OT but Tech-related Question

[Alexander Short]

Look has been in and out of bankruptcy for _years_  I used them in Milton where they are headquarted for TV and wireless internet (not 802.11)

They were insanely cheap. I pay 130 for what I paid look $80. The tv was reliable but they at last check have no pvr or HD capabilities. The internet when up was very fast. 10 meg when this was quite unusual for residential internet. The problem was the service was junk. After laying out 400 in equipment I didn't keep the service even 6 months, went through 2-3 modems and one week which ended up being the last straw a tech had to be dispatched 4 days in a one week period. My wife drew the line since I need functioning internet and go a wee bit crazy when it doesn't. You may however find their dsl as reliable/unreliable as everyone elses dsl. 

Hth

Alex

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Sent: Fri Aug 17 10:51:56 2007
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: OT but Tech-related Question

On Wednesday 15 August 2007 19:37, Dave Sullivan wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I'm looking into switching Internet and TV service providers, and I've run
> across Look Communications, which provides DSL service and "Wireless TV"
> service.
>
> I'm just wondering, does anyone have any experience with this technology?
> For those who have never heard of it, they have a small frequency range in
> the 2.5GHz band that they use to broadcast digital TV signals from various
> broadcast points, which are connected by fibre to their distribution
> office.
>
> I'm not sure how reliable this service would be, or what the quality would
> be like. Can anyone provide any insight, or anecdotes about Look's
> services? They're very inexpensive and it sounds great.
>
> Thanks!

I am surprised that you didn't get more replies but I am pretty sure Look is 
in some stage of bankruptcy. There was a note in the paper recently, they 
couldn't find a buyer and who knows what the future holds. I friend worked in 
Customer Support and was let go many months ago.

As far as I know they weren't accepting individuals, just business accounts a 
few months ago. Now maybe nothing.

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