[ale] OT: FCC and ISP

[jdp at algoloma.com (JD)]

I ended up with 2 coax lines from the street - a for TV + residential ISP and b
for commercial ISP.  A few months later, canceled the residential TV and ISP.
The 'b' cable was new, thicker and took a 100% shorter run to the demarcation
point - better signal.

Comcast was extremely clear that having "commercial TV" over the business line
in a residential neighborhood was forbidden by the public utility commission.
Perhaps residential TV could share the same line - don't know. Dumped CATV for
antennas a while ago. Getting 65 channels OTA from Cobb county.

Using the term "commicast" seems completely inappropriate. They are definitely
capitalists, not communists or socialists. ;) Their stock price has been beating
the SP500 the last 3 yrs or so. Capitalists, definitely.

On 01/19/2014 09:44 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> If you have commercial internet, they'll string the TV  as well.
> 
> Don't take no for an answer. They can string that anywhere they have cable internet.
> 
> On Jan 19, 2014 7:29 AM, "JD" <jdp at algoloma.com <mailto:jdp at algoloma.com>> wrote:
> 
>     A person said that or a crappy automatic system?
>     Commercial TV is not allowed at residential addresses, but commercial internet
>     is. The only reason I would guess it isn't available would be if the building is
>     an apartment and another line cannot be put in. Even then, I'd call and talk to
>     a real person.
> 
>     On 01/18/2014 11:33 PM, Raylynn Knight wrote:
>     > Except commiecast says commercial service is not available at my address!