Derch
Premium
join:2004-10-16
Tulsa, OK | Why not the midwest.
Why does it always have to be NOVA that gets the latest and greatest in technology? I'm willing to bet that Oklahoma would also be a good testing ground, I think we deserve that much at least. |
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xrobertcmx
Premium
join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
clubs:  | To be honest, I think it is because we are a larger market. Fairfax county is heavily populated. It is also about visibilty.
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4 More years and we won't have a country. |
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Derch
Premium
join:2004-10-16
Tulsa, OK | I know, I used to live there. Those were the tech days... |
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qdemn7
Smurf in My Loop
Premium
join:2003-09-16
Fort Worth, TX
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said by Derch  :Why does it always have to be NOVA that gets the latest and greatest in technology? I'm willing to bet that Oklahoma would also be a good testing ground, I think we deserve that much at least. Uh, you think it might have something to do with it's proximity to D.C.??? 
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Don't get me wrong, I love America, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. But America often reminds of "Wackyland" in that old Porky Pig cartoon when he was looking for the Dodo. Wackyland's motto was "It can happen here." |
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deadzoned
Premium
join:2005-04-13
Baton Rouge, LA
 ·Cox HSI
| Wow!
That would be pretty cool to have my hands on that type of speed.  I dunno what I would do with it, but I darn well would try and find something to do with it.
BTW, why is it that they cannot increase our uploads at all?! Screw the downloads, give me some more upload room! |
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dipdewdog
join:2003-11-07
Washington, DC | reply to Derch
Re: Why not the midwest.
Verizon is also aggressively rolling out FIOS here in NoVA; and Cox doesn't want to be left in the dust. |
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tommytomtom
join:2002-08-15
Springfield, VA
| New speeds now twice confirmed by Cox reps.
I checked with Cox a couple weeks ago and was told about the switch to DOCSIS 2.0 and the impending speed increases. This was confirmed again last night when I called support about very slow upload speeds; I was told that my speeds would soon be 5/2 and the higher tier would be 15/2, with the prices remaining the same. I am guessing that the occasional slow uploads people are getting are due to the switchover being made.
You call Cox to verify for yourself, and then ask why they will be charging $60 a year more than Verizon FIOS for the 15/2 speeds. If they want to compete, I would like to see them compete on speed and prices. Who knows, maybe if enough people call Cox will lower the 15/2 price to $49.95 a month like Verizon.
I have no inside information; I am only going by what I have been told by Cox reps. |
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bokamba
Chengdu Rocks
Premium
join:2002-04-05
Falls Church, VA | reply to qdemn7
Re: Why not the midwest.
Not entirely. Northern Virginia is a wealthy area with a lot of private business in addition to lots of government workers and government contractors. |
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Derch
Premium
join:2004-10-16
Tulsa, OK | reply to tommytomtom
Re: New speeds now twice confirmed by Cox reps.
Honestly, if SBC rolled out FIOS and Cox followed with DOCSIS 2.0, I'd probably try to go with SBC because I want my own dedicated bandwidth. |
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FlyByMain
@208.17.x.x | All access is shared. You dont get true "dedicated". |
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griff1013
join:2002-01-10
Virginia Beach, VA
| reply to Derch
FIOS does not have dedicated bandwidth. The beauty of FIOS is that it uses IP so they can do away with the circuit switch network. You are aggregated with everyone else on your node. It is actually very similar to the Cox network except Cox uses coax for the last bit to the home. |
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qdemn7
Smurf in My Loop
Premium
join:2003-09-16
Fort Worth, TX
| reply to bokamba
Re: Why not the midwest.
said by bokamba :Not entirely. Northern Virginia is a wealthy area with a lot of private business in addition to lots of government workers and government contractors. Why sure "follow the money".
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Don't get me wrong, I love America, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. But America often reminds of "Wackyland" in that old Porky Pig cartoon when he was looking for the Dodo. Wackyland's motto was "It can happen here." |
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karlj1
join:2004-01-25
Ottawa, ON | reply to Derch
So What?
If these guys are anything like Rogers....
Big Freaking Bandwidth....iddy, biddy download caps.
I'd like to see what they would do if someone actually used a 15MB connection 24/7. |
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Turbocpe
Premium
join:2001-12-22
IA
2 edits | four digit ping times?
A lot of the cable ISPs here get flack for their past issues, but Mediacom seems to dodge the bullet here with their past issues.
I've seen four digit ping times myself, on a 2nd hop router, so I likely wasn't the only one. To be fair, it doesn't sustain this exact pattern for a long periods of time, it is more intermittent.
