Getting @HOME cable on friday...

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 10:49 pm

I'll be switching from Verizon DSL to Comcast@HOME on Friday.

What EXACTLY do I have to do to set this thing up? I damned sure dont want to install their software! Or will all the info i need be provided to me?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated...

THANKS!!!

damaged · Post by **damaged** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 11:02 pm

https://www.speedguide.net/forums/ ... adid=50615

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Mon Oct 08, 2001 11:22 pm

Thanks!!!

Vesuvius · Post by **Vesuvius** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 4:11 am

my condolences on your @home service

bump · Post by **bump** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 3:30 pm

can you set up a camera and record your impression of your first month... of intermitted service, slow DLs, even slower ULs...

j/k. i like @home, as long as they don't cap me anymore.... grrrr.....

bump · Post by **bump** » Tue Oct 09, 2001 3:32 pm

no, don't install the software. my conn works almost perfect without it, and the few errors that i have are because of me meddling with my registry ... and not backup up (pretty stupid, right?). SO DON'T INSTALL THE SOFTWARE cuz it's almost impossible to remove completely.

legalmind · Post by **legalmind** » Thu Oct 11, 2001 9:11 am

Check todays news! Maybe not.

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 7:43 pm

It's Friday.....
How's your cable service?

bump · Post by **bump** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 9:12 pm

he's not here, that should answer your question

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Sun Oct 14, 2001 8:33 pm

Those bastards didnt show up. Then they told me that they did. I was PISSED. Then after throwing a fit, they tell me that they cant accept any new installs due to @HOME's Bankuptcy situation. After waiting so damn long, now I have to wait longer due to some dumb B.S. I might just stay with Verizon...

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Sun Oct 14, 2001 8:36 pm

Originally posted by crazyjw1971
Those bastards didnt show up. Then they told me that they did. I was PISSED. Then after throwing a fit, they tell me that they cant accept any new installs due to @HOME's Bankuptcy situation. After waiting so damn long, now I have to wait longer due to some dumb B.S. I might just stay with Verizon...

sorry to hear that

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sun Oct 14, 2001 9:23 pm

yeap... I waited 2 days for my @home.. they never came... I was furious..

then they came.. 2 person game... done in minutes and left.. I didn't even get to find my baseball bat and hit em on the head with.. they're already gone..

bump · Post by **bump** » Sun Oct 14, 2001 10:22 pm

Originally posted by bump
he's not here, that should answer your question

=o damn, and i was just joking around. sorry for being an ass

monty · Post by **monty** » Mon Oct 15, 2001 12:09 am

Before they do show up, make sure you uninstall WinPoEt, if you have not already done so.

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Mon Oct 15, 2001 9:48 am

WinPoet has been gone for a VERY long time...

RASPPPoE for ME!

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Wed Oct 17, 2001 5:58 pm

I get a call from Comcast. They're coming on Saturday to install me, since they're helping @HOME bail themselves out of the B.S. that they're in.

We'll see what happens...

Wish me luck!

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Wed Oct 17, 2001 10:22 pm

Good Luck.....

You want to buy a cheak 56k PCI modem?

LOL

j/k

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Wed Oct 17, 2001 11:28 pm

Hell no...

LOL

If Cable doesnt work out that well, I still have Verizon DSL!

Hooray!

da0618 · Post by **da0618** » Thu Oct 18, 2001 2:21 pm

Stay with verizon, unless you wan't slower then dialup speeds at night, 600+ pings, and intermitent service. This is what 90% of comcast customers in maryland are experiencing at 5PM-12PM or so. Anyway, enjoy your service

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 12:13 am

Umm....DAMMIT... Im starting to think twice...

Imma try it out for the free 3 month period. I'll keep my Verizon in the process.

jordanw77 · Post by **jordanw77** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 1:00 am

My uncle has @home. He just explored the folder and found the only thing you need just to get you connected. It's one little file. I can't remember which one it is. Give my uncle an email @ ChrisB8084@home.com

He'll tell you the instructions...

Jordan

PS-Tell him Jordan refered him to you.

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Sat Oct 20, 2001 11:41 am

I've been rescheduled AGAIN. Now its scheduled for Teusday!

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Sat Oct 20, 2001 2:11 pm

Sorry to hear that.

Our cable service just had the download caps removed.

Back in February Cap's were installed to limit our DL to 1.2 Mbit/ second. If you hit the caps, traceroute pings showed 600ms+ Pings, which shows your data stream hit the maximum allowed by modem (or your ISP's server is overloaded can do that too).

Anyhow We were 6.5 MBit/second before that.

Well, now I can DL at 6.5 Mbit/second (from sites that can pump it to me) again.

And when I'm downloading at that speed, my ping to sites three states away are not burdoned and stay 21 to 47 MS (thats Seattle to Austin Texas for the Pings of 47ms while downloading at 6.5 Mbit/ second from ftp.lucasarts.com - I can download dforces1.zip which is 3.3Megabyte zip file in under 6 seconds)

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 5:34 pm

How do I go about setting this crap up without installing their software?

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Wed Oct 24, 2001 5:17 am

You need TCI/IP installed and bound to your network card.
Everything set up to DHCP "Automatic get IP, No DNS, etc, just don't add anything and you'll be fine.

You do need to set your computer name on the Network Identification page to the computer name on your @home paperwork.

2 Steps, not too hard, now is it?

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Wed Oct 24, 2001 3:16 pm

But you took too damned long!!!

J/K

I got it setup shortly after I made that post...

Thanks for all the help!

SG Broadband Community

Getting @HOME cable on friday...

Getting @HOME cable on friday...

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can you...

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OK... Now what?

56K???

Stay with verizon..

No need to install the software...

GOD DAMMIT!!!

OK...now what?

Thanks...