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Hmm… may have to start looking at Verizon to replace Comcast’s internet service.
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- aharden: Crap - forgot to submit my picks this week.
- aharden: Will be taking my first international flights for work in mid-March. Visiting Shanghai and Singapore to host some workshops. Should be fun.
- aharden: The wheels have fallen off the Steelers' wagon. I watched last night's game today. OUCH.
- aharden: Today is the first day of the rest of my coffee-drinking life; I'm now drinking decaf.
- aharden: RT @scotbuff: First real snow of the year is finally accumulating on the lawn. [In Harrisburg, PA.]
- aharden: Our Ninth Annual Misty Run Christmas Tree Run was today. We cut a fresh Fraser Fir, as is our custom.
- aharden: I think this (SNF PIT@BAL) is the best game I've ever heard Cris Collinsworth analyze. Steelers just went up by 3.
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October 22, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Scott
I agree there is some rotten things going on with Comcast. However, my first high speed Internet access was via Verizon and I left because of them blocking ports, particularly port 80.
October 23, 2007 at 10:38 am
PsychoPhil
My access was originally Adelphia and is now Comcast since the buyout. It the short seven months since I’ve moved to Comcast they’ve raised my rates twice compared to one time with Adelphia. Comcast blocks ports 80 and 21 on my connection. I really don’t have any other choice though. Aside from satellite, there is no other high speed connection in my area.
October 24, 2007 at 5:59 am
Scott
Thats weird they are blocking your ports Phil. Is it perhaps a carry over from Adelphia? We seriously need more competition in this area, because the price for high speed Internet has only gone up since I have had it.
October 24, 2007 at 7:28 am
aharden
The only disruption I can foresee in our market are ISPs using long-haul wireless technology like WiMAX. In my area, Comcast and Verizon played chicken with broadband and Verizon lost (after pocketing extra profits for fiber that should have been laid years ago).
It’d be interesting to consider the costs of an effective WiMAX ISP startup. The competition would automatically be based on cost and ease of use, because it wouldn’t be able to compete on raw speed. However, costs could be kept low by providing no-frills service. Tech support would probably be a killer, though.