Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

Tue Dec 21 13:57:28 UTC 2010

I faced a similar challenge. If you have line of sight to something, you can do fixed wireless for maybe 200-400 depending on the gear and frequencies involved. Check out the ubnt 365 or m5 gear. Cheap as in disposable. Works quite well. Then order a Comcast business connection there and call it a day. 16/2 or 50/10 for less than a t1 loop as long as your facility fees on the other side colo aren't too high.

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On Dec 20, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Dorn Hetzel <dhetzel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Where I live, about 50 miles south of Atlanta down I-85, there is no
> consumer broadband at all.
> 
> Satellite, Cellular, and T-1, those are my options.
> 
> A mile away, there are choices, but not here.  I am sure we aren't the only
> neighborhood in this situation, even today.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Randy Carpenter <rcarpen at network1.net>wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> And yet, I don't know of any location in the US with two cable
>>> operators.
>> 
>> We have 2 separate cable providers in our town. One of them is a division
>> of the local telephone company, but it is still CATV plant. The telco also
>> operates a FTTH service with IPTV video as well.
>> 
>> The result is that the big national CATV provider had incredibly good rates
>> for a long time, and even after they were more than doubled, are still
>> really good.
>> 
>> -Randy
>> 
>> 