<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>With respect to Comcast, what are people's experiences with cable modems? Does anyone on list own theirs or rent at $7/mo? I'm considering buying a modem just so I can knock one more cost off their billing. They're relatively cheap now and the breakeven is just at or under a year now.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone</div></div> <br><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Bob Nance <bob.nance@novationsys.com> <br>Date: <br>To: Christopher R Key <crkey@crkey.com> <br>Subject: Re: [LUNA] Satellite Internet <br> <br><br>Our office is in central Huntsville. Same AT&T options, none. Though, AT&T engineering claims that uVerse will start here "real soon, now™" <br><br>We use Comcast and, other than a truck pulling the line off, we have had no problems :)<br><br>-Bob<br> <br>---<br> Bob Nance<br> Novation Systems<br> bob.nance@novationsys.com<br> 256-534-4620<br><br>On May 21, 2013, at 3:14 PM, Allen Krell <allen.krell@gmail.com><br> wrote:<br><br>> In my neighborhood, in the heart of Huntsville, no AT&T options.<br>> Grandfathered Knology running 8-10 Mb/sec with resets 2-3 times per<br>> week. I could try Comcast, but haven't yet.<br>> <br>> <br>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Jake Williams <jake@amynjakefamily.com>wrote:<br>> <br>>> I would agree with Allen that it is worse, at least in Madison. I have been<br>>> with AT&T for almost 4 years on their 1.5Mb DSL service. In the past year I<br>>> have noticed it getting slower, and I recently had to upgrade to the 3Mb<br>>> circuit to get the same performance I was getting previously. I don't have<br>>> a Comcast option (WOW has a monopoly in the city limits) and I have been so<br>>> unimpressed by them from a consumer and business standpoint that I want<br>>> nothing to do with them (we have their phone service at work).<br>>> <br>>> I remember reading somewhere that AT&T said that their U-Verse buildout was<br>>> complete and they aren't planning on expanding it anytime soon. I live in a<br>>> neighborhood of 300 houses near downtown Madison and our subdivision<br>>> doesn't have it.<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Allen Krell <allen.krell@gmail.com><br>>> wrote:<br>>> <br>>>> AT&T has been talking about u-verse for years, I am not counting on it in<br>>>> my neighborhood in my lifetime.<br>>>> <br>>>> I think everyone is frustrated because internet access in huntsville is<br>>> no<br>>>> better than it was in the earlier days of broadband over 10 years ago.<br>>> In<br>>>> some ways, it seems worse.<br>>>> <br>>>> <br>>>> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Bob Nance <bob.nance@novationsys.com<br>>>>> wrote:<br>>>> <br>>>>> <br>>>>> <br>>>>>> Does anyone on the list use HughesNet? I have DSL with ATT.<br>>> However,<br>>>> I<br>>>>>> only have 1.5Mbps. My internet is getting slow. I have all my TVs,<br>>>>>> computers, laptops, and XBox connected. I need more bandwidth. I<br>>> have<br>>>>>> heard that ATT is not buying anymore equipment.<br>>>>>> <br>>>>>> Looks like HughesNet is my only option for faster connection. Just<br>>>>>> wanted some opinions if some on the use Satellite.<br>>>>> <br>>>>> AT&T is moving to uVerse, which is supposed to provide higher bandwidth<br>>>> by<br>>>>> moving fiber closer to the end-user. Right now, I think the fiber is<br>>>> closer<br>>>>> that it was, but still several miles and several months away. In the<br>>>>> mean-time, they have applied the name uVerse to all of their home<br>>>> circuits,<br>>>>> as if that's a reasonable thing to do.<br>>>>> <br>>>>> We talked to Traveller for some business clients a couple of years ago.<br>>>>> They provided fixed wireless services in a wide area, including most of<br>>>>> Huntsville and surrounding areas in view of large hills with towers on<br>>>> them.<br>>>>> <br>>>>> http://www.traveller.com/<br>>>>> <br>>>>> BamaWISP was another fixed-wireless provider..<br>>>>> <br>>>>> http://bamawisp.com was purchased by Advanced Broadband<br>>>>> http://www.advbroadband.net/<br>>>>> <br>>>>> However, 100% of the people I know that use HughesNET hate it.<br>>>>> <br>>>>> <br>>>>> ---<br>>>>> Bob Nance<br>>>>> Novation Systems<br>>>>> bob.nance@novationsys.com<br>>>>> 256-534-4620<br>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>> LUNA mailing list<br>>>>> LUNA@lunagroup.us<br>>>>> http://lunagroup.us/mailman/listinfo/luna<br>>>>> <br>>>> -------------- next part --------------<br>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>>>> URL: <<br>>>> <br>>> http://lunagroup.us/pipermail/luna/attachments/20130521/af8ca4c4/attachment.html<br>>>>> <br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> LUNA mailing list<br>>>> LUNA@lunagroup.us<br>>>> http://lunagroup.us/mailman/listinfo/luna<br>>>> <br>>> -------------- next part --------------<br>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>>> URL: <<br>>> http://lunagroup.us/pipermail/luna/attachments/20130521/b69a41ad/attachment.html<br>>>> <br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> LUNA mailing list<br>>> LUNA@lunagroup.us<br>>> http://lunagroup.us/mailman/listinfo/luna<br>>> <br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <http://lunagroup.us/pipermail/luna/attachments/20130521/63ed8ffa/attachment.html><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> LUNA mailing list<br>> LUNA@lunagroup.us<br>> http://lunagroup.us/mailman/listinfo/luna<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>LUNA mailing list<br>LUNA@lunagroup.us<br>http://lunagroup.us/mailman/listinfo/luna<br></body>