Comcast yanking NFL Network

DTV does have the package deal with Bellsouth, though that may die if AT&T gets TV service (which I expect would be using fiberoptic cable). But no, it's not what I have even though I do have Bellsouth and DTV.

And Comcast's high speed never really gives you the speed they advertise. It's still pretty fast, but they only tell you the maximum possible speed, not the real normal speed.

 

mines through verizon not bellsouth. isnt bellsouth canada anyway?
https://www22.verizon.com/ForYourHome/NationalBundles/NatBundlesHome.aspx

i think i got the middle one

 

Bellsouth basically covers the southeast US, and is now part of AT&T

 

The biggest problem with Comcast is that instead of building their network to meet customer needs, they just kick off users who actually use the high speed network as it was advertised.

They used to advertise "unlimited access" but in the fine print, if you are in the top 1% of users, they kick you out on the pretext that your "excessive use" is damaging other customer's ability to use the network. They don't have to demonstrate that anyone on your node complained, or anything of the kind. They just kick off customers who are unprofitable for them.

I have read on the Internet that they have the same policy with their digital voice service.
If you took them at their word and placed a month long call to Canada, you would likely be told that they really didn't mean what they said, that as a customer who agreed to the terms of service when signing on you agreed that legal disputes would be settled by their arbitrator, not in the courts (you gave up your right to sue in most cases) coupled with the fact that you really don't have much choice...DSL, which isn't quite as fast in most cases.
What are you going to do? use Vonage over Comcast? Then if you make the same month long call to Canada, they get you for "excessive bandwidth use."

I would love to see Vonage sue Comcast for that monopolistic practice!

Then they have the gall to put out the ads that try to imply that the local cable franchises are there to protect the consumer.

But, if AT&T offered a similar service you could switch to whenever Comcast made such a call, then it is much less likely that Comcast would treat the customers as hostages, and that they would be forced to increase capacity the old fashioned way. Build it.

BTW, the AT&T broadband is a hybrid FO/copper DSL service. Fiber-to-the-neighborhood.

 

Yes, DirecTV dishes should plug into the same coaxial cable that Comcast uses where it runs into the house.

Theoretically, though, you might want to run a 2nd coax cable into your main TV watching room, which would allow you to record 2 channels at once with a DirecTV DVR (or Tivo).

 

"Unlimited use" through any provider is not synonymous with "unlimited bandwidth," and that's where everyone starts complaining. My friends that have a problem with their BS, Comcast, Verizon, etc. are the ones who are trying to host servers. If you're not paying for business class speed, don't complain. The top 1% are almost always hosting servers.

 

I would avoid satellite based high speed Internet.
You will have poor upstream speeds, and probably have quotas that will be frustrating.