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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Dec 13, 2018 12:35:35 GMT -5
The broadband to the house glitched out about 45 minutes ago. By the time I started diagnosing it, it came back on its own. I probably wouldn't have noted it if the streaming TV stayed up.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Dec 18, 2018 19:47:56 GMT -5
In broadband Internet stock market news, Charter Spectrum is going to pay $174,200,000 in fines and equipment upgrades to New York customers who aren't receiving their advertised Internet speed. CHTR was down over 1% today on the news, while industry leader Comcast (CMCSA) was down over 1.5%. That was on a day where the three major indexes all finished in the green.
Fortunately for Comcast in Texas, they only promise an "up to" speed. Significantly, they don't guarantee a minimum speed. My Internet runs "up to" 250 mbps down and 10 mbps up. Don't think I've seen any download speeds lower than 60 mbps. Just ran speedtest, I got just under 70 mbps download and the upload was over 10 mbps. I had a video stream running at the same time to the business room smart TV, and the boys are playing video games hot and heavy on the PlayStation in the living room.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Dec 28, 2018 19:54:05 GMT -5
DirecTV is at it again, offering me service for $20 a month for a year and a $300 prepaid card for signing up. I think I'd rather be able to watch the weather forecast on a rainy day. In Houston, it rains a lot. And I definitely LOVE that Comcast Instant TV is wireless. And I now have what the FCC would consider to be "broadband" (their minimum now to be considered "broadband" is 25 mbps).
We did have AT&T DSL, but it was only 18 mbps down and about 200 kbps up. I had a transfer that had run for two weeks and was only two-thirds completed. I got into a FEMA evacuation hotel that uses Comcast Business and it finished the rest in 36 hours. Last New Year's Eve, I updated my non-GBO Website from the FEMA evacuation hotel just before midnight Houston time (it was already 2018 in Pittsburgh, where the server is located).
Although in 1999, I made it a point to be on the Internet during the century rollover. Didn't have any problems.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2019 10:32:45 GMT -5
I cut the AT&T cord over a year ago and I am living happily with 3 Amazon Fire Sticks at home, I get the local chanels in HD for free off the air and for not knowing a thing about the Fire Sticks way back then, I am currently helping other people that get them how to download Apps for free so that their experience is even greater,
None of the 3 gizmos I own are jailbroken, yet I get to see TV from all over the world, Movie Channels, Sports and all those great things that come with new electronics.
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Post by soutxed on Jan 19, 2019 10:40:15 GMT -5
I have Direct TV. Rain in south Texas is rare and I have an antenna hooked up in case it rains. Had AT&T landline and internet until a year and half ago. Kept land line for the alarm, but for almost two years it was down more than it worked. First canceled Internet and changed to Spectrum. Then land line when the alarm company made me an offer I could not refuse for wireless. Had ladline at that number for exactly 50 years to the month. Wonder who had the number now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 8:44:26 GMT -5
I have Direct TV. Rain in south Texas is rare and I have an antenna hooked up in case it rains. Had AT&T landline and internet until a year and half ago. Kept land line for the alarm, but for almost two years it was down more than it worked. First canceled Internet and changed to Spectrum. Then land line when the alarm company made me an offer I could not refuse for wireless. Had ladline at that number for exactly 50 years to the month. Wonder who had the number now. Mother in Law, just turned 94, lives with us...Cannot operate a cell phone, a remote control thus we have a landline that is really a waste of $$$ She can use and I Pad like a Pro, we just have not been able to get her into a cel/.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jan 20, 2019 14:46:29 GMT -5
Mother in Law, just turned 94, lives with us...Cannot operate a cell phone, a remote control thus we have a landline that is really a waste of $$$ If you have a source of broadband data into the house, most of the companies will do VOIP. Works just like a POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) phone.
Or, from what I've heard, get her a Jitterbug phone. So much like landline that it even gives you a dial tone when you open it up. And HUGE buttons.
My Mom, when she lived at the Farm, had a Verizon device that plugged into the wall and a conventional phone, yet it sent the data over the cellular networks. There's a name for the device, but it evades me at the moment. I'd call it "a phone that Mom couldn't lose."
