Who's best for cable and internet?
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I'm just passing on residential stuff as I find out about it...I normally don't work on that side of the biz.
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Trafik Jamz;297631 wrote:
by slow DirectTV I assume you mean their internet?Slow internet is a whole other story for me, that's Alltel's deal though. The Direct Tv is slow by pushing a button on the remote then changing the channel five to ten seconds later, same thing with any other remote functions. We've had six different receivers over the last couple months and it started scrambling and even lose sound or keep sound going but the picture pauses. They said it is just slow because how many new customers have came on lately.
Trafik Jamz;297633 wrote:
Just got word of another promo we have going on (sorry for turning this into a commercial) but right now if you have our internet service AND DirectTV/Dish through us, we will knock an additional $15/month off your internet bill....so in reality you could have (up to...depending on location) 10mbps/2mbps for $14.99 if you sign up for DTV/Dish with us at regular price.....AND there is no setup fee for bundled packages like that.I'm not sure if the wife signed a contract, I'll found out and since I need better internet this sounds like a pretty good deal.
Do you know the locations of where does/ does not get the 10mbps? -
Bookem;297640 wrote:
Slow internet is a whole other story for me, that's Alltel's deal though. The Direct Tv is slow by pushing a button on the remote then changing the channel five to ten seconds later, same thing with any other remote functions. We've had six different receivers over the last couple months and it started scrambling and even lose sound or keep sound going but the picture pauses. They said it is just slow because how many new customers have came on lately.I'm not sure if the wife signed a contract, I'll found out and since I need better internet this sounds like a pretty good deal.
Do you know the locations of where does/ does not get the 10mbps?Ok...the slow button issue:
*Press the reset button on receiver (behind door that hides the access card in front of receiver)
*When you get the startup screen press [0 2 4 6 8] and it will force the DL of the newest patch for the receiver...this will take a few minutes to completeIf you are still getting scrambling, I'd say it is due to a poorly aimed dish or bad LNB, I think I've lost TV for a total of 30 seconds in the past year and that was during a blizzard, other than that...flawless. Do you have a SWM LNB (Single Wire Multiswitch....meaning single wire coming off the dish to the house)? If so, how long have you had it? Last year there was an issue with the SWM's that would cause them to become inoperable in cold weather (-13* was the magic number). Apparently the new SWM's don't have this issue, so you might want to look into that.
As for DSL, shoot me a PM with your address...I can look it up
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Trafik Jamz;297657 wrote:
Ok...the slow button issue:
*Press the reset button on receiver (behind door that hides the access card in front of receiver)
*When you get the startup screen press [0 2 4 6 8] and it will force the DL of the newest patch for the receiver...this will take a few minutes to completeIf you are still getting scrambling, I'd say it is due to a poorly aimed dish or bad LNB, I think I've lost TV for a total of 30 seconds in the past year and that was during a blizzard, other than that...flawless. Do you have a SWM LNB (Single Wire Multiswitch....meaning single wire coming off the dish to the house)? If so, how long have you had it? Last year there was an issue with the SWM's that would cause them to become inoperable in cold weather (-13* was the magic number). Apparently the new SWM's don't have this issue, so you might want to look into that.
As for DSL, shoot me a PM with your address...I can look it up
I'll give that reset a try again, did that about a month ago. All equipment/ wiring are less than three months old, last place we were at was just as slow. There are two coax coming into the house, I don't have hd so it has the extra coax for dvr (so I'm told that's what it is for). I'll pm my address, with more work at home I'll need faster internet in the near future. This is from IdeaOne's test, at peak times, normally faster.
Last Result:
Download Speed: 268 kbps (33.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 79 kbps (9.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 182 ms
Monday, January 04, 2010 7:50:05 PM -
Do you have IdeaOne (or really any DSL) now for internet? If so, get Midco in Moorhead. We really can't compete there yet...though it sounds like we will be pulling fiber for Concordia and MSUM in the next year...once we are across the river w/ our own facilities we should start expanding rapidly.
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SmitEvo;297704 wrote:
Cable one sucks balls...nice bundles that they have. Who wants their phone service anyways? No promos right now and paying 130 a month for internet 3mb and tv w dvr. Please midcontinent come to osgood.Cable One still has 3mbit internet service? Wow.... Do they still slow it down if you download a certain amount in a day?
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MisterCMK;297712 wrote:
Cable One still has 3mbit internet service? Wow.... Do they still slow it down if you download a certain amount in a day?Actually, they don't 'really' have a 3MB service. They bumped the 3MB to 5MB for the same price - but you have to actually tell them you want the 5MB service (they won't automatically bump you). I found this out (and switched) when I moved down to Osgood this summer.
And yes, they still have the bandwidth limits...
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SmitEvo;297704 wrote:
Cable one sucks balls...nice bundles that they have. Who wants their phone service anyways? No promos right now and paying 130 a month for internet 3mb and tv w dvr. Please midcontinent come to osgood.Osgood can be served very easily with Ideaone....what's your address there and I'll let you know the speeds you can get.
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DelSlow;297711 wrote:
Same. Please let me know when yours changes.Im ***SO ***sick and tired of paying $1XX for 'meh' internet and basic cable.
seriously? i get 5mb internatz, every movie channel cable one will give you, two dvr's and a cable modem for 150/mo.
Kossick;297722 wrote:
Yikes, Right now I have midco and for the first 12 months i'm paying $99 for 15mbps, house phone line and HD dvr with HBO package
(goes up to like $119 after 12 months but still not bad at all)what is a house phone line? people have those?
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TJ - since you're a business guy, what are you provisioning to business customers? Anything with a CIR? Anyone doing SDSL in town? What about PRIs? Are you giving anyone 10mbit or 100mbit drops? Do you do any kind of colocation? Again, what is your egress situation?
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Yes, we have several CIR's set up, actually I just sold one yesterday.
As for SDSL, I've not seen it in our sales books, but if it is something that you are interested in having, we certainly can look into it.
We have one customer on a gigabit drop and a fair amount doing 100mbs DL and 20mbs UL speeds.
Yes, we offer colocation services and disaster recovery services. Here is the info on our colocation setup:
http://ideaone.com/business/colocation.aspxFacility
* Concrete enclosed facility * Rated to withstand an F3 Tornado * Fire suppression system * 24/7 Access 365 days a year * Diverse path/dual power feed * Generator Backup * DC Power/AC UPS and AC commercial power available * 30 ton AC with backup expandable up to 60 tons * Front and back 4 digit combination lock on cabinets * Loading Dock-oversized entryways * Security lockers– 3 sizes for offsite storageNetwork
* Diverse path dual fiber entrances * All current/future services available * Metro Ethernet * OCX * POTS * DS1 * DS3Monitoring
* 24/7 security monitoring indoor and out doors * Card key access system * Power distribution monitoring * Temperature and water monitoring * Co-Location solutionsCabinets
Standard Configuration* 36" Cabinets * 6 Fiber pre-terminated connections * 8 Copper pre-terminated connections * 20 AMP Circuit AC Commercial * 20 AMP AC UPS CircuitAdditional Options
* 42" Cabinets * KVM ConnectionNetwork MonitoringLittle 360* view if you are interested in taking a look. Keep in mind that is just our Colocation space, we also have an IT Hotel space as well.
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