Home Forums Gamescan Chat42 About
* Login   * Register * FAQ    * Search
It is currently Thu 03-28-2024 9:42AM

All times are UTC - 6 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Fidnet Outage
PostPosted: Sat 03-06-2010 7:24PM 
Offline
Major
User avatar

Joined: Wed 04-17-2002 3:51AM
Posts: 370
Location: On campus.

Source: Off Campus
Been hit and miss since about noon today for me. Finally rebooted my router and modem (at different times) and pretty much figured out it wasn't either of their faults. Gave in 10 minutes ago and called fidnet's help line, automatically got the response "we are currently experiencing an outage in rolla...:


Top
 Profile E-mail  
    
 Post subject: Re: Fidnet Outage
PostPosted: Sat 03-06-2010 10:06PM 
Offline
Lieutenant
User avatar

Joined: Wed 01-13-2010 8:27PM
Posts: 73
Location: Rolla/Owens-blow

Source: Fidelity
TG I'm not in Rolla this weekend, I'd be PISSED. Frakkin' inFidelity is a rip-off racket as it is...


Top
 Profile E-mail  
    
 Post subject: Re: Fidnet Outage
PostPosted: Fri 03-12-2010 9:12AM 
Offline
Captain

Joined: Tue 06-01-2004 3:57PM
Posts: 136

Source: Fidelity
Yeah rolla needs another cable company or 2. I'm tired of the fidelity monopoly.


Top
 Profile  
    
 Post subject: Re: Fidnet Outage
PostPosted: Fri 03-12-2010 5:21PM 
Offline
bertowned
bertowned
User avatar

Joined: Sun 08-20-2006 4:26PM
Posts: 2118

Source: Off Campus
That won't likely happen.

Wikipedia wrote:
Many cable systems operate as local monopolies in the United States, as only one cable company typically receives the right to serve a region as a result of a franchise agreement with a local government.

_________________
BigPeeOn wrote:
Here's the deal: chemistry is the devil.
Anything beyond balancing an chemical equation is black magic.


Top
 Profile  
    
 Post subject: Re: Fidnet Outage
PostPosted: Sun 03-14-2010 2:08AM 
Offline
Lieutenant
User avatar

Joined: Wed 01-13-2010 8:27PM
Posts: 73
Location: Rolla/Owens-blow

Source: Fidelity
Actually, in Misery, it has to do with population density. Shit, now I can't find a link to the glorious bullshit. IIRC, something to do with only requiring 1 carrier per 1000 (or mebbe it's 100) residents of a given county.

Been years since I looked it up and right now I'm a few beers in to a really good night.


Top
 Profile E-mail  
    
 Post subject: Re: Fidnet Outage
PostPosted: Sun 03-14-2010 1:36PM 
Offline
Major General
User avatar

Joined: Wed 08-25-2004 8:55PM
Posts: 2969

Source: Off Campus
Is Embarq and Dish/DirecTV (if you want TV) not an option for you?

HiTechRedneck, I don't think that's it as St. Louis County has a few million residents and there's still only one cable company, Charter. There's also AT&T U-Verse, which is TV, phone and internet on a FTTN structure, so if you count that as a carrier, that's two per a few million residents.


Top
 Profile  
    
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 6 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group