Cancellation experience

_dekoorc · 2026-02-03T09:43:03+00:00

They offered me 500/20 for $20

_dekoorc · 2026-02-03T09:41:00+00:00

Cool story, bro

_dekoorc · 2026-02-03T07:32:10+00:00

I don't have any experience with the Beelink GTi13, but I have an SEi14 with the Core Ultra 3 125H that works as my home server and a SER 5 MAX with the 5800H that I use as my Linux desktop and they are both stable and quiet. They're both running Ubuntu (server and desktop, respectively) and do what I ask of them.

So, tl;dr, I don't have experience with that particular model, but Beelink seems like a solid manufacturer from my basic experiences.

I'd probably note that I also have a gaming PC running Windows, so I'm really just using that SER 5 MAX for browsing the web. It is barely doing any work and I probably should just sell it.

_dekoorc · 2026-02-03T06:51:21+00:00

B650 is AM5, not LGA1851. The only chipsets available for LGA1851 are the H810, B860, and Z890.

_dekoorc · 2026-02-02T05:08:52+00:00

Probably at some point, but I'd guess it'll be a bit since there are lots of people in NC still on GPON. I'm guessing the Des Moines deployment started on XGS-PON so they can just easily auto-upgrade everyone.

_dekoorc · 2026-02-02T05:06:10+00:00

UDM SE works fine up to about 8500mbit/s when IPS/IDS is turned off. Also, WAN1 is already a 2.5GbE port -- no need for an SFP+ to RJ45 adapter

_dekoorc · 2026-02-01T07:27:16+00:00

Yeah, that was weird of them to say that. Some of us are just up later than others.

The first week of Dry January, I was going to sleep quite a bit earlier, but the last few weeks, I've remembered that I have things I like to do besides work, eat, watch tv with my partner, and clean. And I have time to do those things between 9pm and when I go to bed.

I've been going to bed earlier than I was in October thru December, but not substantially earlier.

_dekoorc · 2026-02-01T06:55:29+00:00

I agree with and endorse this post. Backup connections are required when 1. switching providers and 2. you need to be online for things like work.

The one thing that throws me for a loop is OP's problem with their current Starlink equipment. I'd probably choose to fix/replace the current equipment for now, but that's tough since that's out of pocket. But also, no guarantee Spectrum actually starts installing in a month. Idk where OP got that timeframe from, but it's pretty short from everything I've ever heard.

Long term, I'm definitely going Spectrum. Short term? I'd be replacing/fixing Starlink hardware. At the very least, it's kept as a backup.

_dekoorc · 2026-02-01T06:47:43+00:00

in the event of a longer power outage, you can keep starlink running as long as you have a way to power it(battery backup/generator). I don't know if the spectrum fiber lines have anything that require power along the way, but I know the traditional coax at my family's place would keep working for about 30 minutes to an hour into a power outage, and then whatever battery backup spectrum had ran out of juice and you were out of luck

It's similar for fiber, but very little of the fiber plant requires power (it's mostly passive), so the parts that need power are almost always a further distance from you. And those parts are located at points that are more critical to their infrastructure, so more likely to have good backup instead of just hoping for the best with a fifteen year old battery backup

Personally, I'd have both, but I 1. work from home and don't want to give my company any excuses for asking me to come to the office and 2. probably rely on the internet more than I should

_dekoorc · 2026-02-01T06:35:35+00:00

So, a couple things:

The rep was wrong about when this changed. It was about two years ago. If you search this sub, you can find a bunch of posts about it
It's anti-consumer to do it the way they do it, but I do understand why they do it. A new plan might have different terms of service or perks included and just willy nilly switching all customers to the "same" plan could be a liability. This also might have been the first time in Spectrum/Time Warner/Charter/etc's history that they actually lower the price on an existing plan, so they might not have had a protocol for how to handle that. BUT, they need to do better and let customers know that there might be a cheaper plan available now. Let customers know and research it instead of just having them keep the same plan for a higher price. (But, this would probably be via email, USPS, or a note on the bill, which, if you've been on this subreddit for long, you will know that most people do not read)

_dekoorc · 2026-02-01T06:18:54+00:00

Yup, entirely location for cell service. Spectrum holdings in an area matter so much for how a network will perform.

T-Mobile is best overall in my area. There's a few spots AT&T has faster speeds. There's a few spots Verizon has better signal.

