Now I can move ...

[dubrowin at bbn.com (Sheldon Dubrowin)]

	According to the RCN Salesperson I spoke to who use to work for M1X the RCN services is faster, and the modem isn't a space heater.  He also gave me his number so if I have any problems, you know the first person I'm going to call.  Overall, though, the pricing for RCN in Waltham was competitive enough for me to switch.  2 cable boxes, all the channels except NESN, 2 phone lines, and the cable modem for the same price I was paying for 1 cable box with most of the channels, 1 phone line from Bell Atlantic, and the cable modem.

	RCN will state and put on their forms that you have linux.  They claim not to flinch if you have a home network, I showed the salesperson, and they say they don't care if you run a server as long as you aren't doing 20-30MB a day.  Then they say you qualify as a business and have to pay the higher rate.

	I wasn't going to switch, but this just kept getting better and better.  Let's hope it all works out when they come to do the install when I get back from vacation.  I'm crossing my fingers.

	Shel

On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 12:16:07PM -0400, Seth M. Landsman wrote:
> 	After lots of headaches and incompetence on M1X's part, they
> finally got me a cable modem and a tech to actually turn the stuff on.
> 
> 	Interesting points :
> 
> 	1. They say RCN's cable modems are the same speed up and down
> stream
> 	2. The tech didn't flinch when I showed him my laptop booted into
> Linux and said I wanted to install on this.  Basically, he needed to tell
> his Boss a version of Windows, but never asked me to boot into it.
> 
> 	Of course, I still don't have cable tv.  He also only split the
> line, not install a new one which the customer service waste-of-space I
> spoke to said that was absolutely necessary.
> 
> 	Oh well, RCN will probably be here before my second month at the
> new place is up ...
> 
> -Seth
> -- 
> "It is by will alone I set my mind in motion" 
> 
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