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Broadband blackhole no more
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
 ·Armstrong Zoom In..
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| Better hold on... 7mbps woah daddy! My cable service didn't even upgrade it's network yet to offer cable modem, now we got people getting 7mbps.
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zoom314
Superman
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Yermo, CA
| Re: Better hold on... 7Mbs, 10Mbs? That's nothing, Verizons NEW Fios (FTTP) service here in the USA will soon go as high as 30Mbs/5Mbs($199.95 per month), As soon as the Fall of 2004 I hear, 15Mbs/2Mbs service is scheduled to be at $49.95 and 5Mbs/2Mbs service is scheduled at $39.95 per month. And Yeah I qualify....
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enOehT
Premium
join:2003-05-17
Norristown, PA
| Upload? Will the upload remain at 800kbps?
7000/800 getting very close to OOL. 
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join:2002-06-21
Douglassville, PA
|  Re: Better hold on...
Then again, competition could be waking their monopoly @sses up! | |
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zoom314
Superman
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Yermo, CA
| Re: Better hold on... Well they are the Only Telco so far to spend lots of cash(Billions) on internet access. Of course with Fiber They can have TV too. Talk about a possible triple threat. 
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Capt Video
@nextlink.net | I've currently got fiber to my home as part of a municipal fiber project in Provo, Utah. 5mb/sec up and down for $35/mo. Able to go much higher if desired at reasonable costs. | |
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join:2001-12-31
Troy, MI | 7MBit is nice. Props to RCN. Enjoy the new speeds. | |
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IGGY
No Guru Just Here To Help
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-30
Chatham, IL
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July 28th, @05:33AM
| Re: Better hold on... said by dslwanter  :
How fast can you get though? Why do we need to go so fast. After about 1mbps everything is just about instant. It's nice to see technology increasing, but I feel once you get past a certain point there's really no need to increase speeds. They should work on things such as line qualities, and the phone companies with distance to the CO issues. DSL has only one problem, and that's availability.
You know it's post like this that just really make stupid ISP managers think. They say why should we output the cost of a network when the majority of clueless users are happy with what we give them now.
By your thought standards. We should all still be using an Apple II E for a PC or would that maybe be a Tandy? And driving model Ts for cars.
I guess it's ok for the supposedly most technologically advanced nation in the world. To be dragging behind ever similar nation in regards to broadband. We used to be a country of innovation and first. Now we are just becoming a nation of = It can't be done - it's not possible - why should we do that. We need to innovate to stay ahead.
"Not available in Chicago and SENY. Chicago cable modem speeds are up to 1.5 Mbps download and 256Kbps upload."
»www.rcn.com/internet/highspeed/mm_mach5.php
Recommended Uses
With MegaModem, you can do anything on the web. To help you determine which RCN high-speed Internet solution is just right for you, here are a few recommended uses that are ideal for the RCN Cable Modem.
Online gaming
View streaming video clips
Host your own website**
Host your own email server**
Download MP3 music files
Trade photos online with family
Work from your home office
Basic web surfing
Instant messaging
Research for home, school, work
Emailing friends
Participating in newsgroups
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dslwanter
Broadband blackhole no more
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
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July 28th, @12:47PM
| Re: Better hold on... said by IGGY :
said by dslwanter :
How fast can you get though? Why do we need to go so fast. After about 1mbps everything is just about instant. It's nice to see technology increasing, but I feel once you get past a certain point there's really no need to increase speeds. They should work on things such as line qualities, and the phone companies with distance to the CO issues. DSL has only one problem, and that's availability.
You know it's post like this that just really make stupid ISP managers think. They say why should we output the cost of a network when the majority of clueless users are happy with what we give them now.
By your thought standards. We should all still be using an Apple II E for a PC or would that maybe be a Tandy? And driving model Ts for cars.
I guess it's ok for the supposedly most technologically advanced nation in the world. To be dragging behind ever similar nation in regards to broadband. We used to be a country of innovation and first. Now we are just becoming a nation of = It can't be done - it's not possible - why should we do that. We need to innovate to stay ahead.
"Not available in Chicago and SENY. Chicago cable modem speeds are up to 1.5 Mbps download and 256Kbps upload."
»www.rcn.com/internet/highspeed/mm_mach5.php
Recommended Uses
With MegaModem, you can do anything on the web. To help you determine which RCN high-speed Internet solution is just right for you, here are a few recommended uses that are ideal for the RCN Cable Modem.
Online gaming
View streaming video clips
Host your own website**
Host your own email server**
Download MP3 music files
Trade photos online with family
Work from your home office
Basic web surfing
Instant messaging
Research for home, school, work
Emailing friends
Participating in newsgroups
Whatever man, with my DSL at 1.5/256 I do all that just fine. It only took me 15 minutes yesterday to download 19 songs and make a CD for a friend. I run a server, an internet radio station with ease, Basic Web Surfing is a synch, I host my own website, we have our own station email, anyone can use Instant Message even if you have dial-up, the kids research school work with ease, I do my work from here with ease. I am viewing the highest possible video clips with no problem.
