  ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA |  They can keep it..
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join:2004-11-24
Kasson, MN | Better than U-Verse At least this is a better deal than U-Verse. You get faster internet speeds, as fast as your connection will allow, and they use MPEG4 so TV uses less bandwidth. | |
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join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | Re: Better than U-Verse said by fAcEtIOUs:said by jjgb10:At least this is a better deal than U-Verse. You get faster internet speeds, as fast as your connection will allow, and they use MPEG4 so TV uses less bandwidth. But no HDTV. BOO!! And I don't even think it's better, actually: just watch 3 streams in 3 rooms, that's already 6Mbit, so all you have is 2-3Mbit for your internet... | |
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Where as other still charge the typical $1200/mo.
They are also known as the $25/mo phone bill (with $18 in taxes)....which makes them the same price as Verizon.
Go figure.
Atleast they built their voice network correctly: redundant ss7 switches instead of clustered. Still hard to get dialtone from Verizon on a friday afternoon or monday morning.
Verizon engineers take note. | |
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| | ADSL2+ 'Obviously this means high-definition is out of the picture.'
Not necessarily. ADSL2+ allows pair bonding. Provision another pair and port and you double the bandwidth. If they don't want to do HDTV bandwidth is just part of the issue. | |
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| | they can't handle hdtv There network can't handle HDTV unless there gonna be upgrading it my school even switched away from them (charter) to SNIP | |
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| | | Re: they can't handle hdtv What???
What school are you talking about, a middle school in urban Chicago?
try english please! | |
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join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | " video streams at approximately 2mbps" ???
Assuming MPEG4 that's still very borderline bitrate... anything below is shitty quality and even 2Mb is not even close to your average DVD...  | |
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join:2004-02-23
Johnson City, TN | Virginia... Virginia this, Virginia that...
Somewhere else for a change?
Oh wait, the rest of the US isn't as close to D.C. | |
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join:2004-02-23
Johnson City, TN Reviews:
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| Re: Virginia... I was talking about Cavalier and the larger companies (Never heard of MA, must only serve a small area? I lived in SE wisconsin before.)
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| |  Rules out HD???? Say what?
Yes, I'm aware of the fact that one stream of HD would reduce you to 3Mbps worth of Internet connectivity. Also last I checked, that was still the MAX speed of a residential Verizon DSL circuit. It's nothing to snivel at. | |
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join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit | Re: Rules out HD???? Say what? said by digitalis99:Last time I checked, I own several WMVHD DVD's that contain 1080i content in a ~6Mbps data rate. Well, those are pretty shitty quality movies...
It rules out MPEG2 HD streams, yes, but not MPEG4 HD streams.
If you like HD-Lite a'la DirecTV then you're right.
Otherwise no, it's not enough. Full 9Mbit is enough for one nice quality WMVHD stream but then you don't have internet at all.
Yes, I'm aware of the fact that one stream of HD would reduce you to 3Mbps worth of Internet connectivity.
No, it's just HD-Lite - real HD would reduce you to almost 0. 
Also last I checked, that was still the MAX speed of a residential Verizon DSL circuit. It's nothing to snivel at.
Last time you misunderstood something - it's ADSL2+, pal, with 15-25Mb max.  | |
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join:2004-11-24
Kasson, MN Reviews:
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| Re: Rules out HD???? Say what? Yes, Cavalier said you need a minimum of 9mb connection rate for this service. This isn't to say that people closer to the RT can connect at 25mb so they can have 10mb internet with a few tv streams going. If you have more than a 9mb connection rate, you will have faster internet while watching tv. | |
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