They are talking about their 1-800 dial-up access that you can use if you
need to (if you travel for example).
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Grantham, Patrick wrote:
> On http://www.directvdsl.com/sla.asp
> I find:
> section 4.1
> Fees
> ...premise equipment charges, charges for additional agreed-upon services
> provided by DIRECTV Broadband, charges (10¢ per minute) for remote access
> charges in excess of 60 minutes per month...
>
> What does this mean?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Roth [mailto:droth@sarasotamagazine.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 1:59 PM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Bandwidth hogs, pay up!
>
>
> Comcast has been doing the same thing. Commericial service has been
> restricted with the use of a Cayman router that they then control bandwidth
> settings with. Comcast residential, while they say they support standard
> Docsis Cable Modems, well, getting one to work is just about impossible.
> And Routers, ha, good luck. They won't offer any support for configuring a
> home network or anything beyond what the network settings should be.
>
> I just got DirectTV DSL that provides a public IP address as part of its
> service. $50.00 a month and the ability to host my own website. They will
> also allow you one DNS Entry for your site. More info: www.directtvdsl.com
>
> You don't have to be Direct TV Customer either.
>
> David Roth
> Sarasota
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bpreece" <bpreece1@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Bandwidth hogs, pay up!
>
>
> > Right now Time Warner Road Runner is not full speed and as for their
> Prices
> > they just raised them about 5 months ago.
> > If Time Warner was giving you full bandwidth with Road Runner you would
> > recieve 10 - 15mb full tilt. Right now best you will get
> > is 756 k down and 256k up. Hey look Dsl but Cable is suppose to be faster
> > then DSL oh wait they are capping the modems.
> >
> > They are over sold the service and now with everyone setting up home
> > networks with the little Link sys routers it yet kills more bandwidth.
> > Yes the bandwidth is going away. How ever if they gave full speed it would
> > not be that noticeable. They are trying to blame the customer for their
> poor
> > service. Also they do not support Standard DOCSIS Cable modems you can buy
> > at Best Buys or Staples or Office MAX why do you think this is? I will
> tell
> > you because buy using proprietary modems they can cap your speed! If you
> > used your own it would not be capped.
> > Also anyone thinking you can software uncap it wrong it is set from the
> > switch to your modem when ever you first connect to the net.
> > If they would support DOCSIS then let you use your own modem it would
> reduce
> > their cost for Equipment maintenance. Thus making it cheaper.
> > How ever they say if then they did this that when a storm hits if
> Lightning
> > hits your modem then you would be sol other wise gee they really care?
> NOT!
> > Also I wonder why the stores still stock these Modems considering you can
> > not use them!!!!!!!!! Every model that the local Brandon Best Buys ,
> Staples
> > and Office max Sells has at least one of the 3 to 6 different brands
> > returned! They are useless and these stores do not know why. Perhaps if
> > they chain stores would group together they could raise enough stink so
> they
> > could sell products the consumer can use.
> >
> > I also remember almost 3 years ago when I first got Road Runner it would
> fly
> > me and my friends use to have a network setup using it to talk to 3 boxes
> in
> > Different parts in Tampa they stopped that ability they stopped game
> servers
> > they stopped ftp's. They also then started to cut the bandwidth.
> >
> > To test your speed you go to the URL called speed only. This is a Bs test
> it
> > is on their side of the network and only their customers can use it.
> > There is other sites that my friends whom use Dsl can pound faster then I
> > can. This is things that I think TW should fix.
> >
> > If Road Runner truly has to have a fiber optic serviceable area to be
> > available in then why should there be a band width issue? Any one know how
> > fast data can go over fiber optics? How ever I bet if you test someone's
> > bandwidth that has AOL's Cable they will smoke OLE Road Runner why you ask
> > because AOL own Time Warner they do not Own Road Runner so they say. So
> they
> > want to make you switch.
> >
> > Also Earthlink can not honor my credits through their Cable service cause
> > they have problems with Time Warner Holding the service of Cable and
> > Billing. So I am switching to DSL. Raise rates what a bunch of thieves.
> >
> > Also for more good reading if you have road runner check out these
> > newsgroups.
> >
> > alt.online-services.roadrunner
> > roadrunner.tampabay.comments
> > roadrunner.tampabay.discussion
> >
> > Read up and enjoy.
> > B.Preece
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@nks.net>
> > To: slug@nks.net <slug@nks.net>
> > Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 11:06 AM
> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Bandwidth hogs, pay up!
> >
> >
> > >On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 18:11, Paul Braman wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Figured y'all would be interested in the "official" response I got from
> > >> Time Warner today concerning the Slashdot story linked to below.
> > >
> > >Funny, the people I know at Time Warner in Brandon say this was actually
> > >announced internally the day before the Slashdot post. There is no
> > >internal talk of rates or caps yet, to their knowledge.
> > >
> > >- Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@nks.net> <ian@blenke.com>
> > >http://ian.blenke.com
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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