Smith6612
Premium
join:2008-02-01
united state | Can't complain.
Sure the upstream may be a bit low on this package, but certainly it's nice to see Windstream joining the FTTH bandwagon! |
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Laughing Man
Stand Alone Complex
Premium
join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY
clubs: |  Man I'm Jealous
Just come on over to Louisville so I can dump AT&T, you'd make my year. |
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geography
@optonline.net | competition
this would do well in newly minted cable monoply areas where they tend to do bit capping policy. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | reply to Smith6612
Re: Can't complain.
But with 1.5M upload? My cable connection does better. Even OOL Boost does better. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
 ·Comcast
 ·Qwest.net
 ·magicjack.com
 ·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| They're competing against 1.5 Mbit uploads, and previously 768k was the norm. We're also talking about not-New-Jersey and not-NYC here...personally, I'd be fine giving up 512k of upload speed in exchange for 200% more download speed, a $20 per month lower price than I'm paying now...and no caps! |
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acid343211
Hallo lisa Aus Amerika
Premium
join:2001-08-31
Byron, GA
| reply to Laughing Man
Re: Man I'm Jealous
said by Laughing Man  :Just come on over to Louisville so I can dump AT&T, you'd make my year. Agree sounds good.
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jadebangle
Premium
join:2007-05-22
Olathe, KS
·SureWest Internet
·AT&T Yahoo
·Comcast
| reply to Eat Me
Re: Can't complain.
said by Eat Me :But with 1.5M upload? My cable connection does better. Even OOL Boost does better. The upload is just as important as download
it isn't anymore useful to have 24/1.5 vs 5/5 for about the same price. Most website won't allow you to download faster then 1.5mbps so its only in rare cases or few place that you can exceed this speed
I'll still prefer 5/5 over 10/1 or 20/2 etc
even 20/5 isn't much better then 5/5
I could probably leech faster occasionally on 20/5 but its not a big deal since I'm not an impatient bastard like few who even think 100/1 is cool with them... who see upload speed as least important.
Too much download speed is useless without decent upload speed to compensate for it...
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Laughing Man
Stand Alone Complex
Premium
join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY
clubs:
·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to acid343211
Re: Man I'm Jealous
 That's what I'm talking about.
Giving it some thought though, I'm kind of surprised they didn't mention Louisville in the announcement, we're not that far away from Lexington and have a larger population. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to Eat Me
Re: Can't complain.
said by Eat Me :But with 1.5M upload? My cable connection does better. Even OOL Boost does better. It's all about competition. My FTTH is only 15Mbps down and 2Mbps up, for $69.99 a month. The fastest tier I can purchase from a competitor is 10Mbps/512Kbps from Time Warner. |
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Laughing Man
Stand Alone Complex
Premium
join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY
clubs: | reply to Eat Me
Right now for the $13 less per month I'm giving to AT&T for dsl I'm getting 1.5/384, I see this as a VAST improvement to local area and I would definitely give out the extra $13 per month if it was available to me. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
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said by jadebangle :said by Eat Me :But with 1.5M upload? My cable connection does better. Even OOL Boost does better. The upload is just as important as download it isn't anymore useful to have 24/1.5 vs 5/5 for about the same price. Most website won't allow you to download faster then 1.5mbps so its only in rare cases or few place that you can exceed this speed Too much download speed is useless without decent upload speed to compensate for it... Your first statement is absolutely false. Put a 10Mbps or higher line next to a 1.5Mbps line and it's night and day. My 15Mbps fiber line has slightly higher letancy to most sites than my 1.5Mbps Road Runner line, but my fiber line destroys my RR line when comparing browsing speeds. It's night and day.
Your last statement is true however. But 1.5Mbps and up is a good upstream number for the vast majority of people. I only have 2Mbps and while 5Mbps upstream is available to me, 2Mbps is great. |
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PapaMidnight
join:2009-01-13
Baltimore, MD
| reply to jadebangle
said by jadebangle :Most website won't allow you to download faster then 1.5mbps so its only in rare cases or few place that you can exceed this speed Were you serious?
I can easily do 80mbps at Uni from almost any website I travel too (with the exception of a few which I know for a fact are on 10mbit links).
I hate how many people just nonchalantly throw out this statement like we're all still on AOL Dial-Up or something. |
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PapaMidnight
join:2009-01-13
Baltimore, MD
| reply to geography
Re: competition
said by geography :
this would do well in newly minted cable monoply areas where they tend to do bit capping policy.
Indeed it would, except with Comcast who seems hell bent on holding theirs in place. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
·Comcast
·Qwest.net
·magicjack.com
·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| reply to jadebangle
Re: Can't complain.
I'd take 10/5 over 24/1.5 any day of the week. However they're competing with 20/1.5 on a shared (cable) system, so they're clearly the better option
As for websites, where are you going that only has 1.5 Mbps downloads? I can max out my connection here DL/ULing from my personal site ($7.50 per month is the basic plan...I got a better deal though) and seems like any servers with anything to download these days are on 100 Mbps ports... |
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massysett
join:2006-01-04
Silver Spring, MD
| Perfect example of why FTTH does not matter
This is a perfect example of why, as a consumer, I couldn't care less whether the content comes over fiber, coax, twisted pair, copper, air, or sewer pipe. The 1.5Mbps upstream is nothing special and is comparable to both cable and DSL. The fact that it's FTTH does not make it any better for me. Maybe it is better for the provider (upgradable? maintenance costs?) but as a user it makes me no difference that it comes over fiber. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
·Comcast
·Qwest.net
·magicjack.com
·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| reply to Matt
Re: Can't complain.
Exactly. The "inflection points" on internet these days are 768k (broadband), 1.5 Mbps (more video streaming), 5 Mbps (HD video in some cases) and 15 Mbps (rocking connectivity). If you're moving from one tier to the other it does make a rather big difference. On uploads, 384k, 768k, 1.5-2M and 5M are probably the big ones. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | reply to massysett
Re: Perfect example of why FTTH does not matter
Fiber is more reliable,plain and simple. Also isn't a shared system on the last mile nearly as much as cable, so no evening slowdowns. Also, ADSL/2+ can't do 1.5 Mbps up. You need VDSL, DOCSIS or FTTP for that. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| Just because you have less people on your last mile doesn't mean anything. If the bandwidth at the central location meet is low you will still suffer low surfing speeds. The Internet is not dedicated by any means. DSL is shared, FTTH is shared, Cable is shared, T1s are shared- yes everything has a sharing point some where.
And as far as cable slow downs in the evening? I don't have that and i'm on cable with Buckeye Cable. I have had TWC cable and I've never had that problem. Two locations with TWC and Buckeye. |
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