However, I understand that Mediacom is small, and their issues don't affect as many people as these bigger ISPs. But still, those bigger ISPs are not the only ones that have these types of problems.
HOST LOSS RCVD SENT BEST AVG WORST
10.16.xxx.1 0% 100 100 7.91 21.48 22.37
12-215-13-xxx.client.mchsi.com 40% 60 100 9.35 656.22 2095.69
12-215-4-26.client.mchsi.com 44% 56 100 13.37 659.55 1569.14
12.123.4.230 33% 67 100 14.87 939.83 2206.36
ggr2-p3120.cgcil.ip.att.net 44% 56 100 13.76 928.66 2120.30
so-1-1-0.edge1.Chicago1.Level3.net 49% 51 100 21.61 746.80 2086.16
so-2-1-0.bbr1.Chicago1.Level3.net 60% 40 100 15.87 809.08 2009.50
as-1-0.bbr2.SanJose1.Level3.net 54% 46 100 65.17 680.09 2448.04
ge-10-0.ipcolo3.SanJose1.Level3.net 53% 47 100 64.58 700.18 1579.67
unknown.Level3.net 60% 40 100 459.98 1687.76 2994.23
vl42.bas1-m.scd.yahoo.com 40% 60 100 65.40 1093.18 2221.49
w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com 53% 47 100 65.09 695.49 2145.51
HOST LOSS RCVD SENT BEST AVG WORST
10.16.xxx.1 2% 98 100 7.98 21.29 29.47
12-215-13-xxx.client.mchsi.com 39% 61 100 8.48 871.79 2151.98
12-215-4-26.client.mchsi.com 52% 48 100 14.35 877.53 2382.09
12.123.4.226 48% 52 100 14.68 925.55 2305.37
tbr1-cl1.n54ny.ip.att.net 56% 44 100 34.12 761.84 2218.52
gbr2-p10.n54ny.ip.att.net 65% 35 100 34.55 567.71 2135.27
gar1-p370.n54ny.ip.att.net 53% 47 100 33.51 704.18 2293.59
mdf1-gsr12-2-pos-7-0.nyc3.attens.net 32% 68 100 34.30 982.20 2241.00
63.240.64.102 48% 52 100 35.15 971.44 2419.11
sccsbix11-3-1.attbi.com 49% 51 100 39.34 728.07 2077.38
192.168.201.7 31% 69 100 34.58 986.87 2487.26
mail.mchsi.com 45% 55 100 35.06 764.92 2199.67 |
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VerizonNetworkBW
@verizon.n
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imtim83
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Re: New speeds now twice confirmed by Cox reps.
The fiber to the node is guaranteed. If by any means verizon gets 100% coverage on a node (unlikely, but if so) they would upgrade with upgraded node/ONT's to proceed to the next generation wtihout running new wires-- lots of docsis 1.0, 1.1 cablemodems are in use.. those are paperweights when the full conversion to docsis 2.0 is in full swing! Same goes to ont's but verizon has made it a point for the INTERFACE to be TOTALLY their responsibility to upgrade to gigabit passive optical netowork... since all the other equipment is in place it would take maybe 1-2 hours per home to switch it over if/when necessary.. but for your info, everyone on the node could theoretcally get 100mbit symmetric before this would become an issue (per node) without slowdown. |
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redshark
Bloody Redsharks
Premium
join:2001-03-14
Alexandria, VA | reply to karlj1
Re: So What?
60GB per month cap.
»www.cox.com/policy/limitations.asp |
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NOCMan
Verizon Fios User
Premium
join:2004-09-30
Flower Mound, TX
| In other news Verizon Responds to cable's new spee
In other news Verizon Responds to cable's new speeds by doubling current customer download speeds and making service symetric. Now customers enjoy 60/60M 30/30M and 10/10M respectively.
Ivan Sedinberg was quoted as saying "Let Cable Top That!" |
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coxananman
@noaa.gov | Now I hear Cox responds to that by offering individual OC-192's to every customer. |
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Gokou2k3
join:2003-08-05
Tehachapi, CA
1 edit | Re: In other news Verizon Responds to cable's new
said by coxananman:
Now I hear Cox responds to that by offering individual OC-192's to every customer.
In your dreams....But 15mbps cable? And SBC still only offers 3mbps. |
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jdir
join:2001-05-04
Santa Clara, CA | wow - just think all the pr0n
Yipppp - all the pr0n download in seconds?
How about the upload? |
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