Mediacom Question

[mramseyISU]

Does anybody know if there is a way to password protect or block the youtube app on these new mediacom tivo boxes? I'm trying to keep my kids from watching crap on there they shouldn't be when I'm not around.

 

[Acylum]

Just to beat everybody else to the punch, Mediacom sucks.

 

[Rabbuk]

put an elf on the shelf

 

[isulive2train]

If a company cannot spell, "extreme." THEY SUCK!

 

[Cyclonesince78]

Just to beat everybody else to the punch, Mediacom sucks.

That was the only reason I clicked on the thread, but you beat me to it.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

There is a safe filter on youtube. Just do that.

Also would like to say Mediacom sucks.

 

[CYme]

Just put the fear of God into the kids. Get an old TV, set it up to play something they shouldn't be watching, catch them watching it and walk in with an axe and destroy the TV.

Boom, kids who listen.

 

[Rabbuk]

or just tell them that all the Youtube stuff they watch shows up on the bill and you will read it.

 

[JM4CY]

Just put the fear of God into the kids. Get an old TV, set it up to play something they shouldn't be watching, catch them watching it and walk in with an axe and destroy the TV.

Boom, kids who listen.

I actually had a similar situation happen to a buddy... When he told me I made the 2011 weeden face

 

[ISUboi12]

If your kids want to see something, they are probably going to find ways to see it.

Mediacom always sucked in Ames. Does it suck in Des Moines? I have centurylink but can only get 40 mbps - Mediacom offers 100 mbps. Any reason I shouldn't switch? Internet only.

 

[CycloneErik]

I also find Mediacom to be less than acceptable.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

If your kids want to see something, they are probably going to find ways to see it.

Mediacom always sucked in Ames. Does it suck in Des Moines? I have centurylink but can only get 40 mbps - Mediacom offers 100 mbps. Any reason I shouldn't switch? Internet only.

Mediacom sucks everywhere

Have never heard anything positibe about CL either. Depends what you do but you might not even need more than 25 mbps. Unless you're downloading large video game or movie (legally ) files, then 40 should be fine if you're looking to cut costs.

 

[DFWClone]

Mediacom makes me want to punch kittens and puppies. Just the worst company in the world. The entire world.

 

[ISU85]

Youtube has a "restricted mode" that might do what you need:

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/174084?hl=en

Even if Mediacom thought they had a way to do it ... it wouldn't work and they would find a way to charge you more.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

M is for miserable
E is for evil
D is for deficient
I is for inferior
A is for amateur hour
C is for crummy
O is for outright sucktastic
M is for my worst nightmare

 

[keepngoal]

Very happy with my Mediacom products (Net and TV). Support has been good, I PM their twitter with questions.

I wouldn't switch to IMon, Qwest or even SouthSlope if I had the opportunity. Okay I would look at SS, just because of their speed.

 

[mramseyISU]

So basically to sum this up nobody knows if there is a way to do what I'm asking but mediacom sucks. I'm not a huge fan but they are my only option for internet and the amount of suck compared to the cost of Directv (which I had) plus mediacom internet isn't worth it. I had century link DSL with the directv and never got over 1mb/s and that's when it was working. They told me that's the best I could get because of the infrastructure between my house and there server wouldn't support anything better.

 

[keepngoal]

So basically to sum this up nobody knows if there is a way to do what I'm asking but mediacom sucks. I'm not a huge fan but they are my only option for internet and the amount of suck compared to the cost of Directv (which I had) plus mediacom internet isn't worth it. I had century link DSL with the directv and never got over 1mb/s and that's when it was working. They told me that's the best I could get because of the infrastructure between my house and there server wouldn't support anything better.

can you block this at the router level for all YouTube from that device?

 

[MeowingCows]

If your kids want to see something, they are probably going to find ways to see it.

Mediacom always sucked in Ames. Does it suck in Des Moines? I have centurylink but can only get 40 mbps - Mediacom offers 100 mbps. Any reason I shouldn't switch? Internet only.

In the case of doing 40mb vs. 100mb, do whatever is cheaper. There is no conceivable situation where the normal person needs 100mb speeds. There's rarely a server on the planet that will actually serve you that real speed.

 

[mramseyISU]

can you block this at the router level for all YouTube from that device?

Actually their tech support walked me though how to uninstall it. I don't ever use it so that seems good to me. Now I don't have to hear those losers that are playing minecraft.