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About speeds, how does Cox's mbps compare to @home?


"Anonymous" <remailer@remailer.xganon.com> wrote in message
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: Lloyd Wayne Reece <Lloyd@reece.net>writes:
:
: >PC Medic wrote:
: >
: >>"Lloyd Wayne Reece" <Lloyd@reece.net>wrote in message
: >>news:3C314C9C.DEDF0FCC@reece.net...
: >>
: >>>Mr_Smyth wrote:
: >>>
: >>>>Does anyone know here if I will have to install their software when
: >>>>it comes out to keep my service up and running?
: >>>
: >>>You will have to install the software to register your computer
: >>>with the new Cox.net service but their is nothing saying you can't
: >>>uninstall it after you have registered!
: >>
: >>With all do respect to your position with Cox Technical Support, where
: >>did you get this information? Anything that will need to be done
: >>(which isn't much) can be done manually by the average user.
: >
: >But I was told that at some point in the next 2 months you will have to
: >load the CD and register your computer with COX.
:
: I don't use Microsoft Windows, or a Macintosh, how do I "register [my]
: computer with COX" ?
:
: Why do I need a 650MB CD-ROM to convey the information that could be
: printed on a piece of paper?
:
: >If you can accomplish that without installing the software great!!
:
: _I_ can. As could anyone with a modicum of sense and the ability to
: follow instructions.
:
: >I am not sure you can because the software is going to send all
: >the necessary info to COX directly.
:
: What information, and where is it sent?
:
: Why is this necessary?
:
: I really doubt that each user receives a personalized CD-ROM. There is
: another agenda here.
:
: >Like I said before their is nothing saying you can't uninstall the
: >software 5 minutes after the regestriation process has been done!
:
: I don't use Microsoft Windows, or a Macintosh. Is this how COX intends
: to prevent the use of unsupported (aka unauthorized) operating systems?
:
: And just how much money is COX wasting on these "conversion kits"?
:
: --
: A COX user