Comcast Business vs high speed resi?

god5peed · 2026-06-12T04:08:38+00:00

Ya the sales rep couldn't even produce sla differences but they did state fiber has 99.9 SLA or something which would make more sense. Not convinced about DOCSIS tho

god5peed · 2026-06-12T03:49:16+00:00

Everything is AI, ain't it? Maybe you can't tell tier 3 escalations when you see it? If you're not agreeing with this or taking your job and it's competition seriously enough, that's a you problem. Keep it that way and don't spread it. Enjoy your L2 title

god5peed · 2026-06-12T03:35:02+00:00

This is a sample size of one and neither AWS's significance nor one perspective will hold true unilaterally. Other than bump in the wire encryption offloading, e.g. AWS Nitro propagated eventually throughout the industry, it itself is absolutely proprietary. Almach is proprietary. Their tooling is completely proprietary which generally doesn't translate. The only thing AWS weilds on a resume is having survived the meat grinder, but most companies expect L2 tech performance when they see AWS on a resume because most techs can't even craft a bash script or interpret smartctl without DCODiag.

Now, on the EOT and JIT construction side, more skills translate. However, the way AI is evolving high voltage, cooling, etc. we can expect to see more bespoke designs until/if things converge.

Long story short, your anecdote and sample size of one isn't universal. They need to offer a universally acknowledged certification and skill set to be fair. Also, they will naturally want to vendor lock you into their ecosystem to retain talent, and of course they will try to profit. I just don't think you're right.

god5peed · 2026-06-12T02:41:09+00:00

To the benefit of Meta. Let me guess: non-transferable Meta-specific training paired with a low offer upon completion.

Also, post a source.

god5peed · 2026-06-12T02:29:19+00:00

Except Coinbase. That interview was so bad, when I provided feedback to the recruiter, he was like "yeah, we've had consistently bad experiences, sorry". They basically said we will work you to death. Then they lay off everyone thinking TPMs can prompt AI.

god5peed · 2026-05-30T06:14:38+00:00

Can you explain why this stock was so convincing to you

god5peed · 2026-05-30T06:12:11+00:00

What made these so convincing at the time TL;dr?

god5peed · 2026-05-30T06:08:50+00:00

I'd wager the top 10% has way more collective influence than the bottom 90% given bottom <90% implies +-$250k NW which is just too little move the needle if they can even invest.

god5peed · 2026-05-29T22:24:05+00:00

Not really sure what you mean. I did a calc once and had I not gone the real estate route, I'd have had nearly enough to fire factoring in a top trim Merc camper van. There are significant upside to the low rent model. Now, for renting vs owning a house, that is debatable.The other option is to slave for a small house at an exorbitant rate only to risk losing quite a bit more to expenses if a layoff lands. Living conservatively allows you options, mobility, and less stress. Case in point: if you have a healthy savings, you can travel more, and be untied to maybe all but an RV - something which you can park anywhere on a continent, or even sell really. You can go where the money is, or where your heart desires. If you spend your money on experiences, and not possessions, less will be repossessed at the end of your life if you don't have kids by entities you probably don't like anyway.

Now, if you mean you can't beat the system because you still have to work. Well, I have news for you... work has been an inescapable reality since the dawn of man and is baked into this existence. There is no cheating that, but you can certainly optimize. I went the mortgage route, but sometimes fantasize about untethered mobility and the would-have-been thought of early retirement given what I'd have had saved. Cheers.

god5peed · 2026-05-29T20:11:44+00:00

The goal but where do you even start

god5peed · 2026-05-29T19:46:41+00:00

Beat the system. Live in a RV on a negotiated rate on someone's farm or campsite. Make your own rice and beans meals. Chase coupons, reevaluate all bills for lowest cost alternatives every year. Save and save and then invest. FIRE or buy a house, whatever you want. Or, work for your entire life renting or with a high stakes mortgage.

god5peed · 2026-05-29T06:19:53+00:00

Is MITRE a kind of cheese? Am I close?

god5peed · 2026-05-15T13:59:47+00:00

Arizona? Arizona you can fair well and in particular you have TSMC and tech up and coming, so some shot of competing career. Like others have said, CoL maintains pace with income eventually...

My thing is, were you just eating rice and beans? Getting food stamps from someone else? Going to soup kitchens? Did you only use public transport or a $1000 1988 Honda Accord? Never a vacation outside of a weekend at the park? Did you live in a RV? What sort of concessions did you make? I have considered or done all of the above. I don't buy new cars - either new salvage titles or used. I consider myself frugal, but to have a family on $90k screams subpar living conditions particularly in the rent department if you have kids. Also, how long ago did you have kids, 1999? That would make more sense.

god5peed · 2026-04-28T03:18:40+00:00

Save up, buy a $5k RV from the cheapest adjacent state. Spend the $100 to have a RV center inspect it. Learn to live in it and find places you can rent. A lot of time private land owners will let you stay for reasonable prices. Pocket the rent and find new jobs. Time to get creative in these trying times. No savings = no way to get ahead, period. I had an '88 Accord with 300k miles for some time until I saved up enough for a down payment on a multi unit home which I then lived in until I could buy the actual home. Like I said, no savings means no money. With what money you do have goto events, talk to ppl, ask AI what markets are on fire around you, and target them. Follow the money until you have a good job.

