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Jeffrey
too dark too early
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| reply to Rob A
Re: It'll never work
As a former Optimum Online customer, they can advertise whatever they want. Unless you're on your own damned node and the weather is nice, and your signals are just right (according to the maintenance guy that shows up at your house, but not to Tech Support on the phone who sent the maintenance guy there to begin with), I can't imagine that a 20mb package deployed in Fios areas will help matters.
I've been so happy with my Fios since May; no caps, no downtime, max speed all the time.
All this testing and annoucements and trademarks (BOOST) for 20mbit which most people won't even see? What Verizon counter this relatively quickly.
As for Oyster Bay, the best thing Verizon can do besides watch a failed attempt to get 50mbit service there by CV is to get my damn cell to work there.  | |
Dr Demento
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join:2002-01-02
Denville, NJ
1 edit | And as a former OOL user myself, since I am in PA now I can tell you that I usually got 9/900 out of my 10/1 connection with virtually no downtime. And for people that are having problems on OOL are either on a really crowded node, which is seems apparent since you're in Long Island, you were truly downloading to much or just one of those victims of circumstance.
P.S: A crowded Node or server can happen on any ISP or connection medium. It could even happen on Fios if Verizon ever mismanages it.;)
And to anyone who said cable is the weaker link, yours is still weaker than the guy appointed to manage an OC-48, do you feel comfy now? | |
Jeffrey
too dark too early
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| said by Dr Demento  :And as a former OOL user myself, since I am in PA now I can tell you that I usually got 9/900 out of my 10/1 connection with virtually no downtime. And for people that are having problems on OOL are either on a really crowded node, which is seems apparent since you're in Long Island, you were truly downloading to much or just one of those victims of circumstance. P.S: A crowded Node or server can happen on any ISP or connection medium. It could even happen on Fios if Verizon ever mismanages it.;) And to anyone who said cable is the weaker link, yours is still weaker than the guy appointed to manage an OC-48, do you feel comfy now? I also got roughly 9/1 out of my OOL connection from 1999 through 2003. After 2003, it got steadily worse.
I don't buy the argument "downloading too much". That's a weak, catch-all phrase that depends upon opinion, and in no way can that be used to describe general degredation of a service for 2 years.
You're just jealous because you don't have Fios. 
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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Phoenix, AZ
| said by Jeffrey :said by Dr Demento :And as a former OOL user myself, since I am in PA now I can tell you that I usually got 9/900 out of my 10/1 connection with virtually no downtime. And for people that are having problems on OOL are either on a really crowded node, which is seems apparent since you're in Long Island, you were truly downloading to much or just one of those victims of circumstance. P.S: A crowded Node or server can happen on any ISP or connection medium. It could even happen on Fios if Verizon ever mismanages it.;) And to anyone who said cable is the weaker link, yours is still weaker than the guy appointed to manage an OC-48, do you feel comfy now? You're just jealous because you don't have Fios. I remember when people used to say that about OOL
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Dr Demento
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Denville, NJ
| reply to Jeffrey
said by Jeffrey :said by Dr Demento :And as a former OOL user myself, since I am in PA now I can tell you that I usually got 9/900 out of my 10/1 connection with virtually no downtime. And for people that are having problems on OOL are either on a really crowded node, which is seems apparent since you're in Long Island, you were truly downloading to much or just one of those victims of circumstance. P.S: A crowded Node or server can happen on any ISP or connection medium. It could even happen on Fios if Verizon ever mismanages it.;) And to anyone who said cable is the weaker link, yours is still weaker than the guy appointed to manage an OC-48, do you feel comfy now? I also got roughly 9/1 out of my OOL connection from 1999 through 2003. After 2003, it got steadily worse. I don't buy the argument "downloading too much". That's a weak, catch-all phrase that depends upon opinion, and in no way can that be used to describe general degredation of a service for 2 years. You're just jealous because you don't have Fios. You pretty much confirmed on what I have stated. Your connection got steadily worse as more people signed up in your area. Since FIOS basically works on the same principle but with less, but larger nodes how can't Verizon guarantee the same thing might happen?
I'm not jealous of your connection, I am just current satisfied with mine. However, if Verizon FIOS becomes available in my area and is being offered a better price not to mention better packaging for their TV service then I will give it a try.
I'm sorry but like others say, it isn't only about the bandwidth. | |
Jeffrey
too dark too early
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·magicjack.com
2 edits | said by Dr Demento :said by Jeffrey :said by Dr Demento :And as a former OOL user myself, since I am in PA now I can tell you that I usually got 9/900 out of my 10/1 connection with virtually no downtime. And for people that are having problems on OOL are either on a really crowded node, which is seems apparent since you're in Long Island, you were truly downloading to much or just one of those victims of circumstance. P.S: A crowded Node or server can happen on any ISP or connection medium. It could even happen on Fios if Verizon ever mismanages it.;) And to anyone who said cable is the weaker link, yours is still weaker than the guy appointed to manage an OC-48, do you feel comfy now? I also got roughly 9/1 out of my OOL connection from 1999 through 2003. After 2003, it got steadily worse. I don't buy the argument "downloading too much". That's a weak, catch-all phrase that depends upon opinion, and in no way can that be used to describe general degredation of a service for 2 years. You're just jealous because you don't have Fios. You pretty much confirmed on what I have stated. Your connection got steadily worse as more people signed up in your area. Since FIOS basically works on the same principle but with less, but larger nodes how can't Verizon guarantee the same thing might happen? I'm not jealous of your connection, I am just current satisfied with mine. However, if Verizon FIOS becomes available in my area and is being offered a better price not to mention better packaging for their TV service then I will give it a try. I'm sorry but like others say, it isn't only about the bandwidth. No, I didn't say that it got worse as more people signed up in my area. I can't quantify that because I don't know who/what makes up my node, and I don't know the net # of subcribers in 2005 as opposed to 1999. I have no idea if my service degraded because of node congestion. What I do know is that repeated attempts to get technicians out here to address problems the phone-techs saw did little. They would get here, find nothing wrong, and leave after tightening some bolts.
What I said was that my overall service got worse from 2003 on; Usenet, email, web browsing, download speeds. After being presented with a nice alternative, I acted on it.
As for the future, I think Verizon has the ability to throw much more money into their system then CV can throw into their own, which is why, for the long-term, my money is on Verizon.
Not to say that CV's product is a bad one, it's not. I still post here to help others, or to see the goings-on. I just don't think CV can compete with Verizon in the long-run.
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