Steve
I'm a PC, so shut up
Consultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA | 99.999% reliability?
That's less than six minutes of downtime a year: this looks like it's going to be quite a challenge to meet. |
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Roop
join:2003-11-15
Ottawa, ON | you get what you pay for. there's no way you can operate 3x3 with that kinda uptime for under $20 |
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pacmanfan
Premium
join:2003-11-22
Mansfield, MO | I'd like to know...
...what they're paying for that gigabit connection  |
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Techless
Like I care
Premium
join:2002-07-19
Hypoluxo | reply to Steve
Re: 99.999% reliability?
It's a muni.
What if the uptime is only 99% and the price goes up to $22 bucks a month.
Would you pass on that good deal?? |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
 ·Comcast
| reply to Roop
said by Roop  :
you get what you pay for. there's no way you can operate 3x3 with that kinda uptime for under $20
Even if the uptime falls to 90 % who cares look at the price to speed ratio. Plus it falls on fiber, the only equipment that may fail off the go is probably the access points. Either which way thats a good start for the community. We need more like this to start.
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God
IN Vilseck Germany
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join:2002-07-01
Colorado Springs, CO
clubs: | reply to Steve
makes me want to move .... |
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monsternet
join:2004-05-21
Fremont, OH | reply to pacmanfan
Re: I'd like to know...
Prolly almost nothing if its on the city's fiber network which most of them have. Then those are linked to the major networks such as MCI's UUNet or Qwest. In Ohio its linked to the MSN network:) |
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Frank
is chilling
Premium
join:2000-11-03
somewhere | it's all good as long as it's not linked to the AOL network  |
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monsternet
join:2004-05-21
Fremont, OH | Then it'd be like the RoadRunner network...LOL  |
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
 ·Site5.com
 ·AT&T Midwest
·Comcast
1 edit |  That will go over like a lead balloon.
Don't get me wrong, I would love a connection like that and pay more for it. However, 3mb up and down for that price? I wonder how many users on P2P will it take to saturate that upload? I can see certain ports being blocked in order to keep that 3mb upstream speeds. Either that or the service will not meet expectations.
I remember my college days when the T3 internet network was saturated by 12 college students running P2P 24/7 sharing gigs of files.
It won't take many to saturate that fat pipe. If only users were more educated to shut down the P2P programs when they were done.
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clowny
Premium
join:2003-09-09
Crystal Lake, IL
·AT&T Midwest
1 edit | reply to God
Re: 99.999% reliability?
said by God :
makes me want to move ....
Heh, Chaska is a decent town. You'll have to drive to the cities for any excitement though. 
EDIT: Chaska is southwest of Minneapolis, it's NOT a St. Paul suburb.  |
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GNXPower
Got Boost?
Premium
join:2003-12-18
Huntington Beach, CA
| reply to Steve
If it were Comcast I would say they mean 99.999% uptime of their billing computer and lawyers, but with a muni, who knows. Sounds like a claim from someone unfamiliar with providing this type of service. Even consumers don't expect 99.999% uptime.
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Augustus III
If Only Rome Could See Us Now....
join:2001-01-25
Gainesville, GA | no way you can....
.... compare bandwidth starved horny college students to normal folks at home.
So it will do just fine.. unless they all run a speedtest at the same time. |
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marcw
join:2001-05-18
Saint Paul, MN
·Qwest.net
1 edit | St Paul Suburb???
Something that probably only the locals care about but... Chaska is most definitely NOT a St. Paul suburb. It has been and always will be a Minneapolis suburb.
As an aside, Chaska is home to Hazeltine National Golf Club (1992 U.S. Open), Paisley Park (hangout of aging rock star Prince), and Chaska Laudramat.
(edit - spelling) |
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72276539
Premium
join:2001-01-19
Atlanta, GA
| reply to BosstonesOwn
Re: 99.999% reliability?
said by BosstonesOwn :
said by Roop :
you get what you pay for. there's no way you can operate 3x3 with that kinda uptime for under $20
Plus it falls on fiber, the only equipment that may fail off the go is probably the access points.
Wouldn't go there.... our fiber ring at work went down and it turned out to be a patch wasn't applied properly allowing dirt to get in the ring. Fiber is not seemless.
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DivineDark
join:2001-08-30
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs:
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my 1/50th of a dollar
This whole broadband plan sounds like a little slice of communism. Sure it sounds good but its doomed to fail IMO. Who will be in charge of upkeep on this network? One could imagine the standards of service to be much lower than your local cable or dsl provider. Kind of like government cheese. |
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JTRockville
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs:
 ·LINGO
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·surpasshosting
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Compare that to a T1...
quote:
According to Edward Rerisi, Vice President of Research at ABI Research, TowerStream in New York is offering five megabits per second for about $500 per month. "Compare that to a T1 service typically offering only 1.5 megabits for about $900 a month. Companies like these offer better pricing, better speed, and fast provisioning to get the service up and running quickly," he said.
Oddly, I'd already made that comparison before I read the entire article. As much as I luv my $$$ T1 $$$ (Air Net Link rocks!!), I'd kick 'em to the curb without a second thought for a deal like that!
* gets out the binoculars and hops up on the roof, to see if there's any evidence of a wireless provider coming to town * |
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JakCrow
join:2001-12-06
Palo Alto, CA | reply to DivineDark
Re: my 1/50th of a dollar
Cheap broadband not being run by some money grubbing cable or phone company. It must be crushed! |
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rewket
Premium
join:2003-08-21
Longueuil, QC | reply to JTRockville
Re: Compare that to a T1...
my ADSL has never been down in the past years..
what r u talking about isps not coming close to 99.9% |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to 72276539
Re: 99.999% reliability?
said by 72276539 :
said by BosstonesOwn :
said by Roop :
you get what you pay for. there's no way you can operate 3x3 with that kinda uptime for under $20
Plus it falls on fiber, the only equipment that may fail off the go is probably the access points.
Wouldn't go there.... our fiber ring at work went down and it turned out to be a patch wasn't applied properly allowing dirt to get in the ring. Fiber is not seemless.
When properly checked issues like that don't happen. What i mean is that fiber is the strongest point on the chain.
I guess you can chalk that mess up you all had to pilot error. In any fiber application you are taught to clean every connection no matter what before plugging in.
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