<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Derek Atkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:warlord@mit.edu">warlord@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
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> Having been a raving fan on Speakeasy for years, their latest corporate owner<br>
> is doing the deed I won't tolerate - dumping their fantastic, US based support<br>
> for an offshore unit.<br>
><br>
> So I recently jumped ship. Comcast business class is not available everywhere<br>
> (yet) but it's not much more than residential services and you get basically a<br>
> fat pipe and no restrictions other than don't be a spammer. They will nickle<br>
> and dime you to death on IP addresses ($5/mo for a single?!?!?!). I've had one<br>
<br>
</div>$5? When I was researching Comcast Business Class it was $14.99/mo for<br>
1 static IP, and $19.99/mo for 5. (I'm planning to get CBC when I move<br>
to the burbs later this year).<br></blockquote><div><br>It may be $15. It was a stupid amount of cash and the sales rep admitted as much. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im"><br>
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</div>Do they run new wires outside or inside or both? I suspect that where<br>
I'll want the device inside the house is on the complete opposite side<br>
from where the wires enter the house. Luckily it's an unfinished<br>
basement, so shouldn't be too hard to run the wire across it. :)<br></blockquote><div><br>The new line was from pole to "modem". After the modem you run cat5e on your own. Pick a central location with a power socket nearby and pull wires around the house - OR - plug in a wireless router running ddwrt and crank up the output signal :-) <br>
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<div class="im"><br>
> Installers were very interested when they saw my linux laptop I brought down<br>
> for testing. So I burned a live CD for them to take with them :-)<br>
<br>
</div>I'll have to think about this.<br>
<br>
Thanks for the report, tho. Glad to know that my plan is viable.<br>
<br>
-derek<br>
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