weedahoe
join:2003-09-14
Duluth, GA | man....I wish
wish it was here, I could do a lot with that. |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
clubs:
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| said by weedahoe  :wish it was here, I could do a lot with that. You might not get what you think.
»[OOL] OOL Boost performance decrease when connected to router.
»Capping Discussion Here Only - Part 7 |
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Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | Buy Mediacom please
Cablevision should buy Mediacom. Maybe then we would have cable in our neighborhood. |
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fcisler
Premium
join:2004-06-14
Riverhead, NY
| Not New
This isn't new....we have had 30/5 for a couple months now.
It may not always be 30/5, but compared to what i see other companies offering - i'm happy with it.
I can't get DSL (also my 4th house where DSL is not available to me), FIOS isn't going to be at my house any time soon (industrial zoned, and only maybe 6 other houses on the whole road), so it's what im stuck with.
Just tested @ testmy.net (test id: O3CHR5I62) and got 3.2Mbps up. this is with bittorrent running, capped @ 100KB/up. Not bad. |
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou
 ·Charter Pipeline
1 edit | reply to batterup
Re: man....I wish
Uh, the capping post may be valid, but your posting of " »[OOL] OOL Boost performance decrease when connected to router. " is basically a thread about you posting nonsense and everyone exposing your baseless claim as bunk.
Most soho routers can't handle the speeds Boost offers.
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ATHF
join:2004-12-20
00000 | reply to fcisler
Re: Not New
yup not new months now>....
lol who posting old news |
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Bobcat
Premium
join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ | Don't give me higher speeds...
Give me lower prices! |
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dbmaven
There's no shortage
Premium,Mod
join:1999-10-26
Sty in Sky
clubs:
 ·VOIPo
·magicjack.com
·Optimum Online
Host:
Filesharing Software
No, I Will Not Fix..
Road Runner
Bright House Netwo..
Computer Hardware ..
| Not new - but 'improved'
The "5" down isn't really new - since BOOST was announced that was the target "up to" speed. What's different is that most people seem to be getting more out of the upload - my 'normal' upload (outside the optonline.net domain) has seen a bump from 3 - 3.4 to 3.8 - 4.2 - it would seem that they've tweaked the network a bit.
Not earth shattering - but nice nonetheless.
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| this is nothing new..
advertising what they already sell for the extra $10 isn't really worth mentioning..I think it's +$15 if unbundled.
$29.95 + 10
$49.95 + 15
The $29.95 rate only applies to 6 months or 1 year depending upon whether you bundle with video or voice. I'll assume you get screwed after the year is up... to $49.95+boost fee which may get you a $5 or $10 discount if you bundle voice and /or video with the internet and their respective higher rates, which begs the question, after 1 year do you switch because your not saving all that much with cablevision?
** Why does it look good to investors in terms of NEW customer acquisition numbers at the lower rates rather than loyal customers at the lower rates? Is there some magic formula for writing off charges for advertising / promotion / favorable tax breaks that nets the company higher "growth"?
I'll take one final dig at cablevision before I move on to Verizon... Given the node fiasco's of the past.. can you really expect close to the 30/5 caps for the WHOLE YEAR round? Not likely.
Would be nice for Verizon to up the ante on their speeds though sometime THIS year.. their 20/5 is $49.95 less $5 when you bundle to overpriced voice, or their equipment/franchise gouged pricing video. Given their price structure Verizon rates are very similar to non-discounted cablevision rates.. on as much of an apples to cranapples comparison as you can get. One has VOIP & Node Sharing, the other variable taxes/fees/surcharges and less full featured calling plans/cableboxes, but relatively rock solid internet at the lower bundled rates, you pick your worms with your apple. Verizon has $95 bundle plan for 1 year too.. but will end up at around cablevision's un-discounted price when you factor in taxes/fees/franchise/additional cablebox/etc/etc.. the plan comes with the most basic of calling features as well.. Also its a 1 year contract with early termination fee (WHAT?!) |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to DaSneaky1D
Re: man....I wish
So without dunking my head in a 100 page battle thread, is Boost capped or not? Last I'd read it wasn't? |
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou
·Charter Pipeline
| This post sums it up best:
»Re: [OOL] OOL Boost performance decrease when connected to route
No, it's not capped with use of a router.
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RickNY
Premium
join:2000-11-02
Manorville, NY
| reply to Karl Bode
said by Karl Bode :So without dunking my head in a 100 page battle thread, is Boost capped or not? Last I'd read it wasn't? It is not. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to Gilitar
Re: Buy Mediacom please
If your market doesn't have a good enough ROI for Mediacom to deploy in, I seriously doubt Cablevision would be of any help to you. |
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dbmaven
There's no shortage
Premium,Mod
join:1999-10-26
Sty in Sky
clubs:
·VOIPo
·magicjack.com
·Optimum Online
Host:
Filesharing Software
No, I Will Not Fix..
Road Runner
Bright House Netwo..
Computer Hardware ..
| reply to tmc8080
Re: this is nothing new..
said by tmc8080 :I'll take one final dig at cablevision before I move on to Verizon... Given the node fiasco's of the past.. can you really expect close to the 30/5 caps for the WHOLE YEAR round? Not likely. That's a very location dependent assumption, and in a large percentage of subscribers, inaccurate.
I switched from DSL to OOL late in 2005, when they had announced 15/2 standard (even though it took 5 months to reach my location). From the day I installed, I got 'rated' speeds - first 10/1, then 15/2 when they rolled it out. Since I upgraded to BOOST, I've gotten consistent speeds with it.
Proof: »/testhistory/115387/fd827
So, at least in my area, I consider it highly likely that I'll get BOOST speeds year-round.
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Q: When will it be done? A: When pigs fly !
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wolfhouse
join:2001-03-01
Union City, NJ | sounds right
I was uploading a 25 Mb file last night, and it went at about 500 ko/s, that around 4 MB. Not too shabby. |
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decadent
Premium
join:2002-04-02
Piscataway, NJ | Follow the link
It is a big deal:
The ability to host your own Web or e-mail server - DDNS, Port 80 & Port 25 |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
clubs:
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Karl Bode
Re: man....I wish
said by Karl Bode :So without dunking my head in a 100 page battle thread, is Boost capped or not? Last I'd read it wasn't? Cablevision has and does secretly cap upload speed on the basic broadband. The question of Boost capping is more complex. Many Boost users have reported being mysteriously secretly dropped back to the basic service then being capped. |
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GeekNJ
Premium
join:2000-09-23
Waldwick, NJ
| said by batterup :said by Karl Bode :So without dunking my head in a 100 page battle thread, is Boost capped or not? Last I'd read it wasn't? Cablevision has and does secretly cap upload speed on the basic broadband. The question of Boost capping is more complex. Many Boost users have reported being mysteriously secretly dropped back to the basic service then being capped. Many? I think it was 3 and there are MANY, MANY that reported full upload without any issue.
There's no indication at all that there's anything malicious about what occurred to those couple of individuals. In fact, none of them ever came back to say it happened again once the contacted CV to get it immediately corrected.
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to decadent
Re: Follow the link
said by decadent :It is a big deal: The ability to host your own Web or e-mail server - DDNS, Port 80 & Port 25 but port 80 is capped to 128kbps or has that changed?
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decadent
Premium
join:2002-04-02
Piscataway, NJ
1 edit | You are right. I forgot about that. I don't have Boost myself, just OOL. All this marketing makes you make a mistake like this. Of course, one can put website on non-standard port, but it is ugly. So, 128Kbps limit on port 80 is not so great. |
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