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« on: January 29, 2005, 05:03:26 PM »
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Comcast and Time Warner are expected to make a joint offer by Monday to buy bankrupt cable operator Adelphia Communications Corp., according to published reports.

What does this mean for you??  It means that your internet should be upgraded if Comcast buys you.. Very Happy  However, it is going to be rather bumpy!  I remember the transition period from Att@Home to Comcast was really bad.. maybe it will be smoother for you!

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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2005, 01:40:27 PM »
I hope so!!
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2005, 09:04:45 PM »
A speed increase is inevitable either way.  In fact, Adelphia has been aggressively updating there network to DOCSIS 2.0, which if completed, would blow all other cable ISP's out of the water since they are currentyl only using DOCSIS 1.1.  Various techs have said that Adelphia's cable plant is at 80% completion for DOCSIS 2.0.  Comcast is not as rosy as it seems either, they have invisable caps if you use your connection to much.  6 Mbit will only get you there faster.  I'll take 4Mbit with true unlimited bandwidth over that any day.
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2005, 10:33:32 AM »
Earthlink (part of Comcast , timewarner etc)  Level 3 Tech. (according to DJ) have rumored that we are supposed to be getting a "Massive increase in both downstream and upstream" . Mabey this is what they are talking about. If so, i sure hope so because this ^load is making me mad :grrrr!:  :haha:
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2005, 10:41:31 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2005, 10:42:15 AM »
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2005, 09:27:35 PM »
http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2005/02/28/daily22.html

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« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2005, 03:42:11 PM »
Quote from: Rex Orbis2 on March 02, 2005, 09:27:35 PM
http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2005/02/28/daily22.html

Any truth to that?

Adelphia had a home and business security part of there company.  Like Brinks and ADT and all those.  I don't think it ever made it out of the Florida market though.  Last i read it was not very profitable so they sold it, like the story says.  Before someone runs with it, this has nothing to do with net or cable.  I remember reading this proposal a couple months ago actually, this just says they completed the sale.
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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2005, 04:26:57 PM »
Doesn't matter to me who buys Adelphia as long as there is no caps and the speeds don't go down i'm all for it. Would like to see increase in upload speeds....
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2005, 04:36:13 PM »
Quote from: ps2mike on March 03, 2005, 04:26:57 PM
Doesn't matter to me who buys Adelphia as long as there is no caps and the speeds don't go down i'm all for it. Would like to see increase in upload speeds....

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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2005, 11:10:52 AM »
Quote from: Swimmer on January 29, 2005, 05:03:26 PM
What does this mean for you??  It means that your internet should be upgraded if Comcast buys you.. Very Happy  However, it is going to be rather bumpy!  I remember the transition period from Att@Home to Comcast was really bad.. maybe it will be smoother for you!

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Oh Man can I agree with that!!    Bumpy was not the word for that here... Miserable was more like it.
Thankfully they got their act together....
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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2005, 03:06:18 PM »
Lol, I don't see adelphia selling. Not to mention I don't think there are speeds out there from Comcast or road runner compairing to my avg testmy.net score which is in the 7.5 mbit / 1.1 mbit range.
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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2005, 03:43:34 PM »
I can't see why Adelphia would have just put out all the money to upgrade their systems.... just to sell the company?

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« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2005, 12:08:35 AM »
Well either way, adelphia blows chunks. Been with em a week, hate em. Hate em to death, and I hope the company burns in corporate hell.
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« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2005, 06:02:08 PM »
I'd welcome the buy-out, even if there's a bumpy road to go with it...not like my connection hasnt been bumpy from the beginning.  I've been with Adelphia for over a year now, and was halfway satisfied with them until Nov '04 when my modem would disconnect at the most inconvenient times.  For the most part tech support has done its job...connection goes down for 3-6 hours once a week now instead of every day like a couple months ago.  If I could get DSL I'd do it, but alas Adelphia is the only highspeed provider in my area.

So this thread is 40+ days old, any current news about this?
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