 Review by blohner 
UPDATED: 255 days ago
member for 7.3 years, 3894 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Cortlandt Manor,Westchester,NY
 $49 per month
 about 1 days
 "Awesome speed 30Mbit/s down, 5Mbit/s up"
 "Peak our slowdown on non boost"
 "Fast, solid connection at reasonable price"
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Update February 2006:
After having noticeable peak slowdowns on non boost downstream (regularly going to around 6-4Mbit/s) I switched to boost. Boost service has been good to me for 6+ month with a brief problem in January. Online Support, One Tech Visit and subsequent work on the plant has solved the issue and I am stable again. FIOS is in town now as well but OOL has treated me so well for the last 6+ years I am not inclined to switch at this point.
Update October 2 2005:
Three days in a row with no slowdowns let me believe that the issue has been solved and OOL is once again rock solid and fast...
Update September 26 2005:
Two weeks later and the slowdowns only got worse. I am slowly lossing my hope.... Tonight was the first night where I started noticing them at 5:30pm instead of 7:30pm....
Update September 13 2005:
For two weeks I am now experiencing slowdowns in the evening on the downstream leg. The slowdown go as low as less than 1Mbit/s downstream - with significantly raised ping times and jitter. I didn't notice them while browsing first but while making a call on my Vonage line.
Calling support so far has not proven helpful - I have asked for the issue to be escalated to networks as this seems to be a problem impacting multiple areas on the Ossining CMTS. My Reliability and Tech Support ratings are down for now to reflect this issue.
Note: A similar issue happend last year around the same time - but Engineer88 was still helping in this group and was able to get it addressed in a professional way. It seems that the same is very challenging going through the regular support channels.
Original Review November 13 2002:
10Mbit/s rocks! I frequently work from home and use Extranet VPN, I get over 7Mbit/s on the VPN which allows me to access files on the file server almost as fast as in the office.
Most internet users can only dream about speeds like this. And for the price, can't beat it.
The newsserver is not so good but, again, for 49.99 I would be happy with just the bare connection to the internet without news, mail, etc. Can always get those somewhere else depending on my needs.
No servers allowed: Good, otherwise those speeds could not be offered for this price....
As long as the speeds stay I would not consider any other way of accessing the internet!
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