Windstream/Kinetic just finished running supposedly 1G fiber down our rural
road in NE Ohio. It has to be better than our spotty Spectrum cable. Not
sure when I will spring for it. I have to put in an underground conduit 1st.
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 13:57 Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, things have gone from bad to worse. I spent over two hours on
> the phone with a level 3 tech support guy. He wasn't very good at
> listening, but I finally got him to do a simple test of calling one of the
> dialup numbers. He didn't do it fully at first, but tried again later and
> got the same results as I had been getting. So we tried some experiments
> to narrow down the problem. Pinging Google took 311mS, which is far too
> long. After more digging and experiments he found that the baud rate
> behind their modem was a disgusting 1.92K, which is why everything was
> timing out. The number of dialup users has increased. but most dialup
> usage is still for small businesses connecting their cash registers to
> banks.
>
> It's unlikely that it will be restored to earlier rates as this has a
> lot to do with 19CL trying to get out of the copper business. But then
> they aren't doing anything towards installing fiber. He also learned that
> Verizon will soon have a hybrid optical/copper network here, which I was
> already aware of by way of the seemless orange tubing being installed under
> the streets.
>
> So, my internet usage at home is crippled for now. I'll knock down
> the Earthlink account to email only and use the tethered cell phone very
> sparingly until the Verizon system is available.
>
> >
> > I don't doubt what you've described for a moment, as I've had
> similar
> >experiences in both government contract and commercial businesses, many
> of
> >the latter failing due to gross incompetence together with white collar
> >crime. There were many times early on where I had considered moving back
> >east and returning to the ANG, but the outdoor opportunities outweighed
> >the employment difficulties. My one shot at flying older C-130s for fire
> >suppression came to an end thanks to a fellow named Dennis Reagan, who
> >pretty much grounded everyone who was flying them.
> >
> > You have to do the best you can with the cards you've been dealt.
> >Sometimes you have no choice but to fold and walk away.
> >
> > BTW: I also recall the demise of an earlier dialup provider named
> >Primenet. They were bought out by Global Crossing (Bermuda?). They were
> >equally incompetent. When I dropped them I was still able to use their
> >email by way of Telnet.
> >
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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