| Keith C. Perry on 18 Jun 2015 18:50:52 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] FCC to subsidize broadband for low income households |
Sorry to see this ordeal continue Roque. I suspect Windstream has to provide this too. Comcast and Windstream are both CLECs (Verizon is the LEC) so if Comcast has to provider service Windstream does. Try giving them a call and if you reach an impasse let me know. I do know someone at Windstream. --- KP- On Jun 18, 2015 9:19 PM, Roque Lachica Jr <hawkstone731@gmail.com> wrote: > > Douglas & Keith > > Thanks for the reminder guys, > > Check this out: Comcast call 1hr. ago. @ Internet Essentials #. > Me: I would like to apply for internet. But I don't have a child on the " free lunch program ". ( requirement ) > Comcast: Sure, your address please. > ( 20 minutes and rep. can't repeat back my address correctly) > Me: please put your supervr. on thanks. > Comcast: sure - hold please (5 minutes later) > Rep: my supervisor said..... > Me: no no no I need to speak w. your supervisor now.( 5 minutes later) > Suprvr-Aron id. # 4978: how can I help you? > Me: repeat back my address please. (he gets it right) > To end this saga of an hour; Comcast doesn't cover my area but WindStream does. > Question to PLUG: Do all ISPs have a similar Fed. program or plan they must provide for the " economically disadvantaged ", or broke folks ? > Thanks > > > On Jun 18, 2015 7:21 PM, "Douglas Muth" <doug.muth@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Keith C. Perry <kperry@daotechnologies.com> wrote: >>> >>> I think this came up after PLUG North a couple of meetings ago. >>> >>> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/06/18/2141208/fcc-votes-to-subsidize-broadband-connections-for-low-income-households?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed >> >> >> >> This is pretty cool, and sounds like it might go hand-in-hand with the low-cost Internet that Comcast offers to financially disadvantaged households: >> >>> https://www.internetessentials.com/ >> >> >> >> When I grew up, it was school lunches. Now, it's Internet connectivity. How times have changed. :-) >> >> -- Doug >> >> >> -- >> Douglas T. Muth * Philadelphia, PA, USA >> http://www.dmuth.org/ >> @dmuth on Twitter, Facebook, etc. >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug