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For A FULL Week TDS Telecom Has Been Delivering Alton Internet Customers With...
. . . … by Anura Guruge Related posts: ** 100 customers being screwed. ++ Yesterday’s heads up post. ++++ Search ‘TDS’ for other related posts >>>> I have been telling you since Monday....
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TDS Telecom 1 Gig Internet ‘TDS TV’ Coming In 2016 To Alton, New Hampshire.
by Anura Guruge Click on image to access relevant TDS Webpage. ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Our local rag claims that TDS told the august Alton Selectmen, at their year end meeting, that ‘TDS...
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Metrocast Boldly Responds To TDS By Boosting Central New Hampshire Internet...
by Anura Guruge YES, YES, YES. Thank YOU, Thank YOU, Thank YOU. 105 Mbps from MetroCast next week better than TDS’ empty promises of 1 Gig down the line. Yes. Yes. Yes. Even better it looks like an...
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Metrocast — Central New Hampshire: Scheduled Maintenance To (Prep Us For Our...
by Anura Guruge ** ** Monday, January 18, 2016: I already have 105 Mbps, from Metrocast, in Alton, NH! ** ** Post re. Metrocast 105 Mbps service for us on High Speed Ultra. Though they don’t spell it...
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I Already Have 105 Mbps (+) With MetroCast. Thank YOU MetroCast. MetroCast...
by Anura Guruge Click to ENLARGE and admire. With ‘speedtest.net’. With ‘gstnetworks.net’, same technology as ‘speedtest.net’ BUT quicker and easier to run. I being who I am started checking yesterday...
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MetroCast Delivers 105 Mbps To Alton (N.H.); TDS Falters Then Goes Down!
by Anura Guruge I would be able to appreciate the irony if it was not so frustrating and sad. I pay and get BOTH MetroCast and TDS Internet feeds to the house — mainly for redundancy but also to keep...
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MetroCast Maintains 105 Mbps In Alton (N.H.) During Saturday Night.
by Anura Guruge With any cable-based Internet access system the crucial question is whether they can maintain the promised bandwidth during peak usage on the cable — Saturday nights invariably...
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TDS Telecom, As I Knew They Would, Has Pushed Back 1 Gigabit Availability.
by Anura Guruge I was first told that I could be one of the first to try it out, in the area, in October 2015. That was told to me in January 2015. TDS did not want me switching to MetroCast 75Mbps. I...
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Eversource (PSNH) Power Outage February 5, 2016 & MetrcoCast Internet Outage...
by Anura Guruge If nothing else I try to keep track of power and Internet outages, in Alton, New Hampshire, for my ‘record’ and edification. Friday, February 5, 2016 was when we had the ‘unexpected’...
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TP-Link’s Latest Range Extenders, AC1200 & AC1750, Look Very Competent &...
by Anura Guruge Click to access the Amazon product page for the TP-Link AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender (RE355). I do not really need a new super-duper Range Extender this very minute. With two separate...
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TDS, Upfront For ONCE, Holds Alton, NH, ‘TDS TV’ Open House On April Fool’s Day.
by Anura Guruge As some of us are PAINFULLY aware Internet service by TDS in the Alton, New Hampshire area has been a JOKE for the last year or more. Yes, they have been promising 1 Gigabit Internet...
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MetrcoCast Internet (105 Mbps) Outage April 1, 2016, in Alton, New Hampshire,...
by Anura Guruge About a 30 to 40 minute outage Friday, April 1, 2016 (yes, April Fool’s Day) around Alton & Barnstead, New Hampshire. Started getting jerky response and page load failures BEFORE...
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Another MetrcoCast Internet (105 Mbps) Outage April 8, 2016, in Alton, New...
by Anura Guruge Click to ENLARGE. It was pretty short. At most 20 minutes. BUT it is worrying. MetroCast used to be so rock solid. Plus I am seeing (on Facebook) and hearing folks from Alton and...
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TDS 1 Gig Internet (TDS TV) Will Not Be Available In SW Alton Till December...
by Anura Guruge Knowing TDS as well as I do (having been a loyal customer for 9 years), I reckon that ‘estimated December 2016‘ will really translate to early 2017. No big deal. I am not banking on...
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Metrocast Internet Outage, ~3 Hours, Saturday, August 13, 2016 — In The Midst...
by Anura Guruge T-storm map for Saturday, August 13, 2016 per WMUR. Click to ENLARGE if you so wish. Well the weather forecasts for Saturday, August 13, 2016 FINALLY came to pass. The thunderstorms...
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MetroCast: Getting 150 Mbps Downloads On My 105 Mbps Service; Game On With TDS.
by Anura Guruge Actual screenshots from (Netflix) Fast.com & Speedtest.net on my 105 Mbps Metrocast service between 1:00 to 1:45 pm Sunday, December 18, 2016. With TDS now offering 1,000 Mbps in...
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MetroCast New Hampshire Customers: ‘Heads Up’ Your IP Address Has Changed …...
by Anura Guruge Click to ENLARGE and study IF you are interested. This will be TOTALLY irrelevant to 90% of New Hampshire MetroCast users. However, IF you have any applications that ‘rely’ on knowing...
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TDS TV 1Gig Fiber Service In Alton (N.H.) Comes To Over $225/month For My Needs!
by Anura Guruge I currently have TWO Internet services: 150/160Mbps from MetroCast and 15Mbps from TDS. Yes, I have two services to get more bandwidth and redundancy (when one goes down). I also have...
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On This Stormy, Nor’easter Day, MetroCast & TDS Compete To See Whose Internet...
by Anura Guruge Yes, we did have a storm, a Nor’easter no less, BUT by our Central New Hampshire standards it wasn’t that a bigger of a deal. Yes, there was some ice, but it was minimal. We did NOT...
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TDS Ending Its Rewards Program, Has Bill Pay Problems & Appears, In General,...
by Anura Guruge Click to ENLARGE and read. The TDS online Bill Pay system was NOT working for 4-days! That is pretty basic stuff. Not being able get payments for 4 whole days is NOT good. Then, while...
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