Steve: The FCC's reclassification of the Internet as a public utility has shifted the state's position on community broadband development. It's now reasonable to consider executing community emergency mesh networks. What would you expect to happen to your speeds, if you acted as a "node" on such a network? Tom On 08/15/2016 05:07 PM, steve ulrich wrote: > while i enjoy a good centurylink flogging as much as the next guy, i > have to say i've been quite pleased with the service. there was no > $250 charge for installation, so perhaps i just got them on a good > day. though to be fair, it did take a bit longer to get them to add > my split on the OLT since apparently they ran out of capacity on the > previous split. that took no shortage of phone calls. > > given that the interface is a gige phy you're not going to be able to > detect a line rate change, you'd have to actively probe for changes in > throughput. which is an amusing notion. > > although i'm more curious as to what the actual expectation was > relative to the speed tests was? with the encapsulation overhead on > the service you're not going to get a full gigabit of IP throughput > anyway. > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Tom <tompoe at meltel.net> wrote: >> Hi: What software do you use to monitor speeds. Does the software alert you >> when speeds drop? >> >> Tom >> >> >> On 08/15/2016 04:00 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: >> >> I fought with Century Link over the FTTN speeds and refused to pay a penny >> after the first weekend when only their speed test met the speed >> expectations. >> >> I got my $250 back for the installation. >> >> Twice. >> >> It helps to argue and work on breach of contract to get them to abide by the >> agreement. >> >> On Aug 15, 2016, at 3:54 PM, Brian Wood <woodbrian77 at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I signed up recently with CenturyLink and we agreed to a $50 >> discount off the price of the modem. Now I got the first bill >> and no discount. I called them and they said they could only >> give me a $25 discount -- something about how that was all >> that was available at the time I signed up. I didn't get the >> terms we agreed to in writing so I just said OK. But at least I >> can let others know of what happened and maybe help you >> avoid the same mistake. >> >> -- >> Brian >> Ebenezer Enterprises - In G-d we trust. >> http://webEbenezer.net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> -- >> You cannot be a Republican and support universal health care. Are you a >> Republican? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > -- You cannot be a Republican and support universal health care. Are you a Republican? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20160815/5bd37f52/attachment.html>