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newmanfamilyvlogs:
--- Quote from: drventure on March 01, 2011, 11:17:28 pm ---That sucks. I had comcast, had to switch to timewarner when I moved, but I jumped to Verizon Fios as soon as they fiber was lit in the neighborhood (and they started offering a sweet deal to sign up for phone/tv/inet).
Took a while, but they've been great, They even came out after I'd been hit by lightning and replaced EVERYTHING free of charge. I'm normally no fan of cable services but Verizon has been spot on with FIOS, except for one irritation. They're "normal" tuner box automatically turns itself off after a few hours, so TIVO's won't work with them. You have to get their DVR for the tuner to stay on all the time so TIVO will work.
But I'll likely be upgrading to a HD Tivo with a cable card here pretty soon, so hopefully that won't be an issue. And when I complained, they gave me their HD DVR for free, so they at least made up for it.
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have you seen these?
http://www.cetoncorp.com/products.php
It's a 4 tuner cablecard pcie card.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on March 01, 2011, 11:08:50 pm ---I would be more than happy to ditch their ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- tastic service but they're the only high speed provider in town and they know it.
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Same here. No other wired broadband options. DSL is available down the street but not to me. Verizon has been promising FIOS for years but still nothing. Price is high, too, because I have DirecTV and can't bundle it.
boykster:
--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on March 02, 2011, 05:36:44 am ---have you seen these?
http://www.cetoncorp.com/products.php
It's a 4 tuner cablecard pcie card.
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That seems almost too good to be true - a quad tuner that uses only a single cablecard? That's sweet! If it wasn't $400 I'd buy one in a second to test out....
EightBySix:
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on February 25, 2011, 10:09:51 am ---I used to go through routers every year or so for the longest time. I tried netgear, belkin, linksys, along with one or two other brands, but they all died fairly quick. I eventually got a BUFFALO WHR-HP-G54 router, and it's been going strong for 5+ years. I picked up another one about 2 years ago and use it as a bridge to extend the wireless downstairs. It's kind of funny because the router has actually gotten more expensive over the years, I bought my first one for $35 and now it's around $60.
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+1
I used to go through a router every year or two, failing with similar symptoms. I a new one that was on pc pro A list and although it was 2x the cost of the others (and I tried lynksis, buffallo etc) it's been rock solid and is already saving me money . It's a draytek, dunno if it's uk specific.
ChadTower:
What a nightmare that was. It took Comcast 4 phone calls and a visit from two techs just to swap my damn modem. They never did figure out how to get the modem I bought out of their walled garden despite it being on their approved hardware list. Made me drive to an office to get an older modem and gave me the wrong power supply with it. I had two techs in my house for two hours. One playing pinball the other on the phone swearing at his own central tech support people. Finally they both leave without resolving the issue. Eventually they must have figured out whatever account issue was wrong because my service became active without notification later that night.
At least now my net speed is about 5x faster because I was supposed to be upgraded two years ago and they never mentioned it. Having a simple modem swap turn out to be several hours of ordeal and on site support is just inexcusable.
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