Don't EVER insult some one's intelligence, I'm just trying to prove a point and express my opinion! And I am BY FAR not clueless, I know broadband. I'm just saying, after a certain point, everything is just about instantaneous! Sure 10mbps would be nice but I feel the companies should improve things such as line qualities and server overloads and availability issues. Then explore new possibilities.
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Skand
join:2001-06-01
Corpus Christi, TX
clubs: | Re: Better hold on... 15 minutes is still too slow. | |
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@mc.videotr
| Re: Better hold on... 4 minute song in 1.5 seconds? Either you are lying or you are clueless. A 4 minute songs, even just a 128 kbit/sec is about 4 MB big. If you claim to have 1.5 Mbit/sec down, it would take you at least 22 seconds to download, assuming there is no connection overhead. In reality, it would take at least 30 seconds.
Also, at your 256 kbbit/sec upload, you couldn't use VoIP, host a server and play an online game all at the same time. I just uploaded 80 MB in digitial photos to Kodak. Even on 600kbit/sec upload it took forever. 1 mbit/sec is not nearly instant. And future households will feature more VoIP, video conferencing, online gaming etc. 1 mbit/sec may be good enough for you, but plenty of people want more than that. And what's this talk about improving line quality? They have to lay down a new connection to improve your line quality. Offering faster internet usually just requires some central equipment to be upgraded. | |
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dslwanter
Broadband blackhole no more
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
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July 29th, @07:19PM
| Re: Better hold on... You know, it all depends on the person you're downloading from too. I bet their upstream isn't more than 384kbps, most residential broadband users are capped at 128k or 256k. So how the f@#$ am I going to download it at 1.5mbps, therefore 1.5 will be just as good as 3.0 when downloading music from p2p. I'm not clueless. I know what the hell I'm talking about, 4 minute song can very well be downloaded in a second and a half. I never said the song was 128k....ever hear of mp3pro? Songs that are 64k are still as good as 128k, and smaller. You get decent sound with even a 32k (FM Quality) mp3 pro file.
My burner is a bit slow and sometimes it's hard to find songs, but that has nothing to do with the DSL. Thus causing the process to take longer. Plus I throw all my music in the editing program to make sure there's no delay, and that the song starts as soon as the track begins (call me a perfectionist but I'm a DJ). Then I must run the songs through volume leveling.
And did I say I was hosting a large server? no. Mine are transmitted to a larger server. I run an Internet Radio Station at 32k, I can have as many listeners as I want because it shoots to the Live365 server. The email server goes through our web hosting. I run a small server that is transmitted to a larger server. So the short answer would be yes, I am running servers.
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dslwanter
Broadband blackhole no more
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH | Re: Better hold on... And for general websurfing...most people I talk to feel 1.5 is instant. | |
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dslwanter
Broadband blackhole no more
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
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July 29th, @12:49PM
| I'd say in the next 10 years, if not sooner, the phone CO's will switch over to all fiber. Look what cable is trying to do, VOIP now. Trying to take customers from the bells. Well in token (and I spoke with a tech. on this that came out to my house because I was having phone trouble) the bells will offer TV over their fiber to compete. Should be an interesting battle. First DSL VS. Cable, now this. Since the phone will have the capability as the cable and the cable will have the capability of the phone, one will fall. And if Cable doesn't lower their rates, I predict they will fall.
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Unreal111
join:2004-01-21
Minneapolis, MN | Still can't beat Canada here they offer 10mbs | |
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Every One
OMG
Premium
join:2001-12-05
Vancouver | Re: Still can't beat Canada So does Optimum Online in the US. | |
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dennismurphy
Put me on hold? I'll put YOU on hold
Premium
join:2002-11-19
Parsippany, NJ
·Optimum Online
| Re: Still can't beat Canada said by Every One :
So does Optimum Online in the US.
Love it.
Get speeds like 9103/904 routinely. | |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Kansas City, MO
clubs: | isn't RCN in canada? | |
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Jeremy341
Bye
Premium
join:2000-01-06
localhost | Re: Still can't beat Canada said by tiger72 :
isn't RCN in canada?
No... | |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Kansas City, MO
clubs: | Re: Still can't beat Canada o ok. thats good to know | |
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Every One
OMG
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join:2001-12-05
Vancouver | Re: Still can't beat Canada Century 21 is a real estate company. | |
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lxAstrosxl
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Carol Stream, IL
clubs:
| Re: Still can't beat Canada said by Every One :
Century 21 is a real estate company.
my bad it was "21stCentury". | |
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Storm97
join:2003-04-14
Scranton, PA | Almost correct, they did buy up the 21st Century Company, but they are based all over US, with Corporate Headquarters in Princeton, NJ | |
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lucky644
Premium
join:2002-02-04 | What company?
