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| surewest also has caps
just do a search here about surewest, and you will see surewest enforces caps |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | On all but the 50Mbps tier. |
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johnwayne
join:2001-03-09
Bountiful, UT
| MStar Fiber Utopia Whatever!
Its always nice for company's to tout Symmetrical internet connections but they should first make the system stable. All the people i know who have any of the Utopia fiber or any other kind of residential fiber has problems all of the time. I work at a colo and all of my clients who tout there "fiber connection" come back to me and say it sucks! Then they go back to the QMOE or bonded T1's in there office. Hopefully someday fiber will be stable enough and the businesses who offer it for cheap will be stable enough with there financial business model. GOOD LUCK FIBER!    |
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chakey
Premium
join:2004-06-14
Gladstone, NJ
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
|  What's the point?
I just got Verizon Fios 20/20 service. There are very few websites or applications that will allow a 20 connection down, let alone up. In my mind, other than P2P apps, there is no difference between 20/20 and 50/50 at this point--and MSatar caps usage! 5 years from now the extra 30 should make a difference, but right now? |
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DJ_Kismuth
join:2001-11-25
Chicago, IL | Ehhh.
What's the point of a 50Mb connection when they enforce a 100GB monthly cap?? Seems pointless. Cheap ma & pa ISP. |
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diehardspeed
Premium
join:2003-05-14
Salt Lake City, UT
| No Utopia/Mstar inernet issues here.
Don't know where the comments about Utopia issues come from but there are far less than I have seen with any DSL service.
As for the comments on "Caps." If they do have them I have not seen any enforcement or warnings but am sure I have gone over 100GB before.
The primary "Internet" related gripe I have with MStar is that they are blocking port 25 INBOUND. I don't really understand there reasoning for that but it only affects a few of us who actually run our own mail servers from home.
I just wish Mstar would have told it's customers about this upgrade! I have not seen an email or anything.
My 15/15Mbps rocks but 50/50Mbps!!! Sweet!
As for there Video Service... They still have kinks to work out as I still get short pauses that are quite annoying while watching TV. If you ask me it looks like packet loss but they don't seem to have anyone to really help in the matter.
Also they decided to time shift Cartoon Network so Adult Swim doesn't start till midnight. The funny part is they time shifted it when AS started coming on at 11PM. Back when it started at 11:30PM and they announced it would be starting at 11:00PM I was excited only to find Mstar push the programing back 30 min! |
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kilometers
join:2007-01-24
Sacramento, CA
1 edit | reply to Karl Bode
Re: surewest also has caps
The 50mbps tier is also close to 200 bucks a month if bundled with TV or phone. >_
I'm sure they would cap it if it were around 60 or so. |
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Yauch
join:2005-06-24 | Wait a minute
Unless I can't do the math (which I probably can't), isn't that like 30 minutes of using your connection a month? |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | reply to DJ_Kismuth
Re: Ehhh.
What will possibly do with more than 100Gb of transfer data in a single month aside from downloading more movies? As far as caps go that's a pretty reasonable limit to put on a consumer level service. |
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jinjimbob
Troy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13 | If the transfer is both up and down, 100GB is nothing.
On my 1.5Mbps connection, I do just over 100GB down a month, BT for TV, not movies. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
1 edit | reply to Yauch
Re: Wait a minute
said by Yauch  :Unless I can't do the math (which I probably can't), isn't that like 30 minutes of using your connection a month? 102400 MB * 8 = 819,200Mb
819,200Mb / 60 = 13,653 seconds
13,653 seconds / 60 = 227 mins or so at max speed
227 mins / 60 = 3.8 hours
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macrospect
All The Little Stuff
Premium
join:2005-08-25
Doylestown, PA | Ok, that is the most ridiculous thing I have EVER heard. If the caps are indeed 100GB/mo on the 50mbit deal then you would have to be outright out of your mind to purchase this connection! |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | reply to jinjimbob
Re: Ehhh.
And how many tv shows are you downloading each month? Would it be considered a lot in comparison to what's considered normal use? |
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utahluge
join:2004-10-14
Draper, UT
 ·Comcast
| reply to diehardspeed
Re: No Utopia/Mstar inernet issues here.
said by diehardspeed :The primary "Internet" related gripe I have with MStar is that they are blocking port 25 INBOUND. This is interesting. Granted I am with MStar on iProvo, when I spoke with a representative, he specifically said they do NOT block any ports. I don't run a mail server at home but I should try putting one of my linux box's ssh on 25 to see if I can connect... |
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JasonJ75
@capitalone.com
| reply to macrospect
Re: Wait a minute
For $40/m you'd have to be out of your mind to sign up for a 50/50 connect with 'soft' limits?
Until they start pulling a Comcast and blindsiding folks with magical limits I'd sign up for 50/50 in a heart beat.
Sounds like they're going about things the right way. A shame really, I thought I was going to catch up to the in-laws 15/15 with my 20/20 fios upgrade...Guess not. :/ |
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mathprof P
@parkermajestic.com | reply to Matt
13653/60 = 227.55 minutes |
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bruzr
Premium
join:2007-05-05
Essex Junction, VT | reply to Matt
Actually, 13,653 / 60 = 227 minutes, or 3 hrs 47 m. Still, not a lot for a full month. |
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BLUNTED 1
join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY | reply to JasonJ75
I'm paying $65 a month for Fios 20/20 so IF if I got 50/50 for less I would take it because I don't use 100 gigs a month most of the time. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to bruzr
said by bruzr :Actually, 13,653 / 60 = 227 minutes, or 3 hrs 47 m. Still, not a lot for a full month. Ha, good catch. How in the hell did I screw that up? I even used a calculator ...
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66466388
join:2006-11-22
1 edit | huh?
yeah good choice
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give 50MBPS fiber to ...the mormons...
omg
obviously
good choice... they'll never use it!!! |
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