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 ·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Cost And how much benefit from 15 to 50 Mbps are you going to notice ?
Websurfing/Email (not a whole lot) - unless you're uploading content to youtube/facebook
Streaming - only if there's a congestion issue on the existing.
I'm on TWC's 'cheap' 10/1Mbps package, but since it has 'boost', I have bounced off the 34Mbps during the initial few seconds and speed tests. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | If you have only one internet connected device probably not much. If you have 3 or 4 all trying stream HD videos 15 meg might be an issue. |
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etaadmin
join:2002-01-17
Dallas, TX
kudos:1 | reply to en103
DOCSIS3.0 is not only about speed, D3 is also about congestion management and new services like interactive TV among others.
So DOCSIS3.0 is going to help a lot in congested nodes. |
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bn1221
join:2009-04-29
Cortland, NY | reply to en103
IIRC TWC Pboost is limited to 22 Mb/sec. And they have it turned off on D3. I hit the solid 5/30 that I pay for though on my D3 |
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If you "need" to watch four HD streams at once perhaps you should be paying more for the privilege? |
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| said by Crookshanks:If you "need" to watch four HD streams at once perhaps you should be paying more for the privilege?
By more you mean an absurdly over priced connection. |
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mogamer
join:2011-04-20
Royal Oak, MI | reply to Crookshanks
said by Crookshanks:If you "need" to watch four HD streams at once perhaps you should be paying more for the privilege?
Well, let's see. I'm paying for the internet connection. If I need higher speed, then I'll pay an even bigger fee. And I'm paying the service(s) to watch videos from their site(s).
So what more should I or anyone else be paying for? |
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 ·Frontier Communi..
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I pay $60/mo for 10/1 DSL service from Verizon. I do not regard this as "absurdly overpriced" and do not see why paying $100/mo for five times as much bandwidth is "absurdly overpriced".
Here's the history of my broadband connections:
2001-2003: 256k/256k from local WISP: $40/mo
2003-2004: 3.0m/256k from RR: $45/mo
2005-2006: 1.5m/384k dry loop from VZ: $40/mo
2006-2008: 3.0m/768k dry loop from VZ: $40/mo
2009-2010: 10m/1m from RR: $50/mo
2011-cur: 10m/1m dry loop from VZ: $60/mo
Adjusting the $40/mo I paid for 256k service in 2001 for inflation yields a value in 2011 dollars of about $50. For that price I can have FORTY TIMES as much bandwidth through Roadrunner. For $10 more I can have an even better DSL connection (no peak hour congestion) through Verizon.
Remind me again why my connection is "absurdly overpriced"? Tell me why paying twice that for five times as much bandwidth is unreasonable? |
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3 edits | said by Crookshanks:Remind me again why my connection is "absurdly overpriced"? Tell me why paying twice that for five times as much bandwidth is unreasonable?
Having lived briefly in both Vietnam an South Korea with cheaper access I guess.
US rates are hyper inflated in comparison
The telco industry in Asia puts our to shame in a big way. Same goes for health care, which was a real eye opener to me.
Having affordable access to health care was a real Mind Fuck. |
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