Jackson Jambalaya

People still have Comcast that have access to C Spire fiber? lol boomer

A) CSpire is definitely better
but
B) It ain't as good as when we first got it

I will say, it's been the worst when storms hit the coast and I don't think they anticipated all the pandemic Zooming and Netflix bingeing.

Crapcast has been out this morning

Yeah, a little rain will do that. C-Spire fiber won't be in the ground good in my little town before I sign up.

I dropped Comcast months ago.
C-spire is really fast. No downtime for 6 months now.
FYI- When they install it C-spine uses a mesh network in your home. Depending on how big your house is they will install 2 or 3 little mesh Pucks (Plume)
May sure the main one mesh Plume Puck is closest to your Desktop, Laptop, Smart TV. The devices that connects to the second mesh Puck loses 50% internet speed.
Also, you pay $10.00 a month to rent the mesh pucks
Tip 2. Stop renting the Plume mesh pucks & go to Walmart & purchase Orbi mesh pucks. Blazing speed. Close to gigabit speed.

I cannot imagine why Cspire slowed down their fiber roll out. I would just assume they would get 100% participation the minute it is ready. I hate Comcast and AT&T passionately.

First we had AT$T, because it was the only broadband available. It was beyond terrible, 18 documented service calls, rewired the house 3 times and finally figured it was a bad connection a mile from the house. Crapcast was a little better, still slow as hell and then it started going down at the worst times.

Finally C-Spire notified that I could get fiber to the home. Lighting speed, everything done including burying the cable to my house in one day. It took
AT$T 5 months just to bury the cable.

19 months later, still could not be happier and never a loss of service.

C-spire is better. Got tired of comcast and switched 4-5 years ago. If there is a problem C-spire still has human beings that answer the phone and actually help out!

Getting it in my neighborhood now. Can't wait to ditch those communist.

Switched over in 2020 and have never had an outage. I also like how their billing is straightforward and they recently got away from contracts. I signed up through one of their reps, Tomeika Cannon. She was courteous and made the process of switching seamless. Call her at 601-906-7337 and she will make it easy to switch.

I keep ALL of the Comcast flyers and promos they send out.
They are great to use as starters in the fireplace.

A good mesh network does not lose 50% capacity from puck to puck. If it does, it is not configured correctly. And its about the simplest thing to set up since AOL.

2:18 is correct.

a true "Mesh" network doesnt have those 50% speed cuts per "hop"

But standard "range extenders" on a regular WiFi system def. does.

Two completely different beasts.

wifi w an extender does NOT equate a Mesh system

Only issue I've had was when those storms rolled in a month or two ago and my pfsense box got stuck in an infinite boot loop due to the brown out. Once I put a 800W Uninterruptible power Supply on my network stack I haven't had issues. So far uptime of 47 days. Everyone should have an appropriately spec'd UPS for their network and computer. At least it'll give you enough time to save and shut down. Too many hard shutdowns will eventually ruin your hard drive with unrecoverable bad sectors and that means it's time for a new hard drive and Windows installation.

I have had Comcast (Xfinity) for many years and I have a separate C-Spire feed to my house office for my business.

I do know the Comcast service system (horrific) very well. Have had Comcast in two other cities (Baltimore and Columbia, SC) and when you try to disconnect, you have just entered the hell zone.

I have no idea about whether C-Spire has good service techs because in the four years I have had them there has never been a minute of down time.

Had Crapcast for years. Great service. Then the fun started a few months ago, especially after I got this Xi box. On my third one and service gets worse. Goes out and stays out longer and longer.

Supposed to have 1200 speed yet never goes over 400 right next to the router. Usually a good bit lower.

The Xfinity hotspots are nice but not worth this.

I don't even think the Xfinity hotspots are worth it. They usually seemed throttled to the point they are almost unusable. Comcast has gotten progressively worse, but I do not have the option of C-Spire in my area. I would jump ship in a hurry if I did.

