[Hidden-tech] Comcast Alternatives? Grrrrrr~! *&$@%^^%$

[Al Williams]

Mathew,

The answer is essentially no as long as you are looking for "high speed
internet".
Most of Western Massachusetts does not attract multiple cabl/internet
providers.
Verizon stopped building out FIOS some time ago.

Al


On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Mathew Jacobson <mat at 4d4s.org> wrote:

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> Comcast is making me psychotic.
>
> This morning my son and I were watching as a Comcast truck pulled up in
> front of our house. He asked me about the light and the cherry picker and
> what it was doing. I figured it was installing some service or another at a
> neighbor. Turns out it was disconnecting my Internet service.
>
> Turns out they have detected "leakage" that they have traced to my line
> and they say that they disconnected it so I would call them and they could
> set a time to come fix it. The earliest time being Thursday. They are not
> however willing to call my boss, my staff or any government agencies to
> explain why I can't work until then.
>
> Shutting the line down is sure an effective way of getting me to call, but
> so would have been ringing the bell. Or just waving to us looking out the
> window. Or a phone call...
>
> Are there any alternatives?  Verizon can only give me 1.5 dsl
>
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P. Al Williams
Executive Director
Northampton Community Television
www.northamptontv.org
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