[mythtv-users] (US) Goodbye to unencrypted QAM...

[Jarod Wilson]

On Aug 27, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Brian Wood wrote:

> On Thursday 27 August 2009 12:21:59 Greg Woods wrote:
>> On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 10:32 -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
>>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>>> Of course it costs more, but I get no blocked ports, no  
>>>> restrictions on
>>>> servers or anything else I might want to run, no bandwidth limit,
>>>> static IPs, guaranteed level of service (not "up to") and fairly  
>>>> decent
>>>> service overall.
>>>
>>> Yeah, it's a worthy alternative if your cable company will supply a
>>> business Internet drop to a residence.  Not all will.
>>
>> I don't know how much Brian has to pay Bresnan, but here, Comcast  
>> wants
>> $300 a month for business service and it includes 25 static IP's.  
>> They
>> don't have anything in between that and standard residence service at
>> 1/6 that cost. So unless you are independently wealthy or really need
>> all those IP's, business service is not a realistic option here.
>
> I pay $120/month for 3Mb/sec. inbound and 1 Mb/sec. outbound with 5  
> static
> IPs.

Ouch. I pay $99/mo for FiOS business service. 20Mbps in, 5Mbps out, 5  
static IP, no restrictions on servers, etc. But this is a slightly  
more populated area, economies of scale and what have you...

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com