[semi-OT] Review: Comcast Workplace cable Internet

[Ben Scott]

On 9/11/07, Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:
> I *think* they installed an amp at the beginning of our run
>  - at least there's a "fat spot" in the wire down there.

  I'm pretty sure, for a 3000 foot run, they'll need at least one amp
or repeater or such.

> I'm not asking for numbers for justification. I just wanted people to
> have hard data (well, data at least) so they can evaluate their own
> position in the situation.

  And that's why I was reluctant to post a number -- because if anyone
tries to apply that $500 figure to their situation, they're making a
mistake.  :)  It's almost impossible to do an apples-to-apples
comparison in these situations.  (Whether or not it should be possible
is immaterial -- it isn't.)  :)

> In some towns there's a permitting/licensing/utility change process too, so the town
> gets involved, not just Comcast.

  Yup.  And whether Comcast feels threatened by Verizon FiOS in the
area.  And I'd be willing to bet IBEW union contracts get involved in
some places, too.  And so on.  It's a mess.

  "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to
everything else in the universe." -- John Muir

-- Ben