[TriLUG] OT: TIME WARNER ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF PACKET SHAPING TECHNOLOGY NATIONWIDE

[Michael Hrivnak]

On Long Island, Verizon happily sold me FiOS by itself.  It was amazing 
service (20 down, 5 up, full speed 24/7) for 10 months, but about 6 
weeks ago, they started blocking a lot of inbound ports.  Definitely 25, 
80, 143, 443, and a number of others.

I'm back in Raleigh now.  Even though TWC is making decisions we don't 
like, it doesn't seem that anyone can suggest a compelling alternative.  
Or am I wrong?  I'm likely to order RR within the week, unless there is 
a better option...?

Michael


Warren Myers wrote:
> you should note, though, verizon'll probably make you sign up for their
> landline service to get FIOS
>
> On 6/11/07, William Sutton <william at trilug.org> wrote:
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>> Interesting.  I'll keep that in mind should I ever have a chance to use
>> FIOS.
>>
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>> William Sutton
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>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Ed Hill wrote:
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>>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:42:50 -0400 (EDT) William Sutton wrote:
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>>>> I've had Comcast in Alabama and Virginia for 3-4 years now.  I had
>>>> TWC for 3-4 years in NC.  On the whole TWC impressed me as more
>>>> clueful and servicable.  Examples of Comcast's cluelessness:
>>>>         
>>> [...snip...]
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>>>> I HATE Comcast.  I wish I had a viable alternative.  And to think
>>>> that I see commercials telling me how much of an innovater the cable
>>>> industry is.
>>>>         
>>> Yes!  We had the same experience with Comcast.  The Windows-only setup
>>> was junk--especially as we moved from one location to another and had
>>> to re-setup each time.
>>>
>>> When FIOS came to our neighborhood I called Comcast and asked if they
>>> would match the FIOS terms and save us the hassle of switching over.
>>> The salesperson told us our suggestion was a non-starter and we should
>>> either take it (their rates and terms of service) or leave it.  So, we
>>> left.
>>>
>>> When we returned our cable equipment to the local office they begged
>>> us not to leave and offered to match or beat any competitor.  We
>>> laughed and explained how they already had their chance and blew it.
>>>
>>> Good riddance!  FIOS is much nicer from both a networking speed and a
>>> TV-User-Interface point of view.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
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