What Are You Doing Right Now
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@FiyaFly said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Story Time:
This Christmas my mother-in-law (more or less) asked if I could look at her computer since we were coming over anyway. She hasn't had internet for 2 1/2 weeks. Her neighbors internet has also been out for the same amount of time. She told me she's had 3 Comcast techs come out and a supervisor. No one could get her internet up and running. They told her that it was her modem so she bought a new modem, which I'm sure costed her a good amount of money but I don't know the specific figure. Then they still couldn't get her internet working. They went through her crawlspaces, replaced cabling, etc. Nothing worked. I say sure, I'll take a look at it.
CMD
ipconfig /allOh, she has a 169 IP address. Oh, Comcast DNS must be broken. I change her DNS settings to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
It took 60 seconds to fix a problem that had taken her WEEKS to try to get fixed. Hours on the phone with Comast. 4 different appointments to try to get this fixed and no one could do it. Needless to say she now thinks I'm some kind of super genius and I have brownie points until the end of eternity.
I guess that's a decent stance to be held in with a Mother-In-Law. lol
Well, she listens to every word I say now. So that's good.
Good, get her a firewall then!
ERX here we come!
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I'm guessing that your family's connection is no longer listed as unlimited, it's now listed as 250 GB/month for X, and $10/50 GB above that... and while that sucks.. that's definitely fine for them to do... because it's not unlimited, and it's spelled out.
It's not listed that way, but a lot of things are. Any kind of cap means that something is not unlimited. Whether it requires extra money, gets slower, etc. that means unlimited is wrong.
I completely agree - and until a few years ago, most directly connection ISPs has no limits/caps on internet usage. But, now with the advent of things like streaming media, now we see companies putting caps in place.
Yep, most of the large ISPs are also content creation companies as well as the traditional cable co-op, so they all want to protect their old media streaming cash cows. Add up the dualopoly most exist in, and they have no competition.
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Look at how beautiful this is: https://www.etsy.com/listing/279023916/raspberry-pi3-aluminum-case-and-lid
I'm going to get one for my home RetroPie
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I'm guessing that your family's connection is no longer listed as unlimited, it's now listed as 250 GB/month for X, and $10/50 GB above that... and while that sucks.. that's definitely fine for them to do... because it's not unlimited, and it's spelled out.
It's not listed that way, but a lot of things are. Any kind of cap means that something is not unlimited. Whether it requires extra money, gets slower, etc. that means unlimited is wrong.
I completely agree - and until a few years ago, most directly connection ISPs has no limits/caps on internet usage. But, now with the advent of things like streaming media, now we see companies putting caps in place.
Yep, most of the large ISPs are also content creation companies as well as the traditional cable co-op, so they all want to protect their old media streaming cash cows. Add up the dualopoly most exist in, and they have no competition.
Content CREATION is boosted by streaming services. It's content paywalling that is not. Most ISPs make no content, they just paywall content traditionally.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Look at how beautiful this is: https://www.etsy.com/listing/279023916/raspberry-pi3-aluminum-case-and-lid
I'm going to get one for my home RetroPie
Pretty nice.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Look at how beautiful this is: https://www.etsy.com/listing/279023916/raspberry-pi3-aluminum-case-and-lid
I'm going to get one for my home RetroPie
Pretty nice.
I wish I remembered how to use CAD and knew of a place I could get things made. I'd basically want this but with a cutout for a capacitative touch screen
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Look at how beautiful this is: https://www.etsy.com/listing/279023916/raspberry-pi3-aluminum-case-and-lid
I'm going to get one for my home RetroPie
Pretty nice.
I wish I remembered how to use CAD and knew of a place I could get things made. I'd basically want this but with a cutout for a capacitative touch screen
Tons of places will do custom work for you like that. Should not be hard to fine. Custom metal fab is standard local business.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Look at how beautiful this is: https://www.etsy.com/listing/279023916/raspberry-pi3-aluminum-case-and-lid
I'm going to get one for my home RetroPie
Pretty nice.
