Comcast upgrading webspace
- Thread starter Teegate
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Comcast, Time Warner,etc all blow away my cable provider. Cablevision doesn't give us any webspace with their internet, it costs extra.
Their Optimum Online is a joke, I get DL speeds of 1-2mbps and UL is half that. And many web sites are blocked, since their DNS has problems resolving addresses. And lets not forget about all that email that the server "loses".
We have the worst cable company in the nation here on Long Island. Verizon's Fios can't come soon enough, I cant deal with cablevision much longer. Right now I can get Direct TV, Verizon DSL and phone for $99 a month, I was gonna wait for Fios but I dunno how much longer I can deal with Cablevision. Also they dont carry alot of channels like BBC America,etc.
Did I mention the frozen pictures on the TV? The technician says the wires are bad in my area and the nearest fiber is 10 blocks away. And I live in overdeveloped Nassau county!
We also have News 12 which is a joke. Won't miss it one bit when I leave CV. They can take their loony stories and even loonier ideology and stick it up their well....:jeffd:
Well you can see I'm no fan of Dolanvision....:v:
Their Optimum Online is a joke, I get DL speeds of 1-2mbps and UL is half that. And many web sites are blocked, since their DNS has problems resolving addresses. And lets not forget about all that email that the server "loses".
We have the worst cable company in the nation here on Long Island. Verizon's Fios can't come soon enough, I cant deal with cablevision much longer. Right now I can get Direct TV, Verizon DSL and phone for $99 a month, I was gonna wait for Fios but I dunno how much longer I can deal with Cablevision. Also they dont carry alot of channels like BBC America,etc.
Did I mention the frozen pictures on the TV? The technician says the wires are bad in my area and the nearest fiber is 10 blocks away. And I live in overdeveloped Nassau county!
We also have News 12 which is a joke. Won't miss it one bit when I leave CV. They can take their loony stories and even loonier ideology and stick it up their well....:jeffd:
Well you can see I'm no fan of Dolanvision....:v:
Yeah that's a good deal. The main improvement we have had with Cablevision recently is Music Choice making long overdue changes to the channel line-up. The formats sound great now.
We still don't have Music Choice On Demand which Comcast does. If we had Comcast or TW I prob wouldn't even think about Fios, but CV is just sooo behind the other cable companies.
I just switched from Comcast to Verizon Fios TV because of $$. (we save about $50 a month because of the package deal we now get). While nothing beats Comcast for content, (their On Demand is just awesome), Fios is pretty good and will only get better. I recommend it. 
Hi,
Have to speak out as a newer employee of Comcast. The internet for Fios may be faster (for now, 2 years down the road, DOCSIS 3 will be out and will trounce Fios by threefold easily), but if you wish to watch any Philadelphia sports teams, you're going to be out of luck. If that doesn't concern you, then it's probably not an issue. Just trying to alert those folks looking to jump over to Verizon for TV.
I had satellite for a year and wasn't able to catch any Flyers, Sixers, or Phillies games. It was painful.
Justin
Have to speak out as a newer employee of Comcast. The internet for Fios may be faster (for now, 2 years down the road, DOCSIS 3 will be out and will trounce Fios by threefold easily), but if you wish to watch any Philadelphia sports teams, you're going to be out of luck. If that doesn't concern you, then it's probably not an issue. Just trying to alert those folks looking to jump over to Verizon for TV.
I had satellite for a year and wasn't able to catch any Flyers, Sixers, or Phillies games. It was painful.
Justin
Verizon DSL only gives you 10MB webspace with a regular account, although I'm not really using it for much. You can purchase another 500MB for $10/mo. But IIRC, it's $40/month for Comcast internet and $25/mo for Verizon DSL so the difference isn't all that much in the end.
I had Comcast in Medford for a number of years and was always really happy. The technicians I dealt with were knowledgeable and very nice. When I moved to my house in Medford they had to run 350' of wire from the road which they did really quickly, joking around with me while they worked.
But people seem to either love or hate them, guess it has to do with your location and the specific people you come in contact with. I can't get cable where I am now, and couldn't even get DSL when I moved. I spent 6 months with a Hughesnet satellite dish for internet. All things considered, it worked well and was pretty fast but the satellite latency (delay between clicking on something and seeing the effect) drove me crazy.
FIOS became available in Medford a couple months before I moved away. I seriously doubt it will ever come to me now, there just aren't enough homes and they're scattered very far apart.
But if you just want a bunch of webspace you might want to check out OLM.net. For $6.95/month you can have 5GB with 50 gb bandwidth, 500 e-mail accounts and lots of other stuff. I've had several sites with them for a number of years and have no complaints. See: http://olm.net/
I had Comcast in Medford for a number of years and was always really happy. The technicians I dealt with were knowledgeable and very nice. When I moved to my house in Medford they had to run 350' of wire from the road which they did really quickly, joking around with me while they worked.
But people seem to either love or hate them, guess it has to do with your location and the specific people you come in contact with. I can't get cable where I am now, and couldn't even get DSL when I moved. I spent 6 months with a Hughesnet satellite dish for internet. All things considered, it worked well and was pretty fast but the satellite latency (delay between clicking on something and seeing the effect) drove me crazy.
FIOS became available in Medford a couple months before I moved away. I seriously doubt it will ever come to me now, there just aren't enough homes and they're scattered very far apart.
But if you just want a bunch of webspace you might want to check out OLM.net. For $6.95/month you can have 5GB with 50 gb bandwidth, 500 e-mail accounts and lots of other stuff. I've had several sites with them for a number of years and have no complaints. See: http://olm.net/
I'm a happy Comcast triple-play subscriber. I don't use their webspace tools because I have a server elsewhere, but as far as television, net, and phone, they do a good job. My only complaint is the lack of a good and well-supported solution for PC/DCTV desktop integration via something like CableCard. Many of us for years have had analog-based tuner solutions in our computers, and with the switch to the digital lineup and Comcast's increasing tendency to encrypt QAM channels it's not really possible to get a full lineup on your PC anymore.
Comcast users,
If you don’t know it yet you now have a private folder on your webspace to store photo’s or files that only you have access to view. Search engines and such can’t access it.
Just log into your website and add files to the _private folder.
You should be asked a password. This is what everyone will see.
http://home.comcast.net/~teegate/_private/bog.jpg
Guy
If you don’t know it yet you now have a private folder on your webspace to store photo’s or files that only you have access to view. Search engines and such can’t access it.
Just log into your website and add files to the _private folder.
You should be asked a password. This is what everyone will see.
http://home.comcast.net/~teegate/_private/bog.jpg
Guy