We have Dish Network (in Athens GA) and have been satisfied. Their install guy came out and was efficient and prompt, no trouble since. We picked them after the local Cable Satan people told us it would be $100 two weeks from then to do a drop line from the street. I think we got some coupon for free install from the Dish people.
A ghost? What's the deal? Is every frat on this campus haunted? And if so, why do people keep coming to these parties, cause it's not the snacks.
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flea - Jan 13, 2009 1:39:40 pm PST #8837 of 25501
information libertarian
Gudanov - Jan 13, 2009 1:48:08 pm PST #8838 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I've somehow expanded my Word open-file dialogue box to full screen. I can't get to the edges to resize it. Any ideas on how I can get this back to the smaller size?
Will double clicking the title bar return it to normal size?
NoiseDesign - Jan 13, 2009 1:53:56 pm PST #8839 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I have ended up staying with Cable (I'm on Charter) mainly because I've had much much better service out of cable internet than with DSL, I also get better speeds, currently 10 Mbps and soon upgrading to 16 Mbps. I've not seen DSL that comes close to those speeds. Once I bundled it all together with the Cable HD TV it was a better deal than Direct TV or Dish.
javachik - Jan 13, 2009 2:03:12 pm PST #8840 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks for the input!
megan walker - Jan 13, 2009 2:10:09 pm PST #8841 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Will double clicking the title bar return it to normal size?
Yes, thank goodness. That must be what I did to switch it in the first place. Thanks Gud!
Ginger - Jan 13, 2009 2:40:44 pm PST #8842 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Comcast is Satan in disguise,
And thinly disguised at that.
javachik - Jan 13, 2009 2:44:55 pm PST #8843 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Welp, I definitely don't want to go back to DSL, and it looks like that's my only option if I choose satellite. Pooh. I have to stick with cable. I am now researching to see if Comcast is my only option...
askye - Jan 14, 2009 3:22:17 pm PST #8844 of 25501
Thrive to spite them
I have Comcast, and granted I'm in a smaller market but I've had mostly good experiences. Except for the problems I had when I moved, but that turned out to be an incomptent tech and old connectors.
I know some people who had either Dish or DirectTV but kept running into problems during bad weather and things like that. I know at my last place it wasn't an option because of all the trees.
javachik - Jan 14, 2009 4:29:05 pm PST #8845 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks for the feedback!
meara - Jan 14, 2009 4:39:22 pm PST #8846 of 25501
Eh, I have Comcast (the triple play--modem, phone, and cable, which has worked out since I need the phone and included long distance to work from home!) and it's been fine, other than that the guys who installed it had no idea how to set it up with my TiVo, so for the longest time I had it set up the way I'd figured it out, which...didn't really work great.
Luckily, my girl's best friend used to work for them, and was over, and knew how to fix it up, and now it's all awesomeness!
Um, and when the year intro rate was over, it was more expensive and I had to call them and badger them into lowering it.
But really, since I need all three it was the best deal, and I haven't had any issues.