Re: OT: Off topic ... Hi from an old timer ... plus, a Question

2021-02-02 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Well, I unbundled from phone and cable tv as I don’t use them much. I use cox business internet here with guaranteed bandwidth (according to contract). At $86 monthly, it gives me access to anything else I might need (like streaming services, voice over IP, etc). For the cost of cable tv, I can

Re: OT: Off topic ... Hi from an old timer ... plus, a Question

2021-02-02 Thread George Toft via PLUG-discuss
I've had CenturyLink and now have Cox.  I would still have CenturyLink if they would have given me a discount when my promotion was up - they refused, so I switched to cox.  When I called up to cancel the service and return equipment, they suddenly found a 50% off for 2 years discount code.  To

Re: OT: Off topic ... Hi from an old timer ... plus, a Question

2021-01-26 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
Streaming media is indeed a set bandwidth, but the headroom that a faster connection gives will hel offset the more bursty downloads without stalling or impacting the streaming content. Having had cox and century link gig fiber century link has been the better experience so far. And for concurrent

Re: OT: Off topic ... Hi from an old timer ... plus, a Question

2021-01-26 Thread AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss
I would think hard about upgrading to a "faster" plan. The Wall St. Journal did  a study that basically said you gain no advantage for streaming media by upgrading to a faster plan. The WSJ article is behind a pay wall, but this article summarizes the results. https://medium.com/gowander/quick-ta

Re: OT: Off topic ... Hi from an old timer ... plus, a Question

2021-01-26 Thread der.hans via PLUG-discuss
Am 26. Jan, 2021 schwätzte Mike Schwartz so: moin moin Mike, OT: Off topic ... Hi from an old timer ... plus, a Question Please forgive me if I have been "out of radio contact" for too long. Yeah, it's been a while :). I believe both CenturyLink and Cox are offering Gigabit if you're in the