I, myself, have had an iPhone of various models since July 2011. May hold my nose and buy a klugey Android phone if Apple doesn't give me a 4" phone when my iPhone SE dies. I want a phone that can be held firmly in one hand. Given my housemate's iPhone, I don't think they make them any more.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2019 7:29:19 GMT -5
sneakers thumbs up for the tips ... I am also an iPh user, and for years.
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Post by soutxed on Jan 21, 2019 9:08:45 GMT -5
I have Direct TV. Rain in south Texas is rare and I have an antenna hooked up in case it rains. Had AT&T landline and internet until a year and half ago. Kept land line for the alarm, but for almost two years it was down more than it worked. First canceled Internet and changed to Spectrum. Then land line when the alarm company made me an offer I could not refuse for wireless. Had ladline at that number for exactly 50 years to the month. Wonder who had the number now. Mother in Law, just turned 94, lives with us...Cannot operate a cell phone, a remote control thus we have a landline that is really a waste of $$$ She can use and I Pad like a Pro, we just have not been able to get her into a cel/. I know several "senior citizens" who cannot use modern technology. One couple cannot even operate a coffee pot with a clock.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 10:07:59 GMT -5
Yep, it's a GREAT thing that as old as we are getting (I will be 69 in March)we are really good with all the Newer Electronics, and that is a blessing
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 16:57:16 GMT -5
I just love watching LIVE TV on HD from all over the planet, ALL continents included and for FREE !!! Bravo Amazon Fire Stick TV
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Post by edindetroit on Mar 7, 2019 12:46:13 GMT -5
I cut the AT&T cord over a year ago and I am living happily with 3 Amazon Fire Sticks at home, I get the local chanels in HD for free off the air and for not knowing a thing about the Fire Sticks way back then, I am currently helping other people that get them how to download Apps for free so that their experience is even greater, None of the 3 gizmos I own are jailbroken, yet I get to see TV from all over the world, Movie Channels, Sports and all those great things that come with new electronics. We have 2 Roku boxes, an Amazon Fire TV hooked to the TV in my man cave and a little Kangaroo PC that has docks for the kitchen and living room TVs. I might get another Fire TV box for the kitchen TV.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 12:51:28 GMT -5
Great, one of these Days, the Corporate Moguls of Cable TV will find themselves out of work when so many People are Truly Cutting The Cord
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Post by markjames on Mar 11, 2019 8:40:25 GMT -5
In the past several months I've terminated over a dozen Spectrum cable television and digital phone subscriptions as Spectrum wouldn't negotiate a lower price after the time limited Triple Play pricing expired.
Most of these accounts are for daily/weekly/seasonal rentals and limited/seasonal use homes.
In the past renters, family and friends wanted cable, or satellite television, however with broadband and streaming this is no longer necessary, nor a deal killer for rental customers.
We rarely used, or never used the digital phone service depending on location as most everyone has as cellular phone these days.
After canceling television and digital phone services, I subscribed to broadband only, 100 Mbps to 400 Mbps for 1/3 to 1/2 the cost.
I can stream most Spectrum channels at other locations with my login credentials from my other Spectrum accounts, however some channels aren't available when not connected to Spectrum broadband.
I have a home VPN servers and Slingbox setups that allow me watch Spectrum programming from other locations as well.
Even when I don't use these setups, most Spectrum channels that aren't available when not connected to Spectrum broadband can be streamed by logging into the television provider's website directly with Spectrum credentials from one of my other accounts.
I have Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime subscriptions as well.
I have high performance PCs hooked up to most televisions that we use for web, streaming, gaming, DVRs, surveillance cameras etc.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Mar 11, 2019 11:24:49 GMT -5
Great, one of these Days, the Corporate Moguls of Cable TV will find themselves out of work when so many People are Truly Cutting The Cord Yes, but everyone wants broadband in the house so they can stream. So, The Man gets your business no matter what. A year ago in January/February, I was 100% streaming. Now, I have Xfinity Instant TV. Also have three different over-the-top services (Amazon Prime Video, NETFLIX, and OANN) in addition to that and there's a lot more available that I could sign up for.
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