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In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.970401160727.7521E-100000@carhart.com>, Allan
Carhart <allan@carhart.com> wrote:

>Hello everyone. I am looking for an apartment in Silicon Valley where
>I can get a Cable Modem,

>then I'd like to hear from you -- Specifically if you're living in
>Cupertino, Sunnyvale(*), Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, or San Jose --

They're not avaiable in mountain view. Only sunnyvale from what I've heard.

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Well, San Jose isnt a test site as far as I know. @Home isn't doing
that much testing in Sunnyvale as they are in Fremont because
apparently, the cable systems in fremont are more up to date and
easier to deal with or something. I do know that some people in
Sunnyvale got it, and almost all of Fremont has cable modem access now
(I live in southern fremont/Warm Springs area and we are getting it
this month)

Hope that helped a bit

--Jamil
jamilv @ best . com


On Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:37:40 -0800, Allan Carhart <allan@carhart.com>
wrote:

>Hello everyone. I am looking for an apartment in Silicon Valley where
>I can get a Cable Modem, and am having a difficult time finding one.
>Maybe you can help me.
>
>If you:
>
>1) Use a cable modem at home, via TCI and @Home
>2) Rent in an apartment complex
>3) Live in the "Silicon Valley" part of the Bay Area
>
>(Or know of someone who does all of the above)
>
>then I'd like to hear from you -- Specifically if you're living in
>Cupertino, Sunnyvale(*), Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, or San Jose --
>If you have a cable modem and you like your apartment complex (or even
>if you aren't thrilled with the place) would you please tell me a little
>bit about your complex.
>
>Where is your apartment complex located? (An address and/or location relative to
>major freeways, expressways, whatever's relevant)
>What sort of amenities does it have?
>Are cats allowed?
>How is the rent?
>
>I did extensive web searches, and just didn't find what I was looking for.
>
>I did find one place meeting all my needs in Fremont, CA
>
>It's $1400/month for a 2 bedroom apartment, and has all the amentities
>(permission to have a pet, swimming pool, weight room, washer/dryer
>hookup, etc.) But when I went up to visit it, I was disappointed to realize
>how far it was -- Eastern Fremont is just too far from the area I'd
>like to live.
>
>If only BART went to the west bay!!!  :-)
>
>I've heard rumors that Cable Modems are also available in San Jose and
>Sunnyvale (*). I tried contacting @Home directly, but they can not
>answer the question "Where are Cable Modems available?"--
>So maybe you can help. -- I'm turning to first-hand experiences from the 'net
>to help me out.
>
>I'll be moving from San Diego to the Bay Area in June -- And while having a 
>Cable Modem isn't the _ONLY_ thing that matters, it sure would be nice. :-) 
>
>(*) I know that Sunnyvale seems to be perpetually in Beta Testing -- so I'm
>not hopeful that I'll wind up in Sunnyvale with a Cable Modem.
>
>Thanks for any help you can give me in my apartment hunting.
>
>-Allan Carhart
>allan@carhart.com
>
>P.S. I know that San Jose is a big place -- some parts are further from
>the Heart of Silicon Valley than Fremont is -- But email me anyway if you
>think you know of a complex which fits what I'm describing. THANKS!
>

jamilv@best.com (Jamil Valliani) writes:
>Well, San Jose isnt a test site as far as I know. @Home isn't doing
>that much testing in Sunnyvale as they are in Fremont because
>apparently, the cable systems in fremont are more up to date and
>easier to deal with or something. 

The IP over cable availability in Fremont appears to be more hype than
reality.  

As other posters have noted, TCI is not very forthcoming with
information as to which areas have service, or what the timetables for
a particular area are.

-wolfgang
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Hello,

I thought @home uses HFC also (you are referring to Hybrid Fiber Coax,
right?). I am not very knowledgeable in this area and I just try to
make sense out of what I read on their web site. I was just
wondering...

bye!

--Jamil
jamilv @ best . com


On 2 Apr 1997 01:38:19 -0800, bleach@shell3.ba.best.com (asher) wrote:

>@home isn't available in san jose and i really doubt it will be for a long
>while.  tci's sj setup in much of the city is just plain outdated.  pacbell
>however now has a hfc cable network here (which i prefer to tci) and is
>currently testing cable modems.  sadly the person i spoke to at pac bell said
>they'd only let you be a tester if you used win95.. hopefully it wont be too
>long til it's publicly available.
>
>
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Hi, Allan:

We live in a Sunnyvale Apartment- Cherry Blossom Apartments.  It's on
Mangrove Avenue, directly behind the Firestation.  It's also near the
cross-streets Wolfe and El Camino.  It's very close to Lawrence
Expressway, Central Expressway and 101.  It is a really good area. 
Within 1/4 mile, you have 2 Safeway grocery stores and the closest
Safeway strip center (down the street from us) has just been entirely
redone.  It is really modern and nice.  

As for rent, we are paying $700/mo. for a one bedroom.  I think that the
current rent is $800.  Cats are allowed- with a pet deposit.  AND- we
have a cable modem.  We are beta testing, and it's great.  Not all
Sunnyvale people are beta testing, though.

jamilv@best.com (Jamil Valliani) writes:

>Hello,

>I thought @home uses HFC also (you are referring to Hybrid Fiber Coax,
>right?). I am not very knowledgeable in this area and I just try to
>make sense out of what I read on their web site. I was just
>wondering...

@home does use HFC..  but tci doesnt have a HFC network in san jose, as
pac bell does.
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wolfgang@dailyplanet.wsrcc.com (Wolfgang Rupprecht) wrote:
>The IP over cable availability in Fremont appears to be more hype than
>reality.  

I guess I should have waited a bit longer before posting.  No 
5 days went by before @HOME sent me email that IP over cable 
was nowavailable in my area.  I of course jumped at the chance
and ordered it right away.

I don't yet have the second ethernet card for my main machine, 
so I'm testing it out with a PCMCIA 10bt ethernet card on a
portable.  As far as I can tell it, it works just fine.  Thanks
guys!  I've very pleased so far.

-wolfgang
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