeeee!
I would have liked DSL, but cable is much better. I can't wait for July ( the eta on Fox Lake, IL )
Go Comcast! |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
|  I'll dance naked at noon at the Hinsdale Oasis if they get cable modems here by the end of this year. No freaking way. They've been telling that lie since 1999. First TCI, then AT&T and now Comcast. They have to. Otherwise the money men would beat them silly. |
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NordicPC
Premium
join:2002-07-21
South Elgin, IL
| reply to GBockhaut
I'll probably give it a try as well if my DSL speeds don't come back in line with what they were. Most likely in June when my current $29.95 deal expires.
Good luck getting broadband!
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NordicPC
Premium
join:2002-07-21
South Elgin, IL | reply to RadioDoc
Very good points but then if WOW could do it with the ANM system I can believe Comcast can do just as well. |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI
| reply to GBockhaut
said by GBockhaut  :
Goals are to use contractors and In house to complete 90% of the rebuilds by END of 2003!
Go Comcast!
I hope it doesn't fizzle out like Project Pronto. 
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mrgeek
Premium
join:2002-12-13
Dundee, IL
clubs: | reply to RadioDoc
I don't know what would be better........a cable modem or Doc dancing............. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to NordicPC
You should see the crap installed around here. WOW at least started with a HFC system designed to work with cable modems. We barely have cable TV let alone "added" services. |
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jmichna
Premium
join:2001-02-14
Skokie, IL
clubs:
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said by mrgeek :
I don't know what would be better........a cable modem or Doc dancing.............
My vote... Doc dancing... hell, I'd pay to see that! |
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misiek
join:2000-12-25
Round Lake, IL | reply to GBockhaut
Cable company delivering on promises? - I'll believe it when I see it. 
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WSoxRock
Go Sox
join:2000-10-10
Lake Villa, IL
clubs:
 ·Comcast
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to GBockhaut
I'll probably be dancing with ya. Had a tech over because we were having some problems with cable tv and was asking the tech when we are getting the upgrades. Said they are just finishing up McHenry and Crystal Lake is next.:)
Got a message on cable box this morning referencing the upgrades. So looks like it just might happen.:) Been waiting to get the HDTV since we just bought a new HDTV. Tech also said that they have until end of 2003 to finish upgrades or face some major fines.
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Cat
Premium
join:2002-08-12
Indianapolis, IN
| reply to GBockhaut
And on another note, news here is that Time Warner and Comcast are going to be raising their rates later this year. I guess that means you get cable for Internet service but your going to pay for it on the television side of it. Just not worth it to me. |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | reply to GBockhaut
Isn't cable worse because it experiences peak period slow downs? Also I tend to see a higher ping off of them. I love the fact that DSL bandwidth is always there and my pings are 30ms. |
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jay6082
join:2002-10-16
Crown Point, IN
| reply to GBockhaut
With the Comcrap and AT&T merger, there were promises made to the towns that should have been rebuilt when @home and Mediaone Express were around. These towns have finally had enough and if upgrades are not completed, the towns are fining them and then saying good bye. Crown Point is one of these towns.
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Affirm,
The only reason that you see the things you do is because proper maintnance is not done to the systems. On a Cisco DOCSIS Router there should be no more than like 200 people (to that Node) AT&T was putting between 300 and 400 on a node. (ex. Downers Grove, and Hinsdale, IL areas.)
[text was edited by author 2003-01-24 01:03:40] |
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whymeintrouble
Premium
join:2001-06-20
Woodridge, IL | reply to RadioDoc
this is THE MOST SCARY thing I've ever heard of...please no naked dancing RD |
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josephjoe
join:2002-09-08
Chicago, IL
| reply to GBockhaut
As far as the "Northern Illinois" upgrade did they say they would upgrade all areas serviced by att/comcast? I am still waiting for them to upgrade my area(Chicago South Side) as well and i am waiting for WOW to turn on cable tv/internet. They are taking to long ive been waiting 4 yrs for cable internet. I love dsl though
[text was edited by author 2003-01-24 02:27:57] |
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mkcruiser14
Premium
join:2002-07-20
Mchenry, IL | reply to GBockhaut
I have a buddy that works for AT&T he has been told not to look for broadband until 2005 fo Northern IL! |
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black flag
Home Is Where The Broadband Is
join:2002-11-17
Chicago, IL
| reply to josephjoe
Like Josephjoe, I've been waiting forever for internet from AT&T Cable, along with lies and nebulous timeframes
(soon!), as well as constant pleas for me to get their
local service (via parasitic forced relationship with SBC).
But I can;t get DSL either, along with half truths
(SBC is RAPIDLY expanding our DSL service in your area...), and no believable timeframes.
(Caveat: The SBC support folk who cruise here, and all the SBC folk that I work with are all top notch, cream of the crop, individuals. I have no beef with them, just with SBC Corp for leaving me out in the cold.)
AT&T may be coming soon, but I'll believe it when I see it.
Who ever gets here first, that's whose service I'm getting.
Either one is gonna be better than dialup.
If it's AT&T, I'll hold my nose with one hand while signing on the line with the other. If they offer me local service THROUGH THEIR OWN FACILITIES, then I'll take that too. |
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markjclark
join:2000-08-11
clubs:
| Yes I would like cable as well. But they need to fix everything here as well I get static on every channel above
3X. First they said it was inside so I rewired everything with the newest best stuff same problem. I wanted it new anyway just in case Cable internet comes a few years from now.
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs:
| reply to GBockhaut
This might shed some light as to why they are saying they are going to be doing some upgrading.
»Tri-Cities Broadband Intitiative
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Turboz
Computer Nut
join:2002-05-16
Cotopaxi, CO
| reply to insomniac84
said by insomniac84 :
Isn't cable worse because it experiences peak period slow downs? Also I tend to see a higher ping off of them. I love the fact that DSL bandwidth is always there and my pings are 30ms.
My brother has Millinium Cable internet and his connection is so unreliable that he often can't even play online games. His speeds vary constantly. Johnny down the street with his MP3 downloads and Mary with here porn camera... |
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