I wish I remembered how to use CAD and knew of a place I could get things made. I'd basically want this but with a cutout for a capacitative touch screen
Tons of places will do custom work for you like that. Should not be hard to fine. Custom metal fab is standard local business.
Yeah, I bet my old company would do it. I should contact my old friend Nigel
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I know of almost no one who will pay less with caps in place.
Less than before? How is that possible since before they had no way to use as much Internet. What you are stating is impossible from simple physics.
Technology is driving higher usage. i.e. 4K, online gaming, updates to phones, etc.
OK so I see your point about the shower trickle vs clean in 5 mins.
But our tech is showing a clear use of significantly more usage - we've been updating phones for years. The big change is 4K video, and perhaps some gaming.
If that household restricted it's data back down to 30 Mbs would they be in a usable state? sure, not as happy as they are today, but usable.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I know of almost no one who will pay less with caps in place.
Less than before? How is that possible since before they had no way to use as much Internet. What you are stating is impossible from simple physics.
Technology is driving higher usage. i.e. 4K, online gaming, updates to phones, etc.
Sure, but that's different. You still keep getting more for less. That people WANT more doesn't change the fact that they are getting more and paying less (by and large) with all ISPs.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I'm guessing that your family's connection is no longer listed as unlimited, it's now listed as 250 GB/month for X, and $10/50 GB above that... and while that sucks.. that's definitely fine for them to do... because it's not unlimited, and it's spelled out.
It's not listed that way, but a lot of things are. Any kind of cap means that something is not unlimited. Whether it requires extra money, gets slower, etc. that means unlimited is wrong.
I completely agree - and until a few years ago, most directly connection ISPs has no limits/caps on internet usage. But, now with the advent of things like streaming media, now we see companies putting caps in place.
Yep, most of the large ISPs are also content creation companies as well as the traditional cable co-op, so they all want to protect their old media streaming cash cows. Add up the dualopoly most exist in, and they have no competition.
I can't plus this enough!
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Making the internet more expensive will do little more than kill online services.
At this rate Netflix will only be for the wealthy, etc.
You say making it more expensive, but it's getting cheaper. Where do you see it costing more?
where is it getting less expensive?
Everywhere that I know of. You pay the same for 100Mb/s today that we used to pay for dialup.
While true, we're NOT comparing to old dialup here, but what was available a year ago at most.
The big ISPs are purposely setting caps that prevent people from replacing TV service with cheaper streaming services.
So, from a company perspective, they're getting a two-fer. Preventing people from replacing needlessly expensive cable/satellite service with a cheaper alternative, and getting a small percentage of people to pay way more. Makes all sorts of sense from a business perspective.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
If that household restricted it's data back down to 30 Mbs would they be in a usable state? sure, not as happy as they are today, but usable.
But they would still be getting more for less. Basically you are saying that people are greedy and will blame the ISPs no matter how good of a deal they will get.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Making the internet more expensive will do little more than kill online services.
At this rate Netflix will only be for the wealthy, etc.
You say making it more expensive, but it's getting cheaper. Where do you see it costing more?
where is it getting less expensive?
Everywhere that I know of. You pay the same for 100Mb/s today that we used to pay for dialup.
While true, we're NOT comparing to old dialup here, but what was available a year ago at most.
The big ISPs are purposely setting caps that prevent people from replacing TV service with cheaper streaming services.
So, from a company perspective, they're getting a two-fer. Preventing people from replacing needlessly expensive cable/satellite service with a cheaper alternative, and getting a small percentage of people to pay way more. Makes all sorts of sense from a business perspective.
This is why I will not move into an area that doesn't have Verizon Fios. I only ever pay for internet which covers my TV entirely (Media Server) and my future phone system. No need for packages.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I'm guessing that your family's connection is no longer listed as unlimited, it's now listed as 250 GB/month for X, and $10/50 GB above that... and while that sucks.. that's definitely fine for them to do... because it's not unlimited, and it's spelled out.
