🚀 go-pugleaf

I got my cable-modem installed one day and had my ISDN disconnected the
next, and got a refund from swbt for what was left...
But, having learned something from that experience, I would atleast keep my
dialup account active.. I can live with 33.6 for a few days (weeks,
actually.. @Home has NOT been very reliable), but I'd go "bonkers" with no
internet at all!  :)
I didn't have any idea they were installing in my neighborhood till I
happened to check the www.home.com page one day and saw my city listed. I
had it installed, mof, weeks before they publicized the service at all..
IOW, just keep calling if you don't want to miss the actual "roll-out"...

Sam Redstone <slr@technologist.com> wrote in message
news:364c941f.2283159@news1.newscene.com...
>Does anyone know how to go about getting any real info about service
>coverage???  All they will tell me about Allen is Dec 1st.  I don't
>want to re-up on my ISDN if I can really get the Cable Modem service.
>
>So does anyone know how real this date is??  Has anyone been able to
>get info out of TCI or @Home?

Getting information about the service hasn't been a problem for me;
getting it working was. I was installed Sep 9, and it did not work for
over 7 weeks. Turns out they had the wrong kind of splitter on the line!
In any case, it works now, no complaints -- but it was a real pain in the
arse until then. My suggestion is to keep ISDN until you are satisfied
with the @Home service.

--
Kyle Maxwell
The Beam

Sam Redstone wrote:

> Does anyone know how to go about getting any real info about service
> coverage???  All they will tell me about Allen is Dec 1st.  I don't
> want to re-up on my ISDN if I can really get the Cable Modem service.
>
> So does anyone know how real this date is??  Has anyone been able to
> get info out of TCI or @Home?
>
> Thanks
>
>       ...slr

I live in McKinney, just up the street from Allen :-).

Our @home service has been rock solid. Absolutely
no complaints. The installer showed up on time, the
installation went without a glitch (I installed my own
in-house wiring to avoid any half-ass wiring from TCI -
the sales folks were talking about running wiring on the
*outside* of my house - not!).

It's kind of fun to download 6mb files now.

Even the wife's AOL works across it!

Hopefully, your mileage in Allen will be similar.

Mike

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Sam Redstone wrote in message <364c941f.2283159@news1.newscene.com>...
>Does anyone know how to go about getting any real info about service
>coverage???  All they will tell me about Allen is Dec 1st.  I don't
>want to re-up on my ISDN if I can really get the Cable Modem service.
>
>So does anyone know how real this date is??  Has anyone been able to
>get info out of TCI or @Home?
>
>Thanks
>
>      ...slr
>

On Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:30:33 -0600, "Mike Burress"
<zmburress@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

<snip>

>Even the wife's AOL works across it!
>
>Hopefully, your mileage in Allen will be similar.
>
>Mike

AOL's actually usable when accessed via a cable modem :- )

I live in Royal Oak, MI, just outside of Detroit and have been calling for
three months about this. They just keep telling me, "Call back in a couple
of weeks, we are getting closer to you!" I would like SOME idea when the
promised land will arrive!

Mike Burress wrote in message ...
>I live in McKinney, just up the street from Allen :-).
>
>Our @home service has been rock solid. Absolutely
>no complaints. The installer showed up on time, the
>installation went without a glitch (I installed my own
>in-house wiring to avoid any half-ass wiring from TCI -
>the sales folks were talking about running wiring on the
>*outside* of my house - not!).
>
>It's kind of fun to download 6mb files now.
>
>Even the wife's AOL works across it!
>
>Hopefully, your mileage in Allen will be similar.
>
>Mike
>
>--
>(Remove leading 'z' from my reply-to
> address to reply. Too many spambots
> these days)
>
>Sam Redstone wrote in message <364c941f.2283159@news1.newscene.com>...
>>Does anyone know how to go about getting any real info about service
>>coverage???  All they will tell me about Allen is Dec 1st.  I don't
>>want to re-up on my ISDN if I can really get the Cable Modem service.
>>
>>So does anyone know how real this date is??  Has anyone been able to
>>get info out of TCI or @Home?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>      ...slr
>>
>
>

On 13 Nov 1998 15:38:51 -0600, slr@technologist.com (Sam Redstone)
wrote:

>Does anyone know how to go about getting any real info about service
>coverage???  All they will tell me about Allen is Dec 1st.  I don't
>want to re-up on my ISDN if I can really get the Cable Modem service.
>
>So does anyone know how real this date is??  Has anyone been able to
>get info out of TCI or @Home?  

I live in Sachse which is serviced by the TCI office in Allen. They
told me service would be available in Sachse by next summer. I don't
know how that relates to Allen, but it might be similar since we are
served by the same office.

Just a guess.,..