Bill
Is Comcast only required to provide that connection in areas they are
currently servicing?
David
On Jul 2, 2007, at 10:12 AM, Jeff Wallis wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> You can pay for a static ip address and be upgraded to the business
> account. We have this setup at 2 of our schools. We have point-to-
> point vpn connections over them. It works pretty well. It costs
> $30 or $40 dollars a month for our service. Your best bet is to go
> into the local office and talk with them in person. I went to the
> South Burlington office.
>
> Jeff
>
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>>>> On 6/29/2007 at 9:59 AM, Eric Hall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> All - <br><br>I have wondered this myself (we are also on Comcast). =
>> However they can only provide service where it is
>> available=21<br><br>I =
>> have not been closely following the conversation about free
>> broadband =
>> because we already have it, however Comcast recently made an
>> (unannounced) =
>> change to our =22complimentary=22 connections by blocking a bunch
>> of ports =
>> that we use. At issue is the fact that they only provide
>> =22residential=22 =
>> and not =22business=22 service, so we live with a dynamic IP and
>> some =
>> blocked ports. I have been trying to get through to someone at the =
>> Corporate level to work on getting us a complimentary business
>> account =
>> (which I have been told is now an option) but little luck so far.
>> My =
>> tolerance for being bounced around from office to office is low
>> this time =
>> of year.<br><br>Back to the issue: Even though we are currently
>> getting =
>> about 3.6MBps for free, it is not perfect. Having a more stable
>> connection =
>> and (more importantly) someone who I can easily contact if there
>> are =
>> issues would be a plus. Meanwhile we're OK with =22status =
>> quo=22=21<br><br>Eric<br>-----Original Message-----<br>From:
>> =22Paul =
>> Wood=22 <pwood=40RNESU.ORG><br>Sent 6/29/2007 9:38:52
>> AM<br>To: =
>> SCHOOL-IT=40LIST.UVM.EDU<br>Subject: Adelphia - =
>> Comcast<br><br><pre>***********************
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>> Hello to the many dynamic minds of the listserv.
>>
>> We have Comcast at many of our locations provided for free,
>> because my =20
>> understanding is that what used to be Adelphia is a monopoly.
>>
>> If there is this big initiative to bring more and cheap bandwidth
>> to =20
>> Vermont how will this affect my schools? If Comcast/Adelphia
>> isn't a =20
>> monopoly then they wouldn't have to provide free Internet, thus =20
>> increasing each local budget by =241,000 =13 =241,500.
>>
>> What are your thoughts?
>>
>> humbly,
>> --=20
>> Paul Wood
>> IT Coordinator, RNESU
>> <a href=3D=22http://rnesu.org=22 target=3D=22_blank=22>http://
>> rnesu.org</a>
>> pwood=40rnesu.org
>> P. 802-247-5757 x17
>> F. 802-247-5548
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