Cable/DSL "shared" access myth (was Re: [TriLUG] Port 25 blocked)

[Dan]

--On Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:10:37 PM -0400 Tanner Lovelace 
<lovelace at wayfarer.org> wrote:

> I haven't seen the ads, so I can't comment on them.  I can say, however,
> that when I had satellite I did have this problem.  It certainly wasn't
> uncommon, but it didn't really seem to depend on the strength of the rain.
> The best I could determine was that it was because of the size of the
> raindrops.  Snow didn't affect it at all.  Oh, and this was in two
> different
> locations with two different types of dishes (one small sony dish and a
> larger multi-satellite dish).  So, I wouldn't call this problem "blatently
> false".  It is a problem and you can get bitten by it.  It's just one
> of the reasons why I have cable now.

fair... but I can only speak from my experience.  I've only had satellite 
at one location but have been through three different dishes without a 
problem.  Compared to the multitude of times my cable went out or looked 
like crap.

Truth be told, I just hate the cable company.  It borders on obsessive but 
I am comfortable with that <grin>.

-- 
Dan