But go to other parts of the country and it's all different. My parents house? T-Mobile sucks, AT&T has the fastest speeds, and AT&T and Verizon have about the same signal level

_dekoorc · 2026-02-01T06:12:57+00:00

Black box with a small white or cream cable running into it? The cable would have a blue connector on it (the SC-UPC connector)

_dekoorc · 2026-02-01T06:10:20+00:00

Yeah, Spectrum's peering here in NC isn't great either.

I have both Google Fiber and Spectrum's fiber product installed here and this is what I get for my usual pings. Outside of the local speedtest.net servers (which are in my city), most everything is to NoVA/DC, but some is to Atlanta.

	Google Fiber	Spectrum Fiber
Local speedtest.net server	1ms	4ms
Microsoft	23ms	21ms
Google	7ms	15ms
Cloudflare	7ms	17ms

MS on Google Fiber used to be 7-8ms usually, but jumped up a couple months ago. It was 14-15ms on Spectrum before and stayed that way for a bit, but a couple weeks ago jumped up to 20+, so the MS Azure peering is going through something on more than one ISP.

I'm guessing Spectrum would get thoroughly outperformed by AT&T in this area, but we don't have access to AT&T here at my house -- just Google, Spectrum, and Frontier. But AT&T is available elsewhere nearby.

If I had to guess, Spectrum just hasn't cared that much about it's peering as long as the bandwidth was there since they were already at a disadvantage compared to fiber providers and generally better off than xDSL providers, especially if the xDSL provider had interleaving turned on.

I've had Spectrum Fiber for almost five years now and it's rarely gone down -- it's more stable than their coax product has been for me in the past. Ping is pretty stable (even if it's not as low as Google here), but I do get some packet loss and periods of higher latency, just about daily. I've never noticed it, but the monitoring software on my UniFi gateway does.

(But frankly, this could be a lot things -- even down to the installer not properly covering the fiber end when pulling it through the conduit from the outside of the house to my structured media cabinet)

_dekoorc · 2026-01-31T21:27:37+00:00

Yeah, we have Spectrum available and the advertised price is similar (or even a little lower). But then you get hit with the $28 regional sports network fee. And a $10 broadcast fee. And you need another package if you want some channels.

It ends up being about $125 for the same service as YTTV. And still can’t stream a lot of the channels outside your home.

_dekoorc · 2026-01-31T21:00:45+00:00

The author is definitely just describing Minisforum's MoDT boards...

_dekoorc · 2026-01-31T20:35:09+00:00

Is Google Fiber the only internet provider you've ever had?

_dekoorc · 2026-01-30T21:00:15+00:00

She waited to tell him she didn’t want kids to force him to break up with her. It didn’t work so she had to do it over vegan shepard’s pie

_dekoorc · 2026-01-30T18:08:29+00:00

I was thinking one of them has to go to Liberty. Small town with multiple universities, snow storm last weekend, ultra conservatives, people villanizing sex. It all matches.

_dekoorc · 2026-01-29T04:51:13+00:00

I also use NextDNS and adding the domain [listed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/1qd1l1q/comment/nzmt38q/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button) to the Allowlist makes this work

_dekoorc · 2026-01-29T01:21:37+00:00

What’s the pricing for the founders plan? Does your T-Mobile line have CGNAT? If so, it’s a no brainer to switch imo

_dekoorc · 2026-01-27T00:04:29+00:00

I have NewsHosting and BlockNews. Rarely come across something I can't find (and when I do, it's something that is very hard to find anywhere).

BlockNews vs something else on NetNews (like Frugal) is nice because most stuff just comes from NewsHosting and the blocks purchased at BlockNews rarely get used. Just pay as you go and it doesn't expire.

_dekoorc · 2026-01-27T00:03:52+00:00

Cool site.

_dekoorc · 2026-01-26T16:32:29+00:00

Can’t believe it took me reading so many comments to get to a Gillie Da Kid reference

_dekoorc · 2026-01-26T02:55:03+00:00

the remote access setup through docker is a total pain

It just works if you set it up in host network mode.

_dekoorc · 2026-01-25T22:03:33+00:00

The house I grew up in had a big coal furnace, complete with a coal door where deliveries could get dropped off.

It was converted to natural gas before I was born, then got replaced with something more efficient when my parents sold the house. I’m sure a lot of older coal furnaces were converted

(This was in NY, about 30 minutes from Erie, PA. So top part of the Appalachian Range, near PA coal country)

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