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

[Brian Wood]

On Thursday 27 August 2009 11:32:30 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.

That seems silly, there are a LOT of home-based businesses that rely on the 
internet. I'm just a "hobbyist" I guess, but their attitude was if I was 
willing to pay the price they were happy to provide the service.

I think I did have to commit to a year's contract, and that probably allowed 
them to recoup their costs. There was no up-front costs, just the monthly 
fee.

The big problem here in the boonies (Wyoming) is that the cable company and 
the local telco (Qwest) are about the only alternatives. There's satellite of 
course, but that has problems.

There are people here still using ISDN (It Still Does Nothing), go figure.

-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org