Is this group still active

[Retirednoguilt]

I've seem no new postings for many months. Is everyone fully satisfied
with Comcast's services and no one has questions, or has this group been
inactivated? Personally, I've had no issues; but the absences of recent
postings seems strange.

[g***@rr.com]

On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:48:14 -0500, Retirednoguilt

Post by Retirednoguilt
I've seem no new postings for many months. Is everyone fully satisfied
with Comcast's services and no one has questions, or has this group been
inactivated? Personally, I've had no issues; but the absences of recent
postings seems strange.

I check this group every day. I think many people are just leaving
Comcast instead of complaining if they have the option. My city will
be getting Fiber from "Ting" some time in the next year. Ting quoted
cost for 1gb is a lot cheaper than Comcast.

As soon as I get this option I will be leaving Comcast. I have 2
Tivo's with Cable Cards and Comcast has dropped any support for them.
They still work for now. One cable card died just before they said
they no longer would provide replacements. I was lucky to get mine
replaced.

I just got my new bill for their latest price increases. Since they
only give me a $2 rebate for E-Bills, I figures I would cancel my
E-Statment and force them to pay for the extra cost of sending me a
bill every month. If many Comcast uses did this, they might see how
much more it will cost them to send out Paper bills.

[Char Jackson]

Post by g***@rr.com
On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:48:14 -0500, Retirednoguilt

Post by Retirednoguilt
I've seem no new postings for many months. Is everyone fully satisfied
with Comcast's services and no one has questions, or has this group been
inactivated? Personally, I've had no issues; but the absences of recent
postings seems strange.

I check this group every day. <snip>

As do I, and I suspect others, even though I'm no longer with Comcast.

[Retirednoguilt]

Post by Char Jackson

Post by g***@rr.com
On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:48:14 -0500, Retirednoguilt

Post by Retirednoguilt
I've seem no new postings for many months. Is everyone fully satisfied
with Comcast's services and no one has questions, or has this group been
inactivated? Personally, I've had no issues; but the absences of recent
postings seems strange.

I check this group every day. <snip>

As do I, and I suspect others, even though I'm no longer with Comcast.

Thanks for those who replied. I must be one of the lucky ones. Our
large condo has a 3 year bulk contract with them which we were able to
extend for a year at the same price, for a triple play (TV, internet and
land line phone). We had the usual over-long-to-resolve problems at
initial implementation but after that, for several years, essentially
faultless performance at an incredible price. Compared to Verizon,
Comcast charges us about 1/2 of what Verizon quoted for the identical
services. Where I live, Verizon or Comcast aka xfinity are our only to
choices.

[Alan K.]

Post by Retirednoguilt

Post by Char Jackson

Post by g***@rr.com
On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:48:14 -0500, Retirednoguilt

Post by Retirednoguilt
I've seem no new postings for many months. Is everyone fully satisfied
with Comcast's services and no one has questions, or has this group been
inactivated? Personally, I've had no issues; but the absences of recent
postings seems strange.

I check this group every day. <snip>

As do I, and I suspect others, even though I'm no longer with Comcast.

Thanks for those who replied. I must be one of the lucky ones. Our
large condo has a 3 year bulk contract with them which we were able to
extend for a year at the same price, for a triple play (TV, internet and
land line phone). We had the usual over-long-to-resolve problems at
initial implementation but after that, for several years, essentially
faultless performance at an incredible price. Compared to Verizon,
Comcast charges us about 1/2 of what Verizon quoted for the identical
services. Where I live, Verizon or Comcast aka xfinity are our only to
choices.

We changed from Verizon to Xfinity for quality of the phone connection and poor cabling in our
condo. Can you imaging sending internet over bare copper wire?

Besides, Xfinity lets you record multiple multiple shows at once. Verizon only let us do 2. May
have changed in 5 years, but was limiting back then. It's rare but we've recorded 4 shows at once
on occasion.

We get a bit of broken video now and then but other than that... I get 300MB on my wi-fi download.
I'm sure it would be gigabit via Ethernet but I can't pay the price to put a simple (or 2) cables in
the walls. And adapters have been less than usable for me, if not worthless.

[Adam H. Kerman]

Post by Alan K.

. . .

We changed from Verizon to Xfinity for quality of the phone connection and poor cabling in our
condo. Can you imaging sending internet over bare copper wire?

