[TriLUG] TWC/Spectrum problems yesterday

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

What  is the relative cost difference?

William Sutton

On Wed, 23 Aug 2017, Jeremy Davis via TriLUG wrote:

> Just a note about TWC/Spectrum and my solution (which is not for everyone).
> Long ago I cut cable and phone service... recently I bumped our family cell
> phone lines service up to unlimited data with Verizon and cut TWC/Spectrum
> internet. It was an experiment..I planned to see if there would be much
> suffering and complaining etc.. no complaining whatsoever as of yet. This
> was several months ago. We all hotspot our laptops or other personal
> devices from our phones. With all the snapchat and netflix etc.. we are
> using 100 to 150 gb per month on Verizon unlimited family plan. I don't
> recall any noticeable throttling or outages. No router to think about is
> actually nice too.
>
> Jeremy Davis
>
> On Aug 23, 2017 12:03 PM, "Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Did anyone experience some connection/speed issues with spectrum
>> >> yesterday?
>> >
>> >
>> > Yep.  I used to have problems with my cable modem dropping down to a
>> > very slow (<1Mbps) speed, so I set up a cron job to run a speed test
>> > a few times per day.  Yesterday at 6:20pm, it measured low enough
>> > (<10Mbps) to send me an email warning.  I am in Apex/Cary.
>> >
>>       I think I will be copying your idea... you have been warned!
>>
>> > Alan
>> >
>> >
>> >
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