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join:2000-10-15
Pleasantville, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Boost is uncapped, but...
It still doesn't help during peak periods. My friend has Cablevision Boost, and sent me the attached graph.
Both downloads were from Giganews. Notice that during peak periods the download speed is 1/2 Cablevision's basic internet service?
Mmmmmm congestion...
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| Re: Boost is uncapped, but... said by sherman10570  :It still doesn't help during peak periods. My friend has Cablevision Boost, and sent me the attached graph. Both downloads were from Giganews. Notice that during peak periods the download speed is 1/2 Cablevision's basic internet service? Mmmmmm congestion... BOOST or no, it still gets ugly on loaded nodes the closer you get to peak usage times.
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BLUNTED 1
join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY | Re: Boost is uncapped, but... YEa my boost goes down to 10 to 15 mb so yea it sucks.
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Thinkdiff
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY | I get a steady 3.6MB/sec off Newshosting.com on my Boost connection... Any time of the day. | |
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Michael98813
@zippnet.org
| I get 20mb Up & Down Of course I have fiber optic. It costs me $45 plus tax. It rocks. I'm looking at this
Starting download test
Http connection opened in 0 milliseconds
Test performed in 2484 milliseconds
Total bytes downloaded: 5242880 bytes
Throughput: 16.10306 Mbps
Your line speed is estimated to be: 18.9 Mb/s
(based on an average TCP overhead of 15%)
Starting download test
Http connection opened in 0 milliseconds
Test performed in 2406 milliseconds
Total bytes downloaded: 5242880 bytes
Throughput: 16.625105 Mbps
Your line speed is estimated to be: 19.6 Mb/s
(based on an average TCP overhead of 15%)
That was the 5mb file.
Ifiber.tv rocks....
Peace
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RRNYC
join:2001-01-05
Bellmore, NY
| OOL to Fios I had OOL for years and liked them. But they are hard to deal with and for a long time they had rolling caps. I went to Fios and I love it. I took the TV and they are giving me 20/5 for 39.99 out the door. That with all taxes. I had one problem one time in the two years I have had the data (only had the TV about 10/mo) and they gave me the 50/5 plan for 90days to make up for it and the problem was with billing not the service. The main reason I moved to Fios was that if CV offers all the HD they say they will the way there network is setup they will have a problem. They need to move to IPTV or run move fiber. A CV sales kid came to my door and tried to tell me CV has fiber right to my poll and I know thats not true. Also i have to say the HD does look better on Fios and DirecTV then it does on CV and i think that also has to do with the network. I'm not trying to talk bad about CV but it all comes down to everything coming in and out of your house over one copper cable line and thats going to be a problem. | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| Re: OOL to Fios said by RRNYC :Also i have to say the HD does look better on Fios and DirecTV then it does on CV and i think that also has to do with the network. I'm not trying to talk bad about CV but it all comes down to everything coming in and out of your house over one copper cable line and thats going to be a problem. CV's HD must REALLY SUCK if DTV's downrezzed overcompressed HD-LITE looks better.
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ
| Re: OOL to Fios said by dvd536 :CV's HD must REALLY SUCK if DTV's downrezzed overcompressed HD-LITE looks better. Actually, Cablevision HD isn't all that bad considering we have like 40 HD channels.
700 Hi-Def On Demand
701 MOJO
702 CBS HD
704 NBC HD
705 FOX HD
707 ABC HD
709 My9 HD
710 HDNews
711 CW HD
713 Thirteen HD
714 Gallery HD
715 YES HD
718 WorldSport HD
719 VERSUS HD/The Golf Channel HD
720 MSG HD
721 WLIW World
722 Family Room HD
723 Animania HD
724 Treasure HD
725 FSN NY HD
726 National Geographic Channel HD
727 Discovery HD Theater
728 Equator HD
729 Ultra HD
730 SportsNet New York HD
734 Rush HD
736 ESPN HD
737 TNT in HD
740 Starz HD
744 Universal HD
750 HBO HD
760 Showtime HD
770 Cinemax HD
776 Kung Fu HD
777 Monster HD
778 Film Fest HD
779 World Cinema HD
780 The Movie Channel HD
785 Rave HD
786 GamePlay HD | |
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join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY | Anybody who states direct tv hd is better then cablevision has some major signal or equipment problems. My hd channels on cablevision are gorgeous. | |
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BLUNTED 1
join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY
·Verizon FIOS
 ·Optimum Online
| Re: OOL to Fios Well guys my line is supposed to be Boost 30 down and 5 up but this is a crowded area and it is crap for the speeds it is supposed to get. Its not even stable at this low speed its all over the place. OOL SUCKS !!!
Last Result:
Download Speed: 18507 kbps (2313.4KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 3489 kbps (436.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Last Result:
Download Speed: 18982 kbps (2372.8KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2482 kbps (310.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Last Result:
Download Speed: 14915 kbps (1864.4KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 3312 kbps (414 KB/sec transfer rate)
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spidey3
Premium
join:2003-01-12
Croton On Hudson, NY | Re: OOL to Fios Have you tweaked? That seems terrible even for a congested area. Have you tried in deep off-peak to verify that this is a congestion problem (e.g. 8am sunday morning)? | |
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BLUNTED 1
join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY | Re: OOL to Fios Yes i tried it and i even get these speeds in the AM sometimes. This area just sucks and the FANBOYS here say my speeds are fine even though they get double what i get.
