Recent comments in /f/springfieldMO

lochlainn t1_j0essvq wrote

They are not fantastic. Most of my family is rural and used to be on Centurylink. We had Centurylink for almost 15 years. It was slow as shit but it rarely went down. Then during covid, while my now ex was working from home, it basically went down and stayed that way. I'm talking multiple hours daily, 5-7 days a week. Then they just stopped answering their support calls. After they sold, nothing improved. Her mother lost phone service and couldn't reach customer support. Ever. She just cancelled her account entirely.

She switched to T-Mobile and never drops, was half the price, and 5 times the speed.

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UhtredaerweII t1_j0ejsx4 wrote

Hey to all my gaming peeps in Springfield! Is there a Springfield role playing subreddit? There should be. I'm a very experienced DM but I'm too busy at the mo. But I'd love to keep in touch if I can free up some time next year. Been itching to start something. Besides that, I love sharing ideas, stories...

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feralfantastic t1_j0eeiwr wrote

Mediacom is allowing its infrastructure to rot on the vine.

Quick guide to Brightspeed:

(1) I log internet uptime. They’ve had four outages in about two months, each lasting no more than two minutes. Imperfect, but an improvement over any other ISP.

(2) The router they provide is not great. You’re better off using your own router that meets your requirements. You will have to VLAN tag the WAN port with “201” in order to access Brightspeed through the ONT (fiber modem). Once your router is up and running the Brightspeed router can be put to satisfactory use as a kinetic deterrent to any urban fox infestations you happen to be dealing with.

(3) “Gigabit” will not normally manifest in any measurement service. I’ve got rates at approximately that speed when downloading Linux ISO, etc, but Speedtest generally only shows 250-300, maxing out at around 350Mbps.

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Ganrokh t1_j0ed1e3 wrote

Yeah, I could honestly probably just swing the base router of the mesh by itself. The majority of my devices are still connected to the base, despite a few being right next to a satellite. The devices in the formerly-crappy-coverage room are connected to the base, too. But, I just like having the mesh.

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