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 Review by dscl 
Posted: 5.9 years ago
member for 8.3 years, 3411 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Bronx,Bronx,NY
 $45 per month
 about 5 days
 "Easy install real fast download speeds"
 "Bad news server and email goes out every so ofen"
 "OK with you are a heavy web user"
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I have had cablevision for abut a year now and I love the speed. Install was very easy and I was up and running in less than 20mins. My problems with the service is how bad their news server is. I have not been able to get dl fast than 30k and it only allows 2 dl at a time. Because of this I have had to open a Gigganews acount for my news feed. Adding the extra cost of Giganews on top of what I pay Cablevision really make it not that great of a value. If you do not use usenet then I will say you will love the speed you will get with this isp.
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Review by clautmcp
Posted: 6 years ago
member for 7.9 years, 181 visits, last login: 45 days ago
Syosset,Nassau,NY
 Business customer
Contract price not specified.
"LightPath Long Island Too much down time"
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Help, What can I do?
I have a T1 voice and data. We have had at least 16 outages in the last year, some as long as 2 days. They have tried to correct the problem but they tell me it is a problem with the Verizon lines outside. I think that it is still LightPaths problem. Verizon has also been to the site and agree it is an outside problem but I am still having problems.
WHAT CAN I DO?
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Review by mcocke
Posted: 6.1 years ago
member for 6.1 years, 2 visits, last login: 6.1 years ago
Montville,Morris,NJ
Business customer
$110 per month (month by month)
"Business (?!) ISP blocks port 80, doesn't mention it."
"Useless."
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If you want to connect a business to the internet by cable modem and
your local cable company is Cablevision, they will refer you to
Lightpath. Now, Lightpath bills itself, variously, as Business Class
Internet, Cablevision Business Class Internet Access, and similiar
things. There are, however, a few small things that they won't tell you.
Depending on whom you ask, you may even decide that they've actively
lied to you.
First of all, a business class internet provider that doesn't offer
static IP addresses? Can you say "fly by night"? Ok, you can work around
that with dyndns.org (who are extremely good at what they do, and very
reasonably priced). At that point, you will discover the big lie...
Lightpath claims to sell a business class internet service, and if you
ask Dan O'Leary (my salesperson) if you can run servers on that line,
he'll tell you "Sure, no problem." If you read - carefully - the two
page form that you fill out to become a Lightpath customer, you'll see
no indication that there's a skunk in the woodpile...
Later you will discover that Lightpath blocks your incoming port 80, so
certainly you can run servers - as long as you don't actually need
people to be able to ACCESS them. At that point, they will tell you that
you need to upgrade your service (for only four times your current cost)
in order to unblock port 80. Where I come from, they call that bait and
switch.
Cute, heh?
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