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jnazarian
join:2007-08-28
Pine Brook, NJ
| Cablevision in NJ Even though the maximum speed of Cablevision/ool is very fast, I have found at different times it slows down significantly. There were periods lasting several weeks where I wasn't getting anywhere near the max speed. All in all it's still a good deal for the money you spend. Try getting this download speed from bonded T1s, Ethernet, or a fractional T3. You minimum cost for any of those is around $1500 per month and would most likely cost at least $3200 per month. Of course these are dedicated services, so there really is no substitute for that.
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shadowgod
join:2001-12-08
Torrington, CT | Very Nice. I'm in the process of moving from a Comcast area to an OOL area and I couldn't be happier. I cannot wait to hook up my OOL Boost! Not to mention waaay more HD channels! Nice.
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BLUNTED 1
join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY | Re: Very Nice. Hopefully your Boost is more than my Boost which is half of advertised.
OOL BLOWS
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| capacity issues still loom @ 30/5? It is doubtful cablevision is upgrading the outside plant to give boost customers the REAL 30/5 bandwidth they are paying the extra "boost fee" for (to avoid or risk losing customers to FIOS). The real incentive to do *something* because more areas of NYC and Long Island (cablevision's backyard) become installable for FIOS.
Verizon has reallocated money siphoned off to Atlantic states such as Virginia deployments back to NY metro and is completing (95-99% coverage)the Long Island area closer to the projected schedule of 5 years..
Keep in mind, it is QUITE POSSIBLE what cablevision is doing is NOT in actuality running more fiber, as it is reallocating the CAPPED bandwidth from the 15/2 @ 29.95 subscribers to the 30/5 *boost* subscribers who pay more... Very dubious that cablevision would add more outside plant fiber in overloaded nodes. Probably more of maximizing revenue, while this will irk some 15/2 @29.95 triple play subscribers to move to FIOS and get off the bandwidth caps.. ultimately it will force cablevision to do away with the caps.. at either speed. Cablevision is notorious for burning the candle at both sides when it comes to upgrading it's outside plant.. mainly it is smoke and mirrors.. I've yet to see (and you bbr readers can confirm this) that no NEW outside node fiber is being upgraded/built to accommodate 30/5, any gains in node unburdening is coming at FIOS customer subscription & FAP'ing (fair access policy, aka capping 15/2) rates rather than construction of NEW outside plant. | |
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BLUNTED 1
join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY | Re: capacity issues still loom @ 30/5? But Boost sucks so i doubt they gave it anything.
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| | Insider101
join:2006-09-19
Brooklyn, NY
| Re: capacity issues still loom @ 30/5? Of course,
Blunted is part of a very SMALL vocal minority with intermittent slow speed issues. He has gotten to be such a prick about it that most forum people including probably CV just want him to cancel and go xo himself.
Cablevision is just starting to get into high gear in regards to the limits of Docsis 2.0. What other Cable provider in the USA is doing this? Not to mention these are all UNANNOUNCED updates that are not fully rolled out. Now that they have reached the upper limits of the vendor supplied equipment, they can begin to optimize the network for neighborhoods. Some people just can not appreciate that even when you drive the latest Mercedes Benz/BMW, sometimes it will leave you broken down on the highway.
In Blunted's case, he has already received credit for the Boost service since it wasnt working up to par. He only gets 15/2 so instead of him just riding the credits out until they get their act together. He comes onthe forum's to b$itch and moan. IS there a way to put people on ignore? | |
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join:2006-09-19
Brooklyn, NY
| Re: capacity issues still loom @ 30/5? Here are my speeds at the current time. | |
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BLUNTED 1
join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY | Yea just click on my name and hit Ignore posts. 
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Shamayim
I already have a Messiah.
Premium
join:2002-09-23
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MY Boost rocks |
said by BLUNTED 1 :But Boost sucks . . . No BLUNTED 1, your Boost sucks.
Come on man, you gotta stop with the generalizations already.
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BLUNTED 1
join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY | Re: capacity issues still loom @ 30/5? Uh no it sucks | |
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StreetSpirit
Premium
join:2002-08-13
Roslyn, NY
·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| said by BLUNTED 1 :But Boost sucks so i doubt they gave it anything. Dude, we heard you the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth time you posted the same tired "Boost sucks" in this thread. I understand all too well about complaining when things aren't working right, you know that. You also know I'm on your side, but this is just not a productive way to go about it. The people who would be swayed by your negative assessment of OOL BOOST surely don't need things repeated to them ad nauseum. Why not hit the reply when you actually have something to say other than "Boost sucks." ..... I mean really...
What I'm really trying to say is, yes, everyone knows, and some of us are sympathetic to your plight... However, BOOST is not a service with SLAs. You know that, and you also know that the same speed with an SLA would cost you thousands of dollars a month.
I fail to comprehend why you continue to pay for BOOST even though it isn't performing much better than standard OOL. Why not save the 15 bucks a month?
I hope you get your money's worth like everyone else, but sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and go with another provider or another tier... Especially when a more expensive tier isn't performing as well as one would expect... Why the heck give them more money in this case? I don't get it..
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