Bare copper? Don't you mean a copper pair? That wouldn't work at all.

And yes, that's how I received my signal for years. Cat 5 and better
ethernet cable, wired correctly, has a great deal of signal capacity. Of
course 2400 baud modems in the '90s didn't but they were fine for text
email.

Post by Alan K.
. . .
We get a bit of broken video now and then but other than that... I get 300MB on my wi-fi download.
I'm sure it would be gigabit via Ethernet but I can't pay the price to put a simple (or 2) cables in
the walls. And adapters have been less than usable for me, if not worthless.

If it's RG-56 and the insulation rubs off on your fingers, that needed
replacement with quad-shielded RG-6 years ago. Also, it's possible you
have a kink (less flexible cable needs a more generous radius) or the
ground detached or a connection must be tighted with a 7/16 in wrench..

Cable replacement is a do it yourself job. Use the bad cable to fish the
new cable through.

[Alan K.]

Post by Adam H. Kerman

Post by Alan K.

. . .

We changed from Verizon to Xfinity for quality of the phone connection and poor cabling in our
condo. Can you imaging sending internet over bare copper wire?

Bare copper? Don't you mean a copper pair? That wouldn't work at all.
And yes, that's how I received my signal for years. Cat 5 and better
ethernet cable, wired correctly, has a great deal of signal capacity. Of
course 2400 baud modems in the '90s didn't but they were fine for text
email.

Post by Alan K.
. . .
We get a bit of broken video now and then but other than that... I get 300MB on my wi-fi download.
I'm sure it would be gigabit via Ethernet but I can't pay the price to put a simple (or 2) cables in
the walls. And adapters have been less than usable for me, if not worthless.

If it's RG-56 and the insulation rubs off on your fingers, that needed
replacement with quad-shielded RG-6 years ago. Also, it's possible you
have a kink (less flexible cable needs a more generous radius) or the
ground detached or a connection must be tighted with a 7/16 in wrench..
Cable replacement is a do it yourself job. Use the bad cable to fish the
new cable through.

Yes, copper pair, a good ole telephone wire, 4-wire red/green/yellow/black IIRC.

[Adam H. Kerman]

Post by Alan K.

Post by Adam H. Kerman

Post by Alan K.

. . .

We changed from Verizon to Xfinity for quality of the phone connection and poor cabling in our
condo. Can you imaging sending internet over bare copper wire?

Bare copper? Don't you mean a copper pair? That wouldn't work at all.
And yes, that's how I received my signal for years. Cat 5 and better
ethernet cable, wired correctly, has a great deal of signal capacity. Of
course 2400 baud modems in the '90s didn't but they were fine for text
email.

Post by Alan K.
. . .
We get a bit of broken video now and then but other than that... I get 300MB on my wi-fi download.
I'm sure it would be gigabit via Ethernet but I can't pay the price to put a simple (or 2) cables in
the walls. And adapters have been less than usable for me, if not worthless.

If it's RG-56 and the insulation rubs off on your fingers, that needed
replacement with quad-shielded RG-6 years ago. Also, it's possible you
have a kink (less flexible cable needs a more generous radius) or the
ground detached or a connection must be tighted with a 7/16 in wrench..
Cable replacement is a do it yourself job. Use the bad cable to fish the
new cable through.

Yes, copper pair, a good ole telephone wire, 4-wire red/green/yellow/black IIRC.

Prior to Cat 5, they hadn't figured out how to manufacture telephone
wire with the ideal twist. Worse still, in new home construction, the
building used the cheapest contractor to install telephone wire. I once
saw a subdivision built with UNTWISTED pair, the flat wire intended to
be used between the jack and telephone instrument, short runs only.

. . . and it was near a radio station transmitter. That stuff just
pulled in signal interference.

Cat 5, even for voice only, solved lots of problems.

[Frank]

Post by Retirednoguilt
I've seem no new postings for many months. Is everyone fully satisfied
with Comcast's services and no one has questions, or has this group been
inactivated? Personally, I've had no issues; but the absences of recent
postings seems strange.

"usenet has been dying" Just googled it and got:

Yes, Usenet has been considered "dying" for several years now, primarily
due to the rise of more modern internet platforms, the influx of spam
and large binary files (like videos) which overloaded the system, and
the recent decision by Google to discontinue Usenet support on Google
Groups, significantly reducing its accessibility.