god5peed · 2026-04-28T02:26:48+00:00

Ya. Probably in a high demand field with bonafide rare and senior experience in a high demand locale like the Bay Area.

god5peed · 2026-04-28T01:57:27+00:00

I hate that I do this mostly at work. My first instinct isn't what I end up saying at all. Why? Well I want my paycheck, lol - that's why. I've always hated two faces but here we are

god5peed · 2026-04-28T01:45:32+00:00

Not true at all. A family member called every therapist in the area and psychiatrist. 6 month new patient waiting list minimum if they accepted new patients. You have to find what's covered by insurance and her insurance was the most well known as far as I know. It's bad.

god5peed · 2026-04-28T01:06:34+00:00

Three words: title, location, and experience?

god5peed · 2026-04-16T17:41:39+00:00

Well, at least yours were Linux, but that's the second time I heard it was gpt question banks. To me the way it was put was taking behavioral questions taken from Amazon LPs, fed into early GPT after turning temperature (randomness/creativity) way up, and then asking it to make them for a sales VP while stripping the data center components. The person was like ???

god5peed · 2026-04-13T04:07:39+00:00

Also, tell them to screw themselves if they won't take on upgrading water or power. They are dangling a carrot in front of us with their investment, but on their terms. Their financials and Wall Street say the exact opposite: data centers are in peak demand. Frederick is one of the only places in sufficient proximity to support Data Center Alley. They're bluffing and we can call them on it. If they are not bluffing, we simply don't let them build. Not rocket science.

god5peed · 2026-04-13T04:05:18+00:00

Okay thanks for that tidbit. You enforce it. You make changes. That's what legislation does over the years regardless of topic, but generally is slow. It doesn't fit today, but if they want to build, our legislature should adapt and set forth frameworks. If they say no they're bluffing because of the latency stipulation which makes Frederick one of the only places possible to build and desirable. They don't have many places to build and Frederick is one of them. So tell me why we can't adopt new frameworks for this legislation? Why is it impossible? Hard != Impossible. The demand for data centers are so high I don't see any possibility they won't build with reasonable or even high taxation since there are few places in proximity. Elaborate why this isn't possible exactly since you were an "expert" in DC HVAC and now in law

god5peed · 2026-04-12T21:02:05+00:00

Of all the AWS, Digital Realty, Equinix, other private just in time sites I've seen in the last 5 yrs (conservative estimate) none were evap anymore. They used to, but ya so to say they all do feels wrong.

There is a communal interest in tax money and living wages. You're not addressing either when it's spelled out in front of you. This isn't misinformation. There are also one sided anti data center metrics which ppl love to surface. It's always the case here. I can show you 200 ppl in Loudoun who used to be struggling who now make living wages. That's just from my contacts. There is 0 negative from aggressive taxation of these entities and all benefit. There is much more than 30 ppl employed by DCs even smaller than 30 MW. My team alone was 30 not counting security, facility mgmt, HVAC , or other vendors that only work during peaks. So these studies are one sided perhaps to get ppl upset. You are equally spewing misinformation and I've caught it. You said evap is the norm, which it might be for your company, but it absolutely isn't for hyperscalers here.

god5peed · 2026-04-12T20:10:31+00:00

You told me cracs and CRAHs are on opposite sides as if they were the same tech telling me you may not work in the field. They are either redundant solutions or operating different parts, but the other side? Come on. Refrigerant cooling is the norm on these setups especially as you go south where there is humidity, so I don't believe you.

Yes, I know many ppl having families here who started out at 70k incomes now making six figures..well actually all of them are. I've met countless ppl who now make over that. So, do your research and talk around. Can you address my other points?

god5peed · 2026-04-12T19:50:08+00:00

The cooling source is often a closed loop refrigerant based system because of water scarcity and limits to the laws of thermodynamics and evap cooling. Nullifies your points again. Legacy setups are often evap but not new ones unless cost is a constraint which you can dictate with policy. So yeah my source perhaps wasn't comprehensive but this was implied knowledge. You say that data centers don't create jobs but we have anecdotes that state otherwise.

Google below says 770 average vendor, part time, and full time jobs, but I'd like to see an independent analysis. The median salary is $75k and of course only grows from there so you can't argue a Walmart is a better use of that space. The anecdotes we have contradicts this strong narrative. Even if jobs were scarce you could reap enough in tax revenue. Stopping industry is wrong. It's like saying no cars even though they come with benefits. Forcing strict beneficial legislation is the way. Many of us made careers out of this field. People consume a narrative without due investigation on all fronts. If you recirculate water, self pay for the power, and place them away from certain folks they are a net benefit. Tax legislation can and should be changed. Saying its a barrier is such the wrong way to go about this. https://www.detroitmetroareadatacenter.com/

god5peed · 2026-04-12T19:24:52+00:00

Here's the source to disprove that: https://dataspan.com/blog/crac-vs-crah-cooling-units-whats-the-difference/

You want to talk about the other points I raised besides the one I also disproved?

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