jaa
Premium,MVM
join:2000-06-13 | reply to thender
Re: [OOL] Optimum Ultra Reviews! Post em here!
Where have you seen it compared to FIOS as a cheaper alternative? |
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thender
crackberry storms
join:2009-01-01
Brooklyn, NY
clubs:
 ·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | reply to LJGoose
What sucks is that this is compared to FIOS as a cheaper alternative to high speed, which is clearly made evident a LIE when you factor in $334.95 for install + activation fee.
I didn't pay a dime outside my $55/mo for 30/5 in 2006.
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jwersan
R.I.P. Mom, Brian, Ziggy, and Max.
Premium
join:2004-12-20
Port Jefferson Station, NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
| reply to cvrep
said by cvrep :
Not sure where you get your information about oversold nodes. There are very few places with nodes that need to be split, and most of them are inner-city places where population density is high (Newark, Bronx), and even in those cases there is not guaranteed to be a service issue. There are many reasons, other than over saturation for service issues.
If you have issues, and can verify is is not your own equipment, getting help should not be difficult. If it is, then we are failing on two fronts, and the issue should be escalated.
I sit on one now, I HAVE reported it, as others across OOL's footprint have. OOL's response to me was that my speeds were adequate and they closed the call, yet I still sat at about 51% of advertised. Each year, starting in late November, until mid March, my speeds drop to less than half advertised, and stay there for all those months, after mid March, they slowly climb back to around 70% to 90%, depending on time of day.
I have had this happen for over three years now, so my belief that OOL monitors their nodes and fixes issues is quite low.
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cvrep
@cablevision.com
| reply to jwersan
said by jwersan  :said by Ice Nine :I really wish Verizon would just start matching optimum's speeds, pricing and features (like no blocked ports for residential accounts). AFAIK OOL blocks ports, except on the Boost level, FIOS does not block any at any speed. I have a business FIOS line with a static IP that sings along all day long at 20mbit with nary a problem - and it's incredibly consistent. I wish Optonline could deliver that kind of consistency.
So long as OOL oversells their nodes, this will never happen. What I wish OOL to get smart and bite the bullet. Start monitoring the loads on each node and proactively split them so that the experience is more stable throughout the day. Not sure where you get your information about oversold nodes. There are very few places with nodes that need to be split, and most of them are inner-city places where population density is high (Newark, Bronx), and even in those cases there is not guaranteed to be a service issue. There are many reasons, other than over saturation for service issues.
If you have issues, and can verify is is not your own equipment, getting help should not be difficult. If it is, then we are failing on two fronts, and the issue should be escalated. |
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jwersan
R.I.P. Mom, Brian, Ziggy, and Max.
Premium
join:2004-12-20
Port Jefferson Station, NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
| reply to Ice Nine
said by Ice Nine :I really wish Verizon would just start matching optimum's speeds, pricing and features (like no blocked ports for residential accounts). AFAIK OOL blocks ports, except on the Boost level, FIOS does not block any at any speed.I have a business FIOS line with a static IP that sings along all day long at 20mbit with nary a problem - and it's incredibly consistent. I wish Optonline could deliver that kind of consistency.
So long as OOL oversells their nodes, this will never happen.
What I wish OOL to get smart and bite the bullet. Start monitoring the loads on each node and proactively split them so that the experience is more stable throughout the day.
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dlr_graph
join:2002-02-03
Elizabeth, NJ
1 edit | reply to jbordetas
Got the service installed on Saturday. The job took about 1 and a half hours which included checking signals in all boxes and replacing 2 splitters. There were several calls between the tech and dispatch to determine the "optimal" speed which in my area appears to be between 86 and 95 Mb/s.
The speeds were the same with and without the router but had to eliminate an additional gigabit switch that dropped the speed by about 10 Mb.
Curiously the boost went up to 32 after the initial signal check but the entire morning my speeds had been between 17 and 22.
For now, anything over 90 Mb is good enough. |
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jbordetas
Premium
join:2009-06-06 | reply to Ice Nine
Sad to hear. Mine is consistent on downloads on uploads it varies.
I would love to have a 100 up and down speeds. But for now I am thrilled |
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jbordetas
Premium
join:2009-06-06
·Optimum Online
| reply to BLUNTED 1
and why is upload speed more important? Unless you are hosting I cant see the need. Downloads is what it is all about 10-15 (which is what I usually get) is enough to deal with any type of lag. Cmon
this is what I am talking about. I am happier than a pig rolling around in mud |
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BLUNTED 1
join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY
·Verizon FIOS
·Optimum Online
| reply to briankeys
I use firefox 3.5 and yes its consistent for that and if I do ftp get 30 mb up. IE gives me the same exact results and here is 1 test with IE
»mcs.focusvision.com/myspeed/db/r···id=41068 |
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briankeys
join:2002-04-09
Monroe, NY | reply to BLUNTED 1
You get 28mbit up consistently? Can I ask, what web browser are you using? And if Firefox, just try internet explorer and tell me if it differs?
