[TriLUG] OT: TIME WARNER ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF PACKET SHAPING TECHNOLOGY NATIONWIDE

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

That's the thing ...there isn't anything to compete with it... which
ropes you into it. I'd highly advise against going with their "Premium"
service. I've had maybe a week or two in the past 6+ months where I got
the speeds they advertised.

They gave me a - YMMV. 

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Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: TIME WARNER ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF PACKET
SHAPING TECHNOLOGY NATIONWIDE

On Long Island, Verizon happily sold me FiOS by itself.  It was amazing
service (20 down, 5 up, full speed 24/7) for 10 months, but about 6
weeks ago, they started blocking a lot of inbound ports.  Definitely 25,
80, 143, 443, and a number of others.

I'm back in Raleigh now.  Even though TWC is making decisions we don't
like, it doesn't seem that anyone can suggest a compelling alternative.

Or am I wrong?  I'm likely to order RR within the week, unless there is
a better option...?

Michael


Warren Myers wrote:
> you should note, though, verizon'll probably make you sign up for 
> their landline service to get FIOS
>
> On 6/11/07, William Sutton <william at trilug.org> wrote:
>   
>> Interesting.  I'll keep that in mind should I ever have a chance to 
>> use FIOS.
>>
>> --
>> William Sutton
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Ed Hill wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:42:50 -0400 (EDT) William Sutton wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I've had Comcast in Alabama and Virginia for 3-4 years now.  I had 
>>>> TWC for 3-4 years in NC.  On the whole TWC impressed me as more 
>>>> clueful and servicable.  Examples of Comcast's cluelessness:
>>>>         
>>> [...snip...]
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I HATE Comcast.  I wish I had a viable alternative.  And to think 
>>>> that I see commercials telling me how much of an innovater the 
>>>> cable industry is.
>>>>         
>>> Yes!  We had the same experience with Comcast.  The Windows-only 
>>> setup was junk--especially as we moved from one location to another 
>>> and had to re-setup each time.
>>>
>>> When FIOS came to our neighborhood I called Comcast and asked if 
>>> they would match the FIOS terms and save us the hassle of switching
over.
>>> The salesperson told us our suggestion was a non-starter and we 
>>> should either take it (their rates and terms of service) or leave 
>>> it.  So, we left.
>>>
>>> When we returned our cable equipment to the local office they begged

>>> us not to leave and offered to match or beat any competitor.  We 
>>> laughed and explained how they already had their chance and blew it.
>>>
>>> Good riddance!  FIOS is much nicer from both a networking speed and 
>>> a TV-User-Interface point of view.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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