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[Availability] DSL or Cable?

OH yes 20/20 tier Verizon FiOS Only $69.95 HAPPY NEW YEAR .

reply to HKM
Just how much data would you like to be uploading each month?
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reply to HKM
I want to be able to upload 95-97% of UL bandwidth that is offered under that tier. But the problem is even if I do get Comcast HSI and I get 2mbps upload which will cap the 250gb/month limit as ill hit around 650+gb/month.

This is why I want Vz-FiOS which is unlimited far as I know. But I can live with Comcast 768kbps which is not much but still better than 512kbps.

PS: I have the network and the content but I don't have the means of transporting it atm as I am hosting it inside my home.

reply to HKM
You should just move.

reply to HKM
I have thought about that many times but thats not an option. I am sure within end of this month ill dump the ADSL and get Comcast HSI but I still need to do some homework on the area and how stable (uptime, connection) and the price.

Now BellSouths adsl is stable as I rarely get disconnected as I am always on. Only time I do get disconnected is when they doing some work. When I compare that to Comcast HSI I never had it in this area so I can't say this is why I came to this forum maybe its user's would have some clue on that subject. Also how low will upload go if everyone is on? For example if I designate my server specific bandwidth limit it has to deliver on that. How low will 768kbps go if its in rush hour? Here on ADSL I fixed it to 50kB/s 24/7 none stop with 0 downtime as my FS is routed and SANed.

PS: This "HAS" to be hosted on residential line as in biz I am sure ill get shutdown within few hours as I hog majority of the bandwidth.

reply to HKM
Since you absolutely refuse to consider a T-1, and your service "HAS" to be hosted on residential line, you really don't have many options available.

I can't speak for the Comcast service in Fort Lauderdale, FL but around here Comcast and reliable are not mentioned in the same sentence very often (Comcast commercials don't count).

Since you also are somewhat tight lipped about what you do with your upstream bandwidth, perhaps my own solution will not work for you. What I use is two AT&T DSL Direct Xtreme 3.0 circuits and a Linksys RV082 dual WAN router (I would use 6.0 circuits, but that is not available in my location). This provides me with enough upstream and downstream bandwidth to host public facing email and web servers, and also two VoIP lines.

Here is a simplified diagram of my network, and also a Speakeasy speed test that I just did to show that the two circuits are effectively combined.

reply to HKM
Just some observations:

Comcast is not formerly "AT&T", it is formerly "ATTBI". The latter was spun off by the former, after AT&T bought TCI (in my area), and took part in the "@Home" disaster (along with Comcast, Cox, and some others). And, in truth, Comcast existed before ATTBI, and bought ATTBI.

Comcast has 250 GB caps across all tiers. AT&T is testing caps, and will probably introduce them later this year. Based on what I have seen proposed for the former SBC tiers, something like this:

• .768 mb/s = 20 GB per month

• 1.5 mb/s = 40 GB per month

• 3.0 mb/s = 60 GB per month

• 6.0 mb/s = 80 GB per month

• Uverse = 150 GB per month

The Uverse caps are across all Uverse speed tiers.

If T1 is not an option, and moving to Verizon territory is not an option, than Comcast is really all that is left. Higher cap, faster speed.
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reply to NetFixer
Netfixer,

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation.

reply to NetFixer
@NetFixer
I wouldn't waste time on T based carrier for that little speed based on that money. Far as duel line goes it wouldn't be fully operational in this case as it would have more than one addresses and it would only complicate the matter and invalid the secure session between the two party which is already being routed in a complex niche. This would only work if they did offered 2x/4x bonded pair with same address thus multiplying the current bandwidth.

At this time every 1sec I receive 6-7 UDP/10-32 tcp unsolicited callbacks. Not counting the data that is constantly being routed and filtered based on the current rules which is encrypted and has personal rules based on the user. My network is capable of broadcasting and connecting to over 1200-1300 hosts which is always on secure channel.

There is a very good reason for me being so secretive about where my upload bandwidth is going. I have in the past routed traffic via DS line with 54mbps link but soon after many of them accounts were terminated by the admin after they seen the excessive bandwidth usage.

PS: Make 0 mistake that security is top priority here when it comes to transmitting data via secure channel. As their outdated SPI/DPI switches wouldn't able to decrypt the data let alone read the data payload seg. Far as QoS goes my data is OSFed and is being masked with another URI scheme that ISP wouldn't dare delaying lol. Best my ISP can do is suspend or terminate my account for excessive bandwidth usage.

reply to NormanS
@NormanS

Just some observations based on your misunderstanding.

Now when I was referring to "former AT&T" I was talking about Comcast purchasing AT&T network base in Florida in late 2000-2002 which include cable and HSI. Now if you read carefully this is not topic about CAP but it is related as I am thinking about switching the service thus its does reflect it. But this is more about price and availability as right now I am under monopolized plan which is now run by the Death Star, this is why competition is always good.

Upload scheme: (50kB/s)*(60sec)*(1440/min)=4320000kB/s > 4218.75MB > (4.12GB) * (31/days) = 127.7GB/month

PS: Don't make the mistake of offered bandwidth with actual line sync and the rate its capped at. Even if comcast does offer lowest speed in my area (zipcode: 33313) at 768kbps that would still be better but I have to do some research when I have time and the customer rating, actual ul/dl based on peak hour and mid hours. So who shall win? Comcast or AT&T (lesser of 2 evil), they both suck and ruined US market on HSI as they fear bandwidth no wonder why are so low ranked compared to other people who is getting 100x more for less than what we pay and they have fiber...

reply to HKM

reply to HKM
NSA is harmless and there is a reason why I "MUST" host under residential line which I won't go in detail as its part of masking.

Second I seriously doubt NSA even with Parallel/Quantum based systems can decipher the data I am transmitting as its close to military grade 2 encryption. Keep in mind I am not talking about laughable FIPs approved XTS chipper AES-256 (14 rounds 256-bit key with 128-bit block). lol my hash algorithm alone is 512-bit and the fb-3x encryption ranges from 1024-4096 bit key length which would take billions of years with the current world computation to decipher. That is IF they can verify the scheme which is OSFed alone at 168bit and data under packet payload is pieced together and synchronized to a output which will be invalid as it changes every 60sec and the data of the file stream is encrypted and masked.

PS: I do nothing illegal :P but I do take security very serious as a SNS-Admin. I dabble in the art of cryptography and stenography.

reply to HKM