[GRLUG] TIVO with rabbit ears

[Bob Kline]

Have you seen one in the area yet?
As in,  it's actively being installed?

Anyone else?

This is all quite amusing.  AT&T has
spent a lot of money moving fiber
access further out.  What I read says
that it making twisted pair lengths
3,000 feet, which is how it gets enough
badwidth over DSL to support its TV
service.  And I suspect it could offer
more than the "up to" 6Mbps DSL service
if it wanted to.

So apparently it will run that fiber the
last 3,000 feet in some cases.

    -Bob


On Nov 18, 2007 11:00 PM, Justin Popa <tehpopa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> > > > > >
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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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