Cox Launches Auto-Backup Service In Virginia'Media Store and Share' expands into more markets.... 04:28PM Monday Oct 20 2008 by Karl Bodetags: business · bandwidth · cable · Cox HSIIn the age of unlimited e-mail data storage services this may or may not excite you, but Cox has started offering a 5GB automated backup service to customers in select markets. Dubbed " Media Store and Share," the service is powered by Casero, and is only available to Premium (20Mbps/3Mbps, sometimes known as "Premier") and Preferred (10Mbps/2Mbps) customers, but not Value (1.5Mbps/256kbps) customers. According to a new Cox press release, they've launched the service in the Northern Virginia market.
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Dogfather
Altitude is your friend
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Laguna Hills, CA | 5GB? I get more space with GMail which with some free tools you can use for online file storage. | |
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jchambers28
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Alma, AR
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| got it I got it last week and its full. I would like to have 50 gb though. | |
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Addison, IL | NSA Do they give our personal information to the NSA or is that just the telcos? | |
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swhx7
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Elbonia
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| Re: NSA They can already sell your info without this new service. See earlier stories about ISPs doing so.
But this new service makes me wonder about new exploitation. According to the page, users have to download and install some Comcast software. I'm guessing it is closed-source, with a "licence agreement" that lets Comcast do whatever it wants with little or no protection for the users, and has to be installed with root privileges on the computer. Can anyone who has tried it confirm?
So probably Comcast is going to have free reign to do whatever they want with users' data. Do they at least promise not to sell it to advertisers? | |
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Bolt Backer
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clubs:  | Also In San Diego It was also launched in the San Diego market.
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| amungus
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| No thanks I just want my freaking speeds to be stable first, thanks.
I really need to call them and get a tech over... Speeds will be GREAT in the morning most days, but night time? Forget it until about 1:30AM, and even then, it's sometimes been very flaky.
5GB of my data for them to see... hmm... nope.
Rather upload my files to my real web host. Got a lot more storage there too...
5GB. Wow. I'd imagine many people have more than that on their iPod these days. My Sansa (I used iPod generically earlier) holds 8GB, and Rhapsody already lets me listen to anything in their library from anywhere I can login...
Yawn. Let's see DOCSIS 3 in more places 
I guess it's kind of a neat idea for people who just want a place to put some files for some simple transfers... Not a bad idea in concept actually. Nice to know it's there I guess - would be nice in a pinch.
..."Preferred" (middle tier here) for me is supposedly 9/1 service. I'm lucky to get 1/2 at night right now  Yes, you read that right. W/Powerboost, upload jumps to somewhere around 2Mbps if it needs to, while downloads have been very inconsistent. Most times LESS than 1Mbps! Again, I need to call a tech. Every time I almost do, it seems to level off and be a little more stable. Anything around 5-6Mbps in a relatively consistent fashion is enough to keep me from complaining too much. When it's steady at 1+ MegaBytes/sec download speeds, that's good too. That's what they claim to be giving me... 9/1, which is alright when it works .
Last night though, I got the bug again and will call soon if it's still weird tonight. Just tired of it. Great when it's steady, annoying as all heck when it isn't.
...Can't bring myself to go with AT&T either... Still not sure they'll sell me "naked" DSL in this area for a reasonable price... | |
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turtle2472
join:2001-09-29
Virginia Beach, VA
·Cox HSI
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| Had it here in Tidewater for a while. I'm not sure how long because I didn't know when it started. I will say it's been about a month and I use it to backup school data fro my daughter and just don't have to think about it.
It's PC only which sucks. 5GB isn't much either, but for a freebie it's a nice add-on. Not something to make me want Cox over Verizon or anything, but certainly a good feature either way. | |
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FlexBaud
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Beach Haven
clubs: | Kudos Kudo's to Cox for offering this  Of course, you can get the same from XDrive. | |
| | rob27
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Mary Esther, FL | Re: Kudos how about investing more in speeds especially in non fios areas.
their email only collects spam.
-Rob | |
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FlexBaud
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| Re: Kudos said by rob27  :how about investing more in speeds especially in non fios areas. their email only collects spam. -Rob Rob, now why would anyone want faster speeds than this? Most websites I download from can't even push the speeds I have. | |
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@techentrance.com | ... does not excite me at all. its for amateurs. | |
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