| broadband I work for a major cable modem ISP. In Fairfax, VA. our fastest cable modem tier is 15/2 mbit. Even on our secret internal speed test server, I've never seen anyone get faster than 6.1/1.2 mbit/sec with perfect RX,TX,SNR on their cable modem. I believe it's docsis 2.0. The Point is: with current cable modem technology (HFC routers and CMTS's) and other misc equipment limitations, it's not worth paying for anything faster than 5/1 or maybe 5/2 because you probably wont see anything faster in reality. Docsis 3.0 probably wont change this fact, and FIOS has the best hope. Look at Japans internet choices and thats where we will be in 10 years. It's part of my job to keep up with other competition, Time Warner is far behind compared to their closest competitors in internet service speed/price comparisons. My idea of a perfect internet service is FIOS 5/2 mbit for around 39.99 month and a backup WIMAX connection for when I'm on the road. Verizon is the only company that can do this. Anything more would be a waste of money and "theoretical" bandwidth. And my ping times should be very low and constant for games. |
