 TzaleProud Libertarian ConservativePremium
join:2004-01-06
NYC Metro | reply to ExecPro
Re: Signals... said by ExecPro:Knowing that signals vastly affect the speeds that you can get from your OOL connection, how can they really say that they will be able to double the speed? I mean, right now they say we can get up to 10Mbps, and even at my old house the most I ever got was 9200Kbps, here at my new dwelling I only get 8000Kbps. Just doesn't seem feasible. At least we know that fiber isn't effected by distance and signals. I think I still would make the switch to FIOS. Signals do not affect the bandwidth you get. They do with DSL but not with cable. Cable's speeds are effected by neighbors sharing the bandwidth and / or bad bandwidth management at the CMTS. Nothing to do with signals. If you can get connected, you can get max speeds. Also, just so you know 8000kbps is FINE with OOL. NO ONE can get 10mbps. OOL is capped at 10mbps / 1mbps and due to hardware limitations (the modem) the service can only provide on average 8000-9500kbps because there is a need for overhead.
If OOL were to provide 20mbps/2mbps the max you'd probably receive would be 18-19mbps/1.5-1.8mbps.
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said by Tzale:said by ExecPro:Knowing that signals vastly affect the speeds that you can get from your OOL connection, how can they really say that they will be able to double the speed? I mean, right now they say we can get up to 10Mbps, and even at my old house the most I ever got was 9200Kbps, here at my new dwelling I only get 8000Kbps. Just doesn't seem feasible. At least we know that fiber isn't effected by distance and signals. I think I still would make the switch to FIOS. Signals do not affect the bandwidth you get. They do with DSL but not with cable. Cable's speeds are effected by neighbors sharing the bandwidth and / or bad bandwidth management at the CMTS. Nothing to do with signals. If you can get connected, you can get max speeds. Also, just so you know 8000kbps is FINE with OOL. NO ONE can get 10mbps. OOL is capped at 10mbps / 1mbps and due to hardware limitations (the modem) the service can only provide on average 8000-9500kbps because there is a need for overhead. If OOL were to provide 20mbps/2mbps the max you'd probably receive would be 18-19mbps/1.5-1.8mbps. -Tzale I think you are right. It seems that OOL shaves 10% off your download and upload. I guess that OOL uses 10% for overhead. |
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said by Subaru:Wow.. CV Caps on downloads now? Lucky you;) |
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 ExecProPremium
join:2002-06-07
Long Beach, NY | reply to Tzale
said by Tzale:said by ExecPro:Knowing that signals vastly affect the speeds that you can get from your OOL connection, how can they really say that they will be able to double the speed? I mean, right now they say we can get up to 10Mbps, and even at my old house the most I ever got was 9200Kbps, here at my new dwelling I only get 8000Kbps. Just doesn't seem feasible. At least we know that fiber isn't effected by distance and signals. I think I still would make the switch to FIOS. Signals do not affect the bandwidth you get. They do with DSL but not with cable. Cable's speeds are effected by neighbors sharing the bandwidth and / or bad bandwidth management at the CMTS. Nothing to do with signals. If you can get connected, you can get max speeds. Also, just so you know 8000kbps is FINE with OOL. NO ONE can get 10mbps. OOL is capped at 10mbps / 1mbps and due to hardware limitations (the modem) the service can only provide on average 8000-9500kbps because there is a need for overhead. If OOL were to provide 20mbps/2mbps the max you'd probably receive would be 18-19mbps/1.5-1.8mbps. -Tzale I'm not sure about that, signals do effect speed. When I first moved into my old house, I had the cable modem hooked up to the line that was present in the house. A couple weeks later I replaced it with a direct run, and after doing so my speed vastly improved. |
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said by Tzale:]Signals do not affect the bandwidth you get. They do with DSL but not with cable. Cable's speeds are effected by neighbors sharing the bandwidth and / or bad bandwidth management at the CMTS. Nothing to do with signals. If you can get connected, you can get max speeds No, not at all. If your line is full of noise, you won't see the full speed. Ask any of the resident CMTS techs. Noise/Interference = decrease in speed. |
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