[GRLUG] NOT LINUX

[Benjamin Flanders]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good points.  I think Verizon has
> essentially stopped expanding FiOS,
> for reasons unclear.
>
> It would be interesting what the more
> technical people here have to say
> about those they have experience with.
>
> I've found Comcast adequately reliable
> for the last couple of years.  Value?
> Hard to say.  I don't have any viable
> alternative.
>
>    -- Bob
>

+1
I get what I can, and I am happy with Comcast, but that may be that I don't
have a viable alternative to contrast with.

I recently upgraded my Docis 1 cable modem with a Docis 3 and Wow did that
ever make a difference.





>
>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > http://omnibus.bobanna.com/isp_ratings/
>> >
>> > Ratings of home ISP's.
>> >
>> > It's hard to say whether CR's criteria have
>> > changed a lot in four years, leading it to say
>> > that no ISP now offers much value, or
>> > whether the ISPs have in some what brought
>> > this on themselves.
>> >
>> > Of more importance are the relative ratings,
>> > which having changed much.  WOW and FiOS
>> > rock, and the rest are mostly all that is available
>> > in a given area.
>>
>> I've got a Consumer Reports subscription (I only do the web interface,
>> not the paper one). Here's the CYA caveat info from the relevant page:
>>
>> "These Ratings are based on 42,939 respondents to the Consumer Reports
>> Annual Telecom Survey, online in spring 2008, who received
>> Internet/online access from a local provider, regardless if the
>> service was part of a bundled package or not."
>>
>> I don't know why there are differences in the pictures of the 2010 and
>> 2012 graphs...but I haven't seen a physical copy of that page, either.
>>
>> There is one trend worth observing: ISPs based on technology requiring
>> newer infrastructure (i.e. FiOS) rate higher. One thing not reflected
>> in the CR data is availability; FiOS is exceedingly uncommon, and is
>> not expanding rapidly, contrary to what the CR buying guide currently
>> (I checked) states.
>>
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>> :wq
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