 Review by Elite 
UPDATED: 192 days ago
member for 6 years, 1629 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Orange,New Haven,CT
 $45 per month
 "Fast speeds and low pings, capped at 16.5Mbit/2Mbit, 10ms ping to NYC"
 "Port blocking, capping for excessive uploading, can't run a server without Boost."
 "It's faster than any other ISP in the area."
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I've had Optimum Online since January of 2002 and I'm still extremely pleased with it over 6 years later. I find my speeds of 16.5Mbit/2Mbit rock solid, and I ping roughly 10ms to NYC with no packet loss.
The solid speeds and the low pings never fluctuate; they're always there. I can't remember a time when I've gotten poor downstream or upstream speeds, packet loss, or high pings.
Downloads max out at around 1.84MBytes/sec, and uploads max out at around 236KBytes/sec. These downstream speeds are easily obtained from any decently fast webserver. The same rule applies to uploading.
When playing CS, I can ping a stable 10ms or 12ms from Connecticut to NYC, with 0 packet loss.
OOL's best selling point is the speed, followed by the pings.
The mail servers are also very stable, and I've never had an issue with them. I personally don't use newsgroups so I can't comment on them.
I've never been capped, but I can't really consider myself an excessive uploader either. Optimum Online doesn't permit you to run a server, but I would never do so from a residential internet connection anyway. The port block and banning of servers in the ToS have minimal effect on me.
Overall, I'm very happy with my OOL service. I've probably had very near 100% uptime in these 6+ years I've been a customer. It blows away the much slower AT&T DSL that is available in my area. I love Optimum Online.
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