 somms
join:2003-07-28
Salt Lake City, UT
1 edit | Utopia FTTH 
Small correction to above article, currently 100Mbps is max symmetrical residential speed I have signed up for over Utopia FTTH w/XMission...
Supposedly the 1Gbps 'Google-Fiber' type speed is avail now if your pockets are deep enough to afford the $300/month for it. My pockets being on the light side, I will be sticking with the 100/100 plan for now at $45/month!  |
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 CabalPremium
join:2007-01-21
Austin, TX | Queue the you'll-blow-through-your-1TB-cap-in-X-minutes folks in 3... 2... 1...
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somms
join:2003-07-28
Salt Lake City, UT | said by Cabal:Queue the you'll-blow-through-your-1TB-cap-in-X-minutes folks in 3... 2... 1...
Keep in mind the 1TB is a 'soft' cap that I haven't been called on yet and no way could they hope to enforce a 1TB cap for 1Gbps service!  |
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| said by somms:. . . no way could they hope to enforce a 1TB cap for 1Gbps service!
Why not? |
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 MSaukMSaukPremium
join:2002-01-17
Sandy, UT | reply to somms
Wish I could get this service in my area! Stupid lawmakers taking bribes from Qwest and Comcast cost a lot of people the ability to have great service for a very reasonable price!
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Don't for get the "I wish they would come to my town" posts too..
EDIT: Oops.. Too late. |
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lol wow, I couldn't even find a use for that much bandwidth unless I really tried.
I download movies & TV shows. I stream HD video via Netflix & YouTube daily. I listen to Pandora all the time. I still couldn't even come close to 1 TB if I tried.
Granted, I only have a 10Mbps connection...I might find more creative things to do if I had something huge like you  |
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somms
join:2003-07-28
Salt Lake City, UT | reply to Rangersfan
said by Rangersfan :said by somms:. . . no way could they hope to enforce a 1TB cap for 1Gbps service!
Why not? Well, if they were pricks about it I would just move to another one of the ISPs with Utopia like Veracity since there is no contract with this FTTH service! |
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10Mbps can pull more than 4TB per month... |
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| said by Wilsdom:10Mbps can pull more than 4TB per month...
Doing what? |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand | reply to aciddrink
OH I can, and routinely do. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | What kind of backbone? If you are giving each customer 1Gbps service, what kind of backbone connection to the Internet is required? Granted, you can offer it but if few subscribe, no problem. But what if you sell 1Gbps to 1,000 folks? What's typical for a large ISP in terms of over commitment? Do they plan for utilization rates of 10%, 20%, higher, *gasp* lower?
The last time I investigated Charter business fiber for a client (several years ago), I inquired about their capacity for the St. Louis market. I believe they said they have two 10Gbps "drains" on the west side of the river and I think a 3Gpbs drain on the east side of the river. I have no idea how over committed that is because I have no idea about customer counts and average bandwidth/customer. |
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Re: Utopia FTTH Well yeah, in theory it COULD. I'm just saying I don't know how I'd go about doing that.
As is I use my internet a ton, and download loads of high def movies, and average 150-200GB/month. |
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somms
join:2003-07-28
Salt Lake City, UT | reply to rradina
Re: What kind of backbone? said by rradina:If you are giving each customer 1Gbps service, what kind of backbone connection to the Internet is required? Granted, you can offer it but if few subscribe, no problem. But what if you sell 1Gbps to 1,000 folks? What's typical for a large ISP in terms of over commitment? Do they plan for utilization rates of 10%, 20%, higher, *gasp* lower?
The last time I investigated Charter business fiber for a client (several years ago), I inquired about their capacity for the St. Louis market. I believe they said they have two 10Gbps "drains" on the west side of the river and I think a 3Gpbs drain on the east side of the river. I have no idea how over committed that is because I have no idea about customer counts and average bandwidth/customer.
»stats.xmission.com/routers/public/
XMission allows public access to their bandwidth statistics...
I can't comment on Veracity's capacity or the several other ISPs that also offer service over Utopia's fiber... |
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| Cleveland was the first to offer 1Gig to the home. Karl fails to even mention that. oh wait its because its not a Muni build. It's a CWRU / One Community build- that is expanding. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to somms
Re: What kind of backbone? That is really interesting information. Thanks a ton for posting! I wish I had access to more information like this! (Not that I need it, I'm just curious.) |
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somms
join:2003-07-28
Salt Lake City, UT | reply to 25139889
Re: Cleveland said by 25139889:was the first to offer 1Gig to the home. Karl fails to even mention that. oh wait its because its not a Muni build. It's a CWRU / One Community build- that is expanding.
»www.fiercetelecom.com/story/gigu···2-05-24?
According to the above article from last month, Case Western Reserve Cleveland 1Gbps is only built out on campus at this point so I guess this could count as first?
One of the first targets of the 1G network will be Judson at University Circle retirement community. While the university will test a number of broadband applications, they believe that telemedicine, medication monitoring, and virtual medical care and nursing services will be a key focus of the trial given that it's located near the Bruening Health Center.
Read more: Gig.U member Case Western Reserve lights up 1 Gbps fiber network - FierceTelecom »www.fiercetelecom.com/story/gigu···xopmftZY
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| Cox? Try Comcast. Wrong Cable Company! Comcast, not Cox. |
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Re: Utopia FTTH Yeah, what a bunch of freaks. It's crazy to think that people would want a better product than they already have. |
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| No, it's crazy that every time we see one of these stories someone posts the same two or three exact comments. It's like those dorks who live to post "FIRST !" every time some game developer makes a post.
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