Mediacom cable internet can be great if you get a good tech. i used to be a service tech for em so i did my own install, and it works fantastic. i average about 800kb per sec upload and just shy of 7mb down. if you get a good installer/tech who knows his stuff, you can get some great service. if they dont, ur in trouble.
<br><br>Quest has great service too, so dont fear giving them a try either and if its a new house, you are using existing fone line making it a relatively easy install. <br><br>either way, its good stuff. to heck with mediacoms video services though. just far too pricey and very little in the way of options. go dish.
<br><br>twombley<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/15/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">McKnight, Lee</b> <<a href="mailto:LMcKnight@bandag.com">LMcKnight@bandag.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">We live in Davenport and have Qwest native DSL ($15/mo.),
plus independent ISP for another $15/mo. We do very little
downloads/uploads from home, mostly e-mail & Internet searches, and VPN for
off-hours support for work. Another option is to have no ISP, just the
DSL; if interested in that I can send more info recently received from another
QCLUG-er.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">We use Mediacom cable, but only for cable access, nothing
else. We once had Mediacom cable internet service, but their install
almost wrecked our system, and we junked it soon after - it was a bear to remove
it from our system.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Regards, Mac........</font></span></div><br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:qclug-bounces@qclug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">qclug-bounces@qclug.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:qclug-bounces@qclug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">qclug-bounces@qclug.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dietz,
Brian<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 15, 2007 2:17 PM<br><b>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:qclug@qclug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">qclug@qclug.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [QCLUG] Residential Internet
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Hello
QCLUGs</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">I am in the process of going after DSL service at our
newly built house in Bettendorf. I am finding out that I really do not have alot
of options. With our family having Dish Network, Qwest seems to be the only low
cost option (</font><a href="mailto:1.5Mbps@$26.99/mo" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font face="Arial" size="2">1.5Mbps@$26.99/mo</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> or </font>
<a href="mailto:7Mbps@36.99/mo" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font face="Arial" size="2">7Mbps@36.99/mo</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">)<span> with phone service</span>.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Are there any other people out there that have gone
through the same situation of having satalite Tv? If any of you know of other
options and/or gotchas with Qwest. I am staying with various distros...Ubuntu on
the machine with Windows (to suffice Qwest...only for setup of DSL with Windows
Live...I don't want to if I don't have to).</font></p>
<p><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks</font></span></p>
<p><span></span><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Brian</font></span></p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Live Strong. <a href="http://www.laf.org">www.laf.org</a>