We've had them all but never did hook up to Cspire when it hit my hood. We've had Att for about ten years, TV, Landline and Computer. We lose signal during a storm for a short while during lightning and that's the only problem we've ever had in my Madison hood out east of town.

You people who will perpetually bitch about service can always pull out the 8mm and plug in a little John 'Chitlin D' Holmes.

I have a c-spire hot spot at a remote location for laptop. It's shit, to be very kind. Worse than the ATT one I had previously, if that can be imagined. Drops signal every thirty minutes regardless of weather. Takes forever to download a link, photo or incoming message.

Did I read that the legislature and Brandon Presley are going to save the day real soon like?

As much as I dislike Crapcast, I recently checked on the prices and services that CSpire had to offer as compared to Crapcast and saw little if any andvantage to "make the switch". And as a long time CSpire cellular customer, my recent (last year) changeover to their "No Bull $45 the price you see is the price you pay" plan, with a budget phone that is paid for and no insurance, and WITH auto pay as "the fine print", I'm still scratching my head on how it is costing me about $64 a month. They can't seem to answer that question either. So I think I'm supporting recent Ole Miss business school graduates a bit more than I signed up for at this point.

Have used EVERY possible TV/internet provider, both in Madison and in Jackson.

Currently have c-spire fiber. It seemed fine at first but it seems as they grow, the speeds get slower and slower.

I have state-of-the-art routers and equipment. My router is connected to an uninterrupted power supply. It is located on the second floor of my home so distance to router is generally less than 20-30 feet.

We continue to have constant “buffering” issues and interruptions and frequently VERY slow internet speeds.
Using their “tivo” to record tv shows later is useless because of the “fuzzouts” that occur about every 30 secs.

Watching a netflix or appletv video is similarly useless. I no longer subscribe to any streaming services because they would be money wasted.

To be fair, I know Mr Meena personally and he is a great guy and a wonderful person. We have had c-spire come out several times and their suggestions for improving our service have varied widely. One technician suggested I get a new router (the one I have is 2 yrs old and very high end).

Another tech said I needed “wifi extenders” which, to be honest- if I needed these - WHY didnt cspire tell me this when they installed the system in my home 2.5 yrs ago??

It’s basically they are going to keep pouring new users with more data use into a fixed “pipeline” and will keep doing it until enough people complain.

Starlink is coming....

You Comcast and cspire goobers keep smoking that dope.

We have Cspire fiber. Love it. never a problem. No I don't work for Cspire.

Cspire data is good but no better than Comcast nor ATT. TV subscription is primitive and slow. Cellular service is very poor if you travel.

11:46 - Unless you travel in the Delta.

Just finished paying $2,000 to re-sod my yard from the damage C-Spire’s subcontractor (Delta Directional) did last November putting in lines, etc. Now, my wife won’t let us switch. :-(

I heard that in Jackson if you interconnect your Comcast cable with your Siemens water meter, turn on two faucets, flush a toilet, and rack your Glock, your internet speed may improve.

Another tip from 12:08 PM
After dropping Comcast cable, you can go to your gray outside (repeat) Comcast cable BOX, & unscrew the cable connecting the in ground cable wire and attach a cable running to an over the air antenna. This will supply over the air TV to your TV set. No need to run cable wire to that TV. How cool is that?

9:44 for the win!

Best bang for your buck is to get C Spire Fiber for Internet and choose either YouTubeTv or HuluLive for TV. They are only $65/month and include all local channels plus an excellent sports package. It's also subscription based similar to Netflix.

I relate to 8:47's wife.

They recently destroyed our neighborhood too. I still have damage in my yard, the street had to be patched, and one elderly neighbor finally got a new driveway poured weeks after they took out a water line and made her garage completely inaccessible.

I know it is not exactly rational, but I have no interest in switching after the time I spent repairing my yard.

Of that fast-growing rye grass Cspire plants to replace the grass they removed. Can't lay down normal sod, no, it has to be this fast growing crap. Cut the grass, a few days later the yard still looks manicured but for this patch of rye that stands out like a sore thumb.

At least when Hemphill tears up your yard, they get the replacement right.