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 kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | OO Boost: 30/2Mb, hosting, port 25 & 80, DDNS +$15 It's waaaay too nice to be true... finally, finally, OO will open up port 25 and 80, allowing to run my webserver etc?
I can't believe this.... I mean still no fixed IP but at least there's DDNS which is pretty much the same if you're interested in hosting your own site, so technically OO will completely abandon its retarded policy finally for $15 extra per month?
Sounds too good to be true... | |
kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
3 edits | Re: OO Boost: 30/2Mb, hosting, port 25 & 80, DDNSFor impaired whiners who are still talking about lack of servers, here's the full text of OO Bost:
Optimum Online Boost
Optimum Online Boost is a new level of high-speed Internet service
designed to appeal to residential customers and small and medium-sized
businesses using higher-bandwidth applications.
Available for an additional $14.95 per month, $9.95 per month for
customers who also subscribe to Cablevision's VoIP voice service, Optimum
Voice, Optimum Online Boost will offer downstream speeds of up to 30 Mbps and
up to 2 Mbps upstream -- 39 times faster than the DSL service currently being
broadly marketed by phone companies.
In addition to the speed, Optimum Online Boost includes a host of new
features and benefits designed for high use residential and business
customers, including:
* Up to 15 e-mail addresses with 1 gigabyte of storage per address, or a
total of 15 gigabytes of storage, and the ability to send extremely
large e-mail attachments in excess of 20 Megabytes.
* Web hosting capabilities, allowing customers to build and maintain their
own Web sites.
* Advanced configurations that include DDNS, Port 25 and Port 80.
Optimum Online Boost will travel on its own dedicated portion of
Cablevision's completed fiber-rich network, to ensure an extremely high level
of service regardless of its penetration or the propensity of Optimum Online
Boost customers to use bandwidth-heavy applications.
Note that bullshit about being "39 times faster than the DSL service currently being broadly marketed" - it's simply a big fuckin lie, typical Cablevision bullshitting; 768k as 'broadly marketed'? What a BS.... the typical minimum is 1.5Mbit nowadays and that's an entry-level service for one-third or less of OO's price.
What a retarded marketing team OO has, seriously... apart from this BSing, they are missing their point completely: this service has all the option for SMPT and HTTP etc servers and 5x/2.5x faster than fastest DSL currently available on the market (6Mbit/768kbit) yet for half the price. | |
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kamm said
"Note that bullshit about being '39 times faster than the DSL service currently being broadly marketed' - it's simply a big fuckin lie, typical Cablevision bullshitting; 768k as 'broadly marketed'? What a BS.... the typical minimum is 1.5Mbit nowadays and that's an entry-level service for one-third or less of OO's price."
If I had to guess, I suspect they are referring to Verizon's $14.95 DSL package. I personally haven't seen too many DSL commercials, but most seem to advertise the $14.95 package. Also, if you goto Verizon's DSL link in a big picture plastered up front is the $14.95 package. Thus, this is what OOL probably means as "broadly marketed" (emphasis mine). The $14.95 package from Verizon is in fact 768Kbps... | |
 TzaleProud Libertarian ConservativePremium
join:2004-01-06
NYC Metro | reply to kamm
said by kamm:For impaired whiners who are still talking about lack of servers, here's the full text of OO Bost: Optimum Online Boost
Optimum Online Boost is a new level of high-speed Internet service
designed to appeal to residential customers and small and medium-sized
businesses using higher-bandwidth applications.
Available for an additional $14.95 per month, $9.95 per month for
customers who also subscribe to Cablevision's VoIP voice service, Optimum
Voice, Optimum Online Boost will offer downstream speeds of up to 30 Mbps and
up to 2 Mbps upstream -- 39 times faster than the DSL service currently being
broadly marketed by phone companies.
In addition to the speed, Optimum Online Boost includes a host of new
features and benefits designed for high use residential and business
customers, including:
* Up to 15 e-mail addresses with 1 gigabyte of storage per address, or a
total of 15 gigabytes of storage, and the ability to send extremely
large e-mail attachments in excess of 20 Megabytes.
* Web hosting capabilities, allowing customers to build and maintain their
own Web sites.
* Advanced configurations that include DDNS, Port 25 and Port 80.
Optimum Online Boost will travel on its own dedicated portion of
Cablevision's completed fiber-rich network, to ensure an extremely high level
of service regardless of its penetration or the propensity of Optimum Online
Boost customers to use bandwidth-heavy applications. Note that bullshit about being "39 times faster than the DSL service currently being broadly marketed" - it's simply a big fuckin lie, typical Cablevision bullshitting; 768k as 'broadly marketed'? What a BS.... the typical minimum is 1.5Mbit nowadays and that's an entry-level service for one-third or less of OO's price. What a retarded marketing team OO has, seriously... apart from this BSing, they are missing their point completely: this service has all the option for SMPT and HTTP etc servers and 5x/2.5x faster than fastest DSL currently available on the market (6Mbit/768kbit) yet for half the price. A lot of people can't receive service higher than 768kbps. I can only receive 320kbps and I live 15 minutes from New York City. DSL is an inferior technology. Verizon admits that and CV is just feeding off it. But not for long, FIOS can beat the shit out of current cable technology. DSL was just a "quick fix" for broadband, it is NOT a good technology and I am beginning to feel it doesn't even qualify as "broadband" when you have 10,15,30,50mbps services in peoples homes for reasonable prices today.
-Tzale
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit | Tzale,
you're right on that DSL is definitely not an answer for everybody but neither cable is, keep in mind.
OTOH you're wrong on the rest: DSL is definitely not an inferior technology in metropolises like NYC, especially when you can go as high as 10-20Mbit if you live close enough.
It's a dedicated connection and a 6Mbit Speakeasy DSL I use is always on full speed when I download from Usenet whereas my friend's 10Mbit cable in (OO in Brooklyn) is simply pathetic at the evenings and other peak times.
FIOS, starting up without any legacy, needs to be alayed down first - and VZ's stupid shareholders are already pissed on the very high cost of the FIOS investment...
DSL has a huge advantage over both; phone is there everywhere, so it comes very cheap compared to FIOS and even if it's too far to go above 768 or 1.5 Mbit, that's more than enough for most of the regular users, believe it or not. | |
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