[geeks] Why I hate Verizon Online

[John Francini]

Their web site is, not to put too fine a point on it, full of shit.

They use standard protocols.  I'm not using their Home Networking  
package either.

I have a Netgear FR114P firewall/router as the first device the Cable  
Modem sees.  Everything is behind it.
That includes:

o Airport Extreme
o Two Mac laptops
o Mac G4 desktop
o AMD PC running Fedora

I also have my own Cable Modem too.

You may need to connect one computer to the cable box during the  
initial provisioning. Once everything's set up, unplug the box,  
unplug the one computer, plug in your router, and go to town.

j


On 5 Dec 2006, at 12:28, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> John Francini wrote:
>> I've had Comcast since it was AT&T Brodband, and have not had any
>> problems with them dinging me for "too much downloading" or anything
>> like that.
>
>
> Hmmm......   if I go and look at Comcast's Internet service plans (for
> which I have to start up Intarweb Exploiter, because their crappy site
> is so broken it apparently only works with Exploiter), I discover that
> when you look at package details, they say if you're networking  
> multiple
> home computers they must all be Macs running OS9 through 10.2 (but not
> 10.0), or Windows 98SE through XP.
>
> I do not view this as a promising sign.  For one thing, it contradicts
> their earlier statement that you can network your gaming device.
> (However, it's consistent with their apparent belief that Intarweb
> Exploiter is the only important web browser on the entire planet.)
>
> Honestly, we wouldn't even be getting our TV service from Comcrap  
> if we
> had a workable alternative.
>
>
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