Mediacom bill

[DD]

Thanks for all the feedback. Little did I know that everything would go CRASH today! Got Mr. Kitty off to the airport and came back to find lots of red crosses on my whatchamacallit....the little picture things on the bottom of the screen? Anyway, I called Mr. K and did the turn off and unplugged dance. Then called Mediacom and got a really nice person to help. I had an internet connection, but the Linksys was messed up. So, I took a deep breath and called them... held for about 30 minutes and then got an angel in the Phillipines. An hour and 15 minutes later I have rebuilt this computer!!!! I don't think a tech person has laughed so much in their career. Can you imagine working with me...unplugging and IP addressing??? That's all...thanks for listening!

Oh the mental picture! Miss Kitty, I'da paid money to see and hear this phone call!! Glad you got up and running again!!

 

[Miss Kitty]

Oh the mental picture! Miss Kitty, I'da paid money to see and hear this phone call!! Glad you got up and running again!!

...she was laughing and praying along with me! Luckily her shift was almost over. Mr. Kitty is awfully proud of me. I think you are, too!!! :clap_1:

 

[Here4Good]

Thanks for all of the information! I think I will wait until Embarq has the higher speed available and then try it. Mediacom has too many outages, and when I found out that they have a single point of failure for the entire network in the Panhandle (and that point is in Valdosta, Georgia) I knew the uptime wasn't going to get any better.

We've had them out to the house three times now to try to get rid of the "snow" on channels 2-4, and it's kinda fixed. For $50 a month for digital cable, though, I really want a decent picture on the major channels with no snow. They tell me that's just the way it is around here, because the lower channels are still analog.

I have to laugh, then, when they try to sell me phone service - I am imagining picking up my phone and asking Sara to get me Juanita down at the diner.

Their technology is not exactly cutting edge.

 

[ShallowsNole]

Last week, an Embarq rep told my husband that we could get DSL. He was absolutely sure of it. Their web site also indicates that we can. This, after 2+ years of pestering Sprint, looking for something better than dial-up, then waiting for someone that was supposedly putting in wireless service (glad I didn't hold my breath), and finally having WildBlue installed for satellite internet in June. I'm iffy on the satellite; often pictures don't display as they should...but it is MUCH better than the dialup we had, except it doesn't work when it is raining.

So, can anybody else on the east end of E. Point Washington Road, or in the Point itself, get DSL?
I'm under a contract with Wildblue, but for future reference...

 

[kathydwells]

...she was laughing and praying along with me! Luckily her shift was almost over. Mr. Kitty is awfully proud of me. I think you are, too!!! :clap_1:

I am very proud of the Kitty as well. I would have paid good money to this comedy act! I am sure if you were involved it was hysterical. And to think technology was involved in it.

 

[ecopal]

I live on 30A and this is what I was told regarding internet service:

mchsi
3mbps $35
5mpbs $56


embarq
1.5m $25
3m $35 not available yet
5m $45 not avalable yet

to test your speed go to:

www.2wire.com

http://www.freespeedtest.com/?xcmpx=2440

 

[Bobby J]

Is the speed of the internet as fast with Embarq as it is with MediaCom?

SJ,
My experiance with what we do is I could not operate with Embarq. I was going to leave my office if they did not switch to a faster service. If you upload alot of pics nad are generally doing Real Estate "stuff" the speed of Mediacom is much faster. Hope you are well.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I live on 30A and this is what I was told regarding internet service:

mchsi
3mbps $35
5mpbs $56


embarq
1.5m $25
3m $35 not available yet
5m $45 not avalable yet

to test your speed go to:

www.2wire.com

http://www.freespeedtest.com/?xcmpx=2440

I just went to 2wire.com and ran two speed checks. The first time it listed my speed as 17.27 and the second time as 28.44Mbps. Right now, my internet speed is a little slow compared to usual. So I don't understand. Is this really supposed to be reading 2.84 Mbps? (I am on mchsi)

 

[ecopal]

http://www.2wire.com/

my mchsi test-2.23 Mbps

this measures tests how fast your computer can load a Web page from the 2Wire Website. It does not measure the speed of your ISP connection, but rather the speed at which the page is received and appears in your browser.

 

[Here4Good]

SJ,
My experiance with what we do is I could not operate with Embarq. I was going to leave my office if they did not switch to a faster service. If you upload alot of pics nad are generally doing Real Estate "stuff" the speed of Mediacom is much faster. Hope you are well.

This is great stuff - the real life experiences!

Sounds like Embarq isn't quite ready for prime time yet.