Neither option in Boise is cost effective or great compared to what’s available in bigger cities. But with CableOne since 2002 I’ve had maybe 3 days their-fault downtime that I can recall (and then various storm outages which wreak havoc on any network.) I’ve called tech support when it was my-fault a couple times and they were not rude. No complaints here.

Found your page when I was looking up what the rate cap actually was for a defect I was filing against a product designed in a city where they laugh at the up speeds we have out here in the “sticks.” Wait until I tell them the best my Idahoan parents can get for any price is 40kbps.

I’ve got Qwest starting on Monday.

I work in film production and I routinely need to upload and download large clips to off site servers, and the caps are simply ridiculous.

I’ve explained my needs to CableOne and their response was “can you set up the transfers for the AM hours”?

Yeah. That’s practical. Screw you CableOne. C’est La Vie.

It’s not unacceptable to do computer security work, is it? I constantly have to remove viruses from clients’ websites at odd hours. Unfortunately the tapping thing causes problems with that - it’ll shut their website off so I can’t fix it. The tapping is also annoying because it is used to log information that should be confidential - for example, passwords, credit card numbers, etc. Sure, they say “that information is kept safe…” But that’s not often the case - people hack into insurance companies, internet service providers, etc.

They monitor the web sites for security and legal protection. there isnt some guy at a screen watching everything you go to, a system has loaded all of the illegal sites ex: child pornography, movie downloading, illegal file sharing. when a COMPUTER sees one of these sites it gets brought to attention and a COMPUTER puts a hold on the accnt until this is reconciled. this is only UNACCEPTABLE to people who love to break the law.

Here is a ps1 script that takes the interface name, the ip to route and the ipmask and routes an ip trough a interface. It can be a vpn or a normal network card. It utilizes route.exe for route adding and .net for NIC IP determination. It also deletes a route.

param(
[string] $InterfaceName = “Grupo Visabeira”,
[string] $IP2Route = “192.168.3.138″,
[string] $IPMask = “255.255.255.255″,
[SWITCH] $Delete)
#$delete = $true
IF ($Delete){
$local:res = route delete $IP2Route
IF ($local:res -match ‘OK!’){”Route $IP2Route Deleted”}
ELSE{”Error Deleting $IP2Route: $local:res”}
}else{
[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(”System.Net”) | Out-Null
$local:nic = [system.net.networkinformation.networkinterface]::GetAllNetworkInterfaces()|Where-Object {$_.name -eq $InterfaceName}
if ($local:nic.OperationalStatus -eq ‘Up’) {
$local:interfaceIP = ($local:nic.GetIPProperties().unicastaddresses|where {$_.ipv4Mask -ne ‘0.0.0.0′}).Address.IPAddressToString
if ($local:interfaceIP) {
$local:res = route add $IP2Route MASK $IPMask $interfaceIP
IF ($local:res -match ‘OK!’){”Interface [$InterfaceName] Connected and Route $IP2Route Added”}
ELSE{”Error Adding $IP2Route in Interface $InterfaceName : $local:err”}
}
}else{”Network Interface [$InterfaceName] Not Connected”}
}

Here is my review about Cable One.

1. Their server is overloaded. I frequently get drops.
2. I do not even need to mention about their speed tapping policy, outrageous at best
3. They monitor the web sites that you visit. That is unacceptable.
4. Idaho Falls headquarter is filled with uneducated and rude folks.
5. And, many many more that I cannot recall right now.

What is the solution. Lucky, I made some research. I found cheaper service($35) with faster speed (12 Mpbs) and no tapping. Since I was ready to spend $50 for 10 Mpbs, I am seriously considering to get 20 Mpbs for $55 from Quest.

If anybody out there considering Cable One, Here is my advice. ” Stay away Cable One at all cost”. Otherwise, you will be sorry for sure. that is my experience.