For me, no problem with Comcast except like everything else it is
getting more expensive. Retired at home most of the time I am on the
internet and watching TV all the time and since I can afford it will let
it ride.

[Char Jackson]

Post by Frank

Post by Retirednoguilt
I've seem no new postings for many months. Is everyone fully satisfied
with Comcast's services and no one has questions, or has this group been
inactivated? Personally, I've had no issues; but the absences of recent
postings seems strange.

Yes, Usenet has been considered "dying" for several years now,

I started using Usenet in the summer of 1984 and one of the first things
I heard from the oldtimers was that Usenet is dying. That's more than 40
years ago, so it must be a slow death.

Post by Frank
primarily
due to the rise of more modern internet platforms, the influx of spam
and large binary files (like videos) which overloaded the system, and
the recent decision by Google to discontinue Usenet support on Google
Groups, significantly reducing its accessibility.
For me, no problem with Comcast except like everything else it is
getting more expensive. Retired at home most of the time I am on the
internet and watching TV all the time and since I can afford it will let
it ride.

[Marc Zuckaturd]

Post by Char Jackson
I started using Usenet in the summer of 1984 and one of the first things
I heard from the oldtimers was that Usenet is dying. That's more than 40
years ago, so it must be a slow death.

It will last until the Democrats censor it.

[Boris]

Post by Retirednoguilt
I've seem no new postings for many months. Is everyone fully satisfied
with Comcast's services and no one has questions, or has this group been
inactivated? Personally, I've had no issues; but the absences of recent
postings seems strange.

I'm still here and check every day, but like you say, there's not much
traffic. I have three accounts at three locations, cable and internet, and
all have been rock solid. Speeds are fine since we don't game and there's
only two of us. Even when the kids are here, no problem. We don't watch any
of the legacy networks, and don't do streaming. I get everything I (we) like
over cable. The only thing I can complain about is the ever increasing
price, and the poor service either over the phone or at the Xfinity store.
We don't do VOIP. There's no competition for these accounts. Wish there
was.

I have a fourth account with ATT Direct TV over POTS (in the mountains).
It's expensive for what I get.

[Retirednoguilt]

Post by Boris

Post by Retirednoguilt
I've seem no new postings for many months. Is everyone fully satisfied
with Comcast's services and no one has questions, or has this group been
inactivated? Personally, I've had no issues; but the absences of recent
postings seems strange.

I'm still here and check every day, but like you say, there's not much
traffic. I have three accounts at three locations, cable and internet, and
all have been rock solid. Speeds are fine since we don't game and there's
only two of us. Even when the kids are here, no problem. We don't watch any
of the legacy networks, and don't do streaming. I get everything I (we) like
over cable. The only thing I can complain about is the ever increasing
price, and the poor service either over the phone or at the Xfinity store.
We don't do VOIP. There's no competition for these accounts. Wish there
was.
I have a fourth account with ATT Direct TV over POTS (in the mountains).
It's expensive for what I get.

Years ago, when digital phone service was first implemented, and I
didn't have a cell phone, I refused to give up my POTS land line because
our area was susceptible to relatively frequent power outages lasting
several days. Digital phone, whether fiber optic or cable went out as
soon as our power went out because digital land line relies on each
subscriber having a modem which uses 120v power. Even battery backups
didn't provide long enough duration to preserve service when the outages
were days long. However, my POTS land line never ever went dead. Now,
our local telco uses emergency generators to power their cell phone
transmitters and we have reliable cell phone service even when we lose
power for days. In fact, several years ago they discontinued POTS
service. I can charge my cell phone in my car and have contact with
emergency services if needed, etc.

[Jim Andersen]

Post by Retirednoguilt
I've seem no new postings for many months. Is everyone fully satisfied
with Comcast's services and no one has questions, or has this group been
inactivated? Personally, I've had no issues; but the absences of recent
postings seems strange.

A regional fiber company is deploying fiber in the local city and entire township.
I've got orange fiber duct popping up in my right-of-way and expect service 90 days or so after the snow melts.

I'm told Comcast is 10 years away from DOCSIS 4 service so it makes me wonder if they'll even bother.
AT$T only offers 5 meg DSL here so they're obviously out of the game.