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longislander · 05-10-2011, 08:10 AM

Just some more two cents!

RE internet: Fairpoint Communications (phone company) has expanded its DSL footprint in Moultonborough in the last few months. I dropped "Roadrunner", Time Warner's high speed internet for DSL, of which I had my doubts, but have been pleasantly surprised.

According to Speedtest .net I'm getting 15.3 to 15.4 mps on the download and almost a full mps on the upload.

However, I'm less than a mile from the "CO" and proximity to the "CO" is key to optimizing speed.

We're dropping Time Warner for everything but "Standard" and "Basic" to get local TV and favorites like History, FX etc.(cf. TM website for inclusion)

We're using a Roku box for downstreaming movies (e.g. Netflix) and Huluplus for some TV shows, replacing "On Demand".

http://www.roku.com/roku-products?gc...Fd8D5Qoddi451A

I had installed Direct TV myself (literally) about ten...twelve years ago when the "stuff" came in a box from a warehouse and you set it up with instructions.

The tree line around my house prevented any signal from Echostar (Dishnetwork) but with a ten foot pole on the tallest side of my house I was able to get a signal from Direct TV's satellite.

I used it for quite a few years and liked it. If a heavy storm (rain or snow) came through there was interruption with the signal for a short period of time.

I switched to Cable (Adelphia at the time) when high speed internet was offered.

05-10-2011, 08:10 AM	#20
longislander Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 552 Thanks: 49 Thanked 101 Times in 76 Posts	Just some more two cents! RE internet: Fairpoint Communications (phone company) has expanded its DSL footprint in Moultonborough in the last few months. I dropped "Roadrunner", Time Warner's high speed internet for DSL, of which I had my doubts, but have been pleasantly surprised. According to Speedtest .net I'm getting 15.3 to 15.4 mps on the download and almost a full mps on the upload. However, I'm less than a mile from the "CO" and proximity to the "CO" is key to optimizing speed. We're dropping Time Warner for everything but "Standard" and "Basic" to get local TV and favorites like History, FX etc.(cf. TM website for inclusion) We're using a Roku box for downstreaming movies (e.g. Netflix) and Huluplus for some TV shows, replacing "On Demand". http://www.roku.com/roku-products?gc...Fd8D5Qoddi451A I had installed Direct TV myself (literally) about ten...twelve years ago when the "stuff" came in a box from a warehouse and you set it up with instructions. The tree line around my house prevented any signal from Echostar (Dishnetwork) but with a ten foot pole on the tallest side of my house I was able to get a signal from Direct TV's satellite. I used it for quite a few years and liked it. If a heavy storm (rain or snow) came through there was interruption with the signal for a short period of time. I switched to Cable (Adelphia at the time) when high speed internet was offered.