Thanks a $millioN$ =] |
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BLUNTED 1
join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY
·Verizon FIOS
·Optimum Online
| reply to Ice Nine
I dont believe verizon blocks any ports anymore because alot of people are saying it and I myself have also used port 80 on my residential fios and it works fine. THey just have to up the download speed as the upload already beats ultra even on lower packages. I have 25/15 and consistently get 26/28 |
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Ice Nine
join:2005-10-09
Emerson, NJ
| reply to jbordetas
Well, my speeds were stuck at 58mbit for a week - technician came out, couldn't do anything about it, had to escalate it to engineering.
When I speedtested at 58mbit, it was consistent - never wavered more than a few bits per speedtest.
After they left, a day or two later, everything was back up to 100mbit speeds consistently. Apparently some "special engineering work" was done, and support doesn't have access to their records to know what the fix was.
Now my speeds are back down to 70mbit consistently - does not waver, and is consistent across multiple speedtest.net servers. Usenet speeds are consistent with that number.
Another tech coming out tomorrow (which will ultimately be a waste of time for all involved) just so they can "escalate" this again.... Stupid.
I really wish Verizon would just start matching optimum's speeds, pricing and features (like no blocked ports for residential accounts). I'd switch in a heartbeat. I have a business FIOS line with a static IP that sings along all day long at 20mbit with nary a problem - and it's incredibly consistent. I wish Optonline could deliver that kind of consistency. |
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jbordetas
Premium
join:2009-06-06
·Optimum Online
| reply to LJGoose
well two week in and daily testing show consistent speeds. My downloads are ridiculously fast. I know that the 300 is a tough pill to swallow, but I am fortunate enough to have it and since I wanted it, well...
What I can say is that the speed is as advertised, lowest I have ever seen i s 95 and highest 104. This is today's speed.
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Solitude
Don't forget to bring a towel
Premium
join:2000-04-29
New York
clubs: | reply to LJGoose
Is there a "add your email address here and we'll let you know when there's no bullshit $330 activation fee" yet?
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jbordetas
Premium
join:2009-06-06
·Optimum Online
| reply to LJGoose
Well I got it. Speeds are consistently sick.
So far so fantastic. The 300 was a bitter pill to swallow, but there was NO WAY I was going to pass up this opportunity. I always wanted fios type speeds, but simply did not have it available to me. Now for less (except for the 300) I get sick speeds |
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jbordetas
Premium
join:2009-06-06
·Optimum Online
| reply to LJGoose
Well I just bit the bullet and ordered it. Yeah I know I know!
I did away with my optimum phone service - use my cell for the most part anyways. Did away with Playboy and playboy on demand (yeah yeah) and the Spanish programing, now I will end up paying about 5 dollars more than I was and will have uber speeds, yeah!!!!
Why do I need this? No clue, none at all, but I want it, this is what matters to me. I will post additional info once it comes in on Saturday! |
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MarkG516
@optonline.net
|  reply to LJGoose
Had Ultra installed today.. one word AWESOME!!!
»www.speedtest.net/result/482728216.png
Consistent 100mb downloads and obviously capped 15mb uploads.
Actual throughput using Linksys WRT310N router. |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| reply to patcat88
said by patcat88 :said by TheWiseGuy :said by From CED Mag :
Because the maximum number of channels which can be bonded together is not defined, DOCSIS 3.0 channels with data rates as high or higher than 1 Gbps can be created. Ok smart guy, whats the maximum amount of channels you can bind? how many bits were allocated to express the length of the list of channels to use? 3 bits? 4 bits? 8 bits? When the modem connects it handshakes with the head end and is sent a settings file. In that settings file is a list of settings. There is a setting for each channel the modem is capable of banding. If the modem's chip is able to bond 4 download and 4 upload channels, then there are 8 settings that can be in the settings file. At the current time, CV bonds 3 downstream and one upstream channel so the download channel setting 1-3 are supplied along with upload channel setting 1 with download setting 4 and upload settings 2-4 not supplied. |
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Mike Wolf
join:2009-05-24
Beachwood, NJ | reply to patcat88
I read somewhere online or on this forum about 10, but its only a guess. |
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Ignite
Premium,VIP
join:2004-03-18
UK
clubs:
·BlueYonder Interne..
 ·Be There
1 edit | reply to patcat88
said by patcat88 :Ok smart guy, whats the maximum amount of channels you can bind? how many bits were allocated to express the length of the list of channels to use? 3 bits? 4 bits? 8 bits? I'm not particularly smart but 8 bits on the current iteration of DOCSIS 3:
Table 6–33 - Sub-TLVs for Downstream Active Channel List TLV
Type Length Value
1.1 1 Channel ID: 1 byte. The Downstream Channel ID of the channel being listed. |
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