[mythtv-users] Nasty shock with Comcast Chicago

[Brian Wood]

On Feb 13, 2006, at 7:59 PM, Brad Fuller wrote:

> Brian Wood wrote:
>> On Feb 13, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Brad Fuller wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Feb 13, 2006, at 5:19 AM, JDeGraw wrote:
>>> I was paying $355/mo for partial T1 from Speakeasy.
>>> The nice thing about T1 is that it's solid, duplex and up 99% of
>>> the time. And, when it goes down, it's down for maybe 2 minutes. At
>>> least, here in SF Bay area.
>>> I was too far away for DSL -- -yes, I really was I tried it with 3
>>> companies. T1 was my only option.
>>>
>> $355/mo for fractional T1 is reasonable. The so-called "frame-relay"
>> was probably an option for you as well, sometimes delivered on a 56k
>> line although it can be delivered on a T. In fact F/R and frac. T are
>> really just about the same thing, but tariffed differently.
>>
>> I was an early adopter of residential ISDN (It Still Does Nothing),
>> which would give me nominal 128K if I used both channels, but the
>> phone company insisted on charging by the minute, unless I wanted to
>> pay $400/mo. for unlimited service. It was still a lot better than
>> the modems that were my only reasonable-cost option at that time
>> (1994 or so). Anybody want a Motorola Bitsurfr cheap?
>>
>> I don't think ISDN is used much for internet these days, though it is
>> used a lot for high-quality audio transport for radio stations etc.
>>
>> Anyway, we're getting way OT here, so I'll shut up.
>>
> I used ISDN too, but I don't remember the price. I think it was  
> less than $400/mo for unlimited usage in this area.
> I can attest that ISDN is still used in the audio biz.


Yeah, our sound-proof audio booths got pretty dusty because the  
announcers were all phoning in their tracks.

The booths wound up being used mainly for activities that tended to  
get people suspended or terminated :-)