Rad
join:2012-08-19
Cincinnati, OH | reply to mad2012
Re: FiOptics Review and Disappointments- From an IT Professional OK, So we all in agreement that the DVR service provided by CB Suck!!! I need to have a DVR on my system and I do not want to pay any more money to CB!
Can anyone tell me if there is a dvr I should buy that work for CB FiOptics??
I also switched from DirecTV and I now I regret that decision. I have 2 DVRs that worked well for the Directv. They are the old Huges, HD system. I cant get them to work by just plugging it inline with the cable. This box was designed for 2 cable system...
Can this box be used with FiOptics?
Thanks for any help! |
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| Is anyone hearing that Cincy Bell has begun offering the CPE that supports bonding yet? I have a need for more upload bandwidth, and currently am using the copper-fiber combination, giving me only 1.6Mb up. |
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| Which service are you getting 1.6 Mbps upload on? The 20/2 service? The 30/5 service should offer up to 5 Mbps upload. Which part of town are you in? |
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| Hi - yes, it's the 20/2. I asked for the 30/5, but my distance to the CO was too far, the installers said. They suggested that the only way to improve was the upcoming bonded capability. |
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| Unfortunately CB has chosen to have only a limited numbers of service combinations available and they are choosing to favor download over upload so that they can sell IPTV. Have a look at your VDSL modem and you will probably find the download path trained at well over 20 Mbps.
You might want to consider TWC if they offer 30/5 service in your area. TWC's 30/5 service is available in many areas and it seems to get closer to 5 Mbps upload than CB's VDSL service even though TWC are often using fairly old General Instruments fiber nodes and C-COR line extenders in many areas.
If you are in an area served by Cincinnati Communications, they offer symmetric BPL service up to 3/3 but you can get multiple modems and push more than 3 Mbps up.
The main downside to TWC and CC is that their services are dependent on power for their nodes/line extenders/gateways/bridges whereas CB's service usually has many hours of power protection built in to the remote DSLAM cabinets. |
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| Thank you for your helpfulness. Cincinnati Communications isn't servicing Fairfield yet, and when I tried TWC Business Class last year, they misrepresented their capabilities - did you know that their metrics are based on THEIR internal network speeds (not across the Internet)? I benchmarked performance, and for interactive sessions, it was worse than CB's DSL. |
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