I wish Telus would get off their ass and upgrade us too =/ | |
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IGotThePower
Samsung Sucks
Premium
join:2003-06-07
Japan Inc.
| said by Unreal111 :
here they offer 10mbs
Still can't beat Japan. Here they offer 100mbps... | |
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join:2004-07-16
Red Bank, NJ | Who is your SP? Did the 10M service require config changes to your PC?? | |
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me2000
Obama-Biden 2008
join:2003-06-23
Normal, IL | Comcast is slow..... Comcast get with it!!! Your puny little 3 mbps looks like nothing now. We all know your network can well support at least 5 mbps down and 512 kbps up. | |
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jarablue
Always be true to yourself
join:2001-06-11
Worcester, MA | Re: Comcast is slow..... Comcast is slow?! Shit atleast they give you another tier. Try hanging with Charter. We're always 1 step behind, always late to the party blah blah blah. | |
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join:2001-09-10
Falls Church, VA | LOL aint that the truth even though now they offer 4mbps. but 7 sounds better. hell I take 1.5mbps if they took out that dam packet loss I am getting. | |
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou
·Charter Pipeline
| "In feeling the looming pressure... ...of non exclusivity, today Optimum Online announced their new 20mbps/3mbps service to all current customers. Citing industry leading performance as their decision, Cablevision representatives state, "We're the f@*#king fastest...peroid."
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join:2004-07-27
| Re: "In feeling the looming pressure... said by DaSneaky1D :
...of non exclusivity, today Optimum Online announced their new 20mbps/3mbps service to all current customers. Citing industry leading performance as their decision, Cablevision representatives state, "We're the f@*#king fastest...peroid."
is this true? | |
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bigyeah
Premium
join:2004-06-25
clubs: | opt offers 9mbs standard? I have optimum online and there are no tiers like RCN and Time warner have? im guessing because when i ordered it, the 9mbs came starndard with a few tweaks, is this all that optimum online offers? | |
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Wort Wort Wort
join:2003-09-02
East Berlin, PA | Re: opt offers 9mbs standard? I find it funny how obvious the cable co's are threatened by FIOS. I mean, Adelphia is widespreading DOCSIS 2.0 and giving security perks, RR is offering 6 down, comcast offering 4 down, RCN to 7 down. Heh, I find this ammusing. | |
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Toguro
join:2003-10-23
Ottawa, IL | dsl So how long till people start flooding this thread with dsl is better. | |
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Gbcue
Shiny
Premium
join:2001-09-30
Sacramento, CA
clubs: | Re: Must be nice.... For some reason, there are never any free upgrades like that of cable, with DSL... | |
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bsc
Premium
join:2003-03-11
Lexington, KY | Re: Must be nice.... You are just with the wrong company. LONG LIVE SBC | |
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Gbcue
Shiny
Premium
join:2001-09-30
Sacramento, CA
clubs: | Re: Must be nice.... Yea. I think I've been with pacbell longer than you have!
I had their legacy DIAL-UP service!! | |
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underscore
join:2004-04-20
Fairfax, VA | All thanks to verizon Verizon's new FTTP has finally sparked the broadband race we've all been waiting for. There is nothing like competition . | |
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Premium
join:2003-08-16
Staten Island, NY
clubs:
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July 27th, @06:10PM
| Re: All thanks to verizon yeah, except time warner is too stupid to realize that some more DL and a slight up increase for such a huge price increase will not be able to compete with fttp , if it ever does get deployed anyway. | |
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Exit
Premium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-04-10
Canada | Lucky Man Europe sucks!!!!!!! I pay like $50USD a month for a 1000/256 connection that really only goes 850/200 and pings on game servers are 150+ always
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TheToro
Premium
join:2003-06-05
Atlanta, GA | Re: Lucky where are u living in Europe? | |
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jvigier
Premium
join:2002-01-17
Wells, ME
| huh? Most countries we have SOHO vpn's too have adsl packages of at least 2/512 (including several countries offering that bundled with voip for $35).
See here:
»www.neuf.fr/
The UK is about the only western european country where we have not lined up deals like that. | |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | It not those of us Who have DSL's it will be the gamers complaining about
latency, and complaining about a connection which is only running at Warp 4 and not warp 19:D;)
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IGotThePower
Samsung Sucks
Premium
join:2003-06-07
Japan Inc. | Re: It not those of us As if you can host any game servers on cable | |
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Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus | Caps ? Slick. 7Mbps is sweet, but are they doing like "Cocks" Cable and putting byte caps on your connection ? | |
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Maggs
Premium
join:2002-11-29
Woodside, NY
clubs: | Not worth it The network is too crowded. When it rains, there is many problems. | |
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Tha ReAlEsT
The King Is Back, Where My Crown At?
Premium
join:2002-09-28
the past | Re: Not worth it Cablevision(ool) set the standard, but to bad it is taking the telcos to spark this. This is great for the rcn users. | |
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I performed my own circumcision
Premium,VIP
join:2002-02-08
Houston, TX
clubs: | Re: Not worth it Yeah, the standard of randomly capping people... | |
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Tha ReAlEsT
The King Is Back, Where My Crown At?
Premium
join:2002-09-28
the past
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RCN 7Mbps
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Must be nice....
