And 1am. Fucking die Comcast. AOL had better connectivity than you 20 years ago.
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:21 pm
by Malcolm
No "outage" today. Exact same shitty connectivity. Too bad major storms can't roll through every day to cover up their fucking incompetence and monopolistic contempt for the consumer.
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 10:57 pm
by Malcolm
OSI had more stable servers in 1997 than Comcast has now.
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:26 pm
by Malcolm
Out a-fucking-gain. Going to get a new modem to eliminate that as the problem source. After that, I'm going to put my foot through my phone and kick their ass.
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:16 pm
by Malcolm
Done. Let's see if it lasts 24 hours without downtime.
Shitty customer satisfaction? Who cares? Our profits are up because you can't buy from anyone else.
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:48 pm
by TheCatt
I've seen AT&T and Google Fiber contractors on the street outside my neighborhood lately... Getting too excited.
TWC Maxx comes in November (300mbps down, 20 mbps up)
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:20 pm
by Malcolm
My shitty connections continue, new modem be damned. I might actually have to move to get a better ISP.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:32 pm
by TheCatt
So my IP address changed today, which is unusual.
Then I ran a speedtest
We pay for 30/5, so we never get more than that. Guess the TWC Maxx upgrade is finally starting to come.
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:02 pm
by Malcolm
New modem didn't make a bit of difference. Their weekend internet service actually seems to have gotten worse.
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 10:41 am
by TheCatt
Our cable started having issues last week, dropping in and out, mostly just a few minutes.
Checked the cable modem and levels were bad. Chatted with TWC, they reset my equipment:
Me: Internet still isn't working.
Her: Glad I could help, let us know if we can help in the future
Her: Click "Close Chat" to end this chat
Me: No, it isn't working.
Her: I'm glad to hear that.
Closed that chat, got a new person, who realized we had power level issues. Guy came out this morning, and was ACTUALLY ABLE TO FIX IT.
Amplifier outside the house had gone bad, he replaced it. Levels are awesome now.
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:07 pm
by Malcolm
Xfinity on demand is now broken. Fucking swear, I reinstalled windows 3.1 fewer times than I have to unplug xfinity hardware. Fuck Comcast and their bribes.
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:43 pm
by Malcolm
Still down. A service they theoretically make cash from and they still can't keep it up. Xfinity On Demand ... except when it's not.
I hate the usage of the word "fairness" by telecomms, regarding data usage. If they were concerned about fairness they would discount a bunch of elderly people who only use 20mb a month for email on the same "unlimited" usage plan everybody else has. If it is "fair" to charge the heavy users extra, then it is certainly "fair" to kick back to the light users.
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:11 pm
by TheCatt
Yeah, I'm torn. as a heavy internet user, I hate pay for what you use. But as someone who doesn't Netflix, I understand it.
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:24 pm
by Malcolm
The only way around massive bandwidth usage is setting up Redbox-like kiosk network where people can go instead, and plug in a smart device, USB drive, or portable HDD/SSD, etc.
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:30 pm
by TPRJones
Or you could just go back to watching the cable TV channels and stop seeking non-corporate entertainment online, like they want you to.