It's not listed that way, but a lot of things are. Any kind of cap means that something is not unlimited. Whether it requires extra money, gets slower, etc. that means unlimited is wrong.
I completely agree - and until a few years ago, most directly connection ISPs has no limits/caps on internet usage. But, now with the advent of things like streaming media, now we see companies putting caps in place.
Yep, most of the large ISPs are also content creation companies as well as the traditional cable co-op, so they all want to protect their old media streaming cash cows. Add up the dualopoly most exist in, and they have no competition.
Content CREATION is boosted by streaming services. It's content paywalling that is not. Most ISPs make no content, they just paywall content traditionally.
This is Merica @scottalanmiller, not the rational place the rest of the world exists in! The content creators also own most of the distribution methods. It's impossible to keep track of, but the entire thing has consolidated down so much it'd make your head spin.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I'm guessing that your family's connection is no longer listed as unlimited, it's now listed as 250 GB/month for X, and $10/50 GB above that... and while that sucks.. that's definitely fine for them to do... because it's not unlimited, and it's spelled out.
It's not listed that way, but a lot of things are. Any kind of cap means that something is not unlimited. Whether it requires extra money, gets slower, etc. that means unlimited is wrong.
I completely agree - and until a few years ago, most directly connection ISPs has no limits/caps on internet usage. But, now with the advent of things like streaming media, now we see companies putting caps in place.
Yep, most of the large ISPs are also content creation companies as well as the traditional cable co-op, so they all want to protect their old media streaming cash cows. Add up the dualopoly most exist in, and they have no competition.
Content CREATION is boosted by streaming services. It's content paywalling that is not. Most ISPs make no content, they just paywall content traditionally.
I sorta see what you're saying here - Cox provides Internet, and access to cable - their cable business is losing because people are moving to streaming solutions... Cox needs to remake their cable solution as an IP solution and make it a ton more competitive - to things like PS Vue. Then they will start making that money again, granted at a much lower rate than before.
instead you have comcast giving away all of this internet bandwidth and people are just chewing it up. I personally consider the charging after the fact to be nearly malicious like the old SMS bills on cell phones.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
While true, we're NOT comparing to old dialup here, but what was available a year ago at most.
So a year ago my family could only get 20Mb/s. Now they get 120Mb/s. They were paying like $60/mo. Now they pay like $80/mo with a 1TB cap.
While they COULD pull more than the cap a year ago, they couldn't reasonable use it. Today they get way more potential use, and the ability to pay for it.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I know of almost no one who will pay less with caps in place.
Less than before? How is that possible since before they had no way to use as much Internet. What you are stating is impossible from simple physics.
Technology is driving higher usage. i.e. 4K, online gaming, updates to phones, etc.
Sure, but that's different. You still keep getting more for less. That people WANT more doesn't change the fact that they are getting more and paying less (by and large) with all ISPs.
OK I'll again give you that - but it's not keeping pace.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
The big ISPs are purposely setting caps that prevent people from replacing TV service with cheaper streaming services.
If this were true, then the caps would reflect that. They clearly don't. It takes three Netflix HD streams, 8 hours a day each, every day of the entire month to hit the Comcast cap. It's only kind of an issue in this house because multiple people SLEEP with Netflix running!
They are definitely not capping in such a way as to curtail real world Netflix usage.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I know of almost no one who will pay less with caps in place.
Less than before? How is that possible since before they had no way to use as much Internet. What you are stating is impossible from simple physics.
Technology is driving higher usage. i.e. 4K, online gaming, updates to phones, etc.
Sure, but that's different. You still keep getting more for less. That people WANT more doesn't change the fact that they are getting more and paying less (by and large) with all ISPs.
OK I'll again give you that - but it's not keeping pace.
What do you mean? It's two unrelated things. If a company makes their burgers cheaper and cheaper each day, but you keep having kids that want to eat and you have more kids faster than the food gets cheaper yes your cost for dinner will go up but it doesn't change the fact that the food is getting cheaper.
There is nothing in the "desire to consume more" than makes "the thing we want cheaper."
