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Posted by MAG on October 9, 2005, 11:09 am
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Hi folks-
I'm moving to Carmel, Indiana. My home site has cable TV/broadband
available through Bright House Networks. I've never heard of them
before; I've had Comcast for... well.. ever.
Anyway, they offer broadband from either Earthlink or Roadrunner. I'm
not quite sure why they offer two services, but I'm having trouble
differentiating between them. As far as I can tell, the fees are the
same, and the speed is the same. I don't currently have data about
newsgroup access.
Any experiences that can help me choose which way to go would be
appreciated.
Notes:
1. Separate from broadband, I do maintain an Earthlink (originally
Netcom) account, for dialup access when traveling. Had it since 1995.
2. A major use of the broadband at home is to VPN into my company
network. It's important that whichever service I choose allow this.
Thanks
Marc
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Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on October 9, 2005, 11:34 am
> Hi folks-
>
> I'm moving to Carmel, Indiana. My home site has cable TV/broadband
> available through Bright House Networks. I've never heard of them
> before; I've had Comcast for... well.. ever.
>
> Anyway, they offer broadband from either Earthlink or Roadrunner. I'm
> not quite sure why they offer two services, but I'm having trouble
> differentiating between them. As far as I can tell, the fees are the
> same, and the speed is the same. I don't currently have data about
> newsgroup access.
Call Earthlink directly, not the cable company, and ask them about their
broadband service in your area.
If you do that, you'll probably get the cheaper price. Deal only with
Earthlink; they'll do whatever they need to do to make their service
happen over your cable lines.
Once you're an Earthlink subscriber, you continue to deal only with
Earthlink. If they need to make a service call, they will. They are an
independent ISP who happens to contract to use the cable lines, but just
because they use the cable lines doesn't mean you should call the cable
company for any part of it. All of that is Earthlink's business.
Like I said, you'll get a cheaper rate (41.95)--and you'll have the
strong benefit of being an Earthlink customer.
I was a RoadRunner customer for many years, then when Earthlink came
along over the same lines I made the switch. I got a few bucks cheaper,
and it turned out I had incredibly better tech support. Twice I
experienced a problem hitting web pages; it was a problem with a remote
AT&T router in Chicago that was causing problems. Both times Earthlink
was able to track it down and, even though it wasn't their problem, they
were able to get hold of the right people and fix it.
RoadRunner has no clue how the Internet works, other than they hook up
cables and people send them money. If anything goes wrong, they are
stuck. Piss-poor service, believe me.
> 1. Separate from broadband, I do maintain an Earthlink (originally
> Netcom) account, for dialup access when traveling. Had it since 1995.
With your Earthlink broadband account (like I said, call Earthlink
directly), you get unlimited dialup. Or you did, anyway.
>
> 2. A major use of the broadband at home is to VPN into my company
> network. It's important that whichever service I choose allow this.
Both will allow this.
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Posted by MAG on October 10, 2005, 10:05 pm
elmop@nastydesigns.com says...
>
> > Hi folks-
> >
> > I'm moving to Carmel, Indiana. My home site has cable TV/broadband
> > available through Bright House Networks. I've never heard of them
> > before; I've had Comcast for... well.. ever.
> >
> > Anyway, they offer broadband from either Earthlink or Roadrunner. I'm
> > not quite sure why they offer two services, but I'm having trouble
> > differentiating between them. As far as I can tell, the fees are the
> > same, and the speed is the same. I don't currently have data about
> > newsgroup access.
>
> Call Earthlink directly, not the cable company, and ask them about their
> broadband service in your area.
>
> If you do that, you'll probably get the cheaper price. Deal only with
> Earthlink; they'll do whatever they need to do to make their service
> happen over your cable lines.
(rest of good advice snipped)
Thanks. Great response. I appreciate it.
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Posted by Jon on October 17, 2005, 8:41 am
The Earthlink and Roadrunner broadband both operate on the exact same
physical network -- right down to the nodes, CMTS, and physical drops.
Evaluate the pricing, support, speed, terms, offers, etc. of both
services and service levels and select the best option. The networks
are the same.
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Posted by Charles Newman on October 21, 2005, 7:52 pm
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> Hi folks-
>
> I'm moving to Carmel, Indiana. My home site has cable TV/broadband
> available through Bright House Networks. I've never heard of them
> before; I've had Comcast for... well.. ever.
>
> Anyway, they offer broadband from either Earthlink or Roadrunner. I'm
> not quite sure why they offer two services, but I'm having trouble
> differentiating between them. As far as I can tell, the fees are the
> same, and the speed is the same. I don't currently have data about
> newsgroup access.
>
> Any experiences that can help me choose which way to go would be
> appreciated.
>
> Notes:
> 1. Separate from broadband, I do maintain an Earthlink (originally
> Netcom) account, for dialup access when traveling. Had it since 1995.
>
> 2. A major use of the broadband at home is to VPN into my company
> network. It's important that whichever service I choose allow this.
Well, you can mask what you are doing using an open Socks 5
proxy server, there are a few of them on the net. You will need
to use a program called SocksCap, and then you need to find an
open Socks proxy server, the most updated list is at
http://www.atomintersoft.com/products/alive-proxy/socks5-list
RoadRunner or EarthLink will know you went to the proxy, but
wont know where you went beyond the proxy.
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