[olug] Cox Ultimate Tier

[Aric Aasgaard]

I am betting X% of customers will have issues with the quality of the signal
because of too long or poorly shielded coax.  So instead of having send a
tech out to X% of the customers on COX's dime you will need to pay for it if
you wish to have the service.

Like I said before I had to run all new coax at a place when they upped the
frequency of the signal a few months ago.  Cox was nice enough to help me
pull the cable and didn't charge me.

I am happy they are offering it.

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Dan
Clough
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 9:11 PM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Cox Ultimate Tier

Then you make sure the first guy didn't have his head up his ass.

Besides, I'd think that 50Mbps would require a better signal than 20Mbps.
Perhaps they have to change something in the neighborhood box?  

Any cable techs have any input on this?

Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Pluta <epluta3 at cox.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:09:48
To: Omaha Linux User Group<olug at olug.org>
Subject: Re: [olug] Cox Ultimate Tier

What if the existing connection was professionally installed in the first
place?

Dan Clough wrote:
> Probably making sure your modem's coax line isn't going through a 
> rat's nest of splitters, amplifiers and other signal-killers.
>
> I had that exact problem about a year or two ago.  My modem's 
> connection went all wacky and a tech had to come out with a signal 
> tester to trace the source of the problem - my modem's connection was 
> going through the cable TV splitter and amplified that serviced my TVs.
>
> Signal quality and impedance make a big, big difference, and even a 
> moderately technical person might overlook a detail like that.
>
> On 4/5/2010 7:11 PM, Dave Rowe wrote:
>> What does the professional installation include?  Making sure wire A 
>> goes in port B 'correctly'?
>>
>> That is absurd.
>>
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Aric Aasgaard
>> Sender: olug-bounces at olug.org
>> To: Omaha Linux User Group
>> ReplyTo: Omaha Linux User Group
>> Subject: [olug] Cox Ultimate Tier
>> Sent: Apr 5, 2010 6:21 PM
>>
>> Cox Home now offers the Ultimate tier in Omaha.
>>
>>
>>
>> 50 Mbit down and 5 Mbit up
>>
>>
>>
>> It required a new $80 modem and a non-optional $90 professional 
>> install and costs $99.99 a month.
>>
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