[GRLUG] TIVO with rabbit ears

[Justin Popa]

I'd believe it. You can tell if you'll have service if you can find a VRAD
nearby. It's a white box, like the green ATT ones in size(large), and it has
a power meter and fiber pole outside.

On Nov 18, 2007 9:21 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up.  Now to hope
> it comes down my street.  If it does,  I'll
> drop Comcast PDQ,  unless it bumps its
> bandwidth up substantially.
>
> Without doing the same to the price of
> course...
>
> One figure I've read is that Comcast
> allocates 45Mbps per 330 customers.
> That should help explain that time-of-day
> congestion....
>
>     -Bob
>
>
> On Nov 18, 2007 9:14 PM, Justin Popa < tehpopa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > www.uverseusers.com
> >
> > ATT Has a FTTP/FTTN service coming to GR. Reports say anywhere from
> > 30-90 days.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 18, 2007 8:29 PM, Bob Kline < bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Verizon does not serve the GR area.
> > > And FIOS isn't available even the
> > > whole area that Verizon serves.
> > >
> > > But at least it's coming in it's service
> > > area.  Unrelated to Verizon,  The Houston
> > > and Seattle areas are also getting fiber
> > > to the home.
> > >
> > > GR?  Even the wireless project seems to
> > > have gone away.
> > >
> > >     -Bob
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 18, 2007 7:45 PM, Steve Romanow < slestak989 at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Topher wrote:
> > > > >> I am looking to save some money when I move, so I dont really
> > > > want to
> > > > >> get the obligatory 100+ bucks going to comcast.  anyone ever use
> > > > tivo
> > > > >> with rabbit ears?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> tv consumes us now, so were looking forward to downscaling the
> > > > choices
> > > > >> available.
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > Get the $13/mo package from Comcast, it's WAY better than rabbit
> > > > ears, and
> > > > > costs WAY less than their normal packages.  It's called Basic.
> > > > >
> > > > > Topher
> > > > > Manager of Internet Services
> > > > > Cornerstone University Radio
> > > > >
> > > > > ------
> > > > > "It's about sharing, Bob."
> > > > >                          -- Larry The Cucumber
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> > > > I thought about that.  I have the HD package with comcast now, and
> > > > between hd-dvr, digital voice, and internet, they get nearly 170 a
> > > > month
> > > > from me.  I think I may get an roof mount antenna, then I can get a
> > > > series 3 tivo to record hd content.  In the long term, Comcast is
> > > > too
> > > > expensive.  Is verizon fios in GR?  Two of my friends have it and it
> > > > is
> > > > wonderful and cheap.  FIber all the way to the house.
> > > >
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