http://www.dslreports.com/forum/OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27422323 en Tue, 21 May 2013 12:42:58 EDT Tue, 21 May 2013 12:42:58 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28282345 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28282345 Sat, 11 May 2013 19:55:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28257682 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28257682 Thu, 02 May 2013 21:58:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28183721
Getting VOIP working was a pain. I have VOIP service with PhonePower, and it was not usable in the beginning due to upstream jitter of more than 30ms. Technical support person who initally contacted me did not offer much help. Later I emailed support@OMG and one of their engineers adjusted my connection, and the upstream jitter dropped to less than 7ms. On the voip provider site I changed audio codec size to low bandwidth (G729a) to avoid occassional hiccupps. Now both PhonePower and Vonage service is working fine.

Overall I am happy with the service provided by OMG. One concern I have is the antenna that is mounted (glued) to the tiles on top of my roof. OMG claim to have insurance and promise (nothing in writing) to repair roof in case of any damage.....but I always wonder whether the antennas will stay in case of a hurricane. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28183721 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:10:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28181831 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28181831 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:37:16 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28177820 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28177820 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:54:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28174914 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28174914 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:14:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28166078 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28166078 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:05:31 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28155534 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28155534 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:09:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28149994
OMG Fast is a new wireless ISP provider in Florida. They have very fast download link (40-60Mb/s) and upload link (3Mb/s). There is no contract to sign up and the price is about $40/month. We switched our service from Advance Cable to OMG because of the high speed offer. However, to our surprise our ObiTalk VOIP call has so much jitter and delay to the point of unusable.

We can hear the other person on the call well (we are on the down link) but the other person on the up link cannot hear us well. There would be missing words and the sound is more like from a robot than of a natural person.

We complained about this problem to OMG using our VOIP phone so that they can hear the problem for themselves. They acknowledged the sound quality problem but they wouldn't fix it. Their suggestion to us was to use their VOIP phone instead which cost $15/month. Having no choice we ordered their VOIP phone and then everything is fine. The sound quality became perfect. This really tell us that OMG is not as transparent as they should be. Their network must be programmed to treat their own VOIP service to a higher quality of service than other VOIP traffics. Worse, we think that they could be purposely messing around with other VOIP service so that we cannot use other VOIP service but OMG.

Another thing that we found is that after a month of service they started to block all the ports (80-http, 21-ftp, 22-ssh, 443-https) so that we cannot reach our own server away from home. When we called them they told us that for "security" reason they have to block those ports. Our server is now as good as dead because our friends and family cannot access it anymore.

We want to log our problem here for the benefit of others. If you want to switch to OMG please consider these problems first.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28149994 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:31:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-service-28145270 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-service-28145270 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:58:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-service-28139235 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-service-28139235 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:21:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28133141
On the 1st page of this thread, someone posted a speedtest that showed a 7% packet loss, 65 ms latency, and a 31 millisecond jitter. Is this the best or typical of what the system can do???

Will today's equipment/base stations do better????]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28133141 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:13:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28133137
Is it true that you block torrents, as I use this technology to publish and distribute very large genetic databases for research, as this cuts down on server bandwidth for me???

Also, I just happen to have a couple 50 ghz spectrum analyzers and a 60' tower in the back yard with 35 sq ft windload, with 21 sq ft not presently used. I also have a 1st Class FCC lic hanging in the back room, and have several microwave links at this location. Just for kicks, I manufacture Nitrogen cooled LNAs for deep space use.

Based on the quality of techs/installers mentioned in previous posts, how about a DIY or self-install provision. Since I already have some 10 to 18 Ghz broadband horns, I already observed some traffic on the old CARS band to the Northeast of my West Davie, FL location, but at -92 dbm with a 10 db gain horn. I would like to see a 30 db (rain/scatter) fade margin, or at least a shorter path from an upcoming tower, before considering your service. I also do Proof Of Performance for FCC compliance or documentation purposes.

Now, about that DIY install provision, as I would have no patience for a roofer trying to learn how to adjust azimuth and elevation by using an AGC or QOS reading on a remote laptop. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28133137 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:12:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28129021
-OMGFAST! Web Team]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28129021 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:07:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28106961
When I called last week to follow up with an appointment on when to get this stuff out of my house, I was told we were being credited a month's worth of charges for March, yet March's billing date hadn't even been reached (this is where I was hung up on). I immediately called my bank, put a stop payment on all OMGFast charges that attempted to come in, and called a second time to find out when a technician would be out to pick up the equipment. I was told one had already tried twice to contact me (not true) and that the ticket number (not a confirmation number) would be re-queued so I was at the top of the list again. I have yet to hear from a tech, and that was two days ago.

In the mean time, I just got off the phone with someone who was willing to refund me all the charges I have paid and to have the dish recalibrated/repositioned. I told him that all I wanted was someone to come out and pick up the equipment. Again I was hung up on.

While the service might be great for some (both internet and customer), I advise to reconsider. You have to sign up for auto debit (as it was put to me by my salesman) and there is no way that I found to change that information. To cancel, you have to call in. It's been over a week since I cancelled and I can't seem to get someone to call me back regarding coming to get the equipment. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28106961 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:34:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28087547 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28087547 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:07:32 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28086933 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28086933 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:04:08 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28056540 Things I learned:

They intend to roll out 40 towers in south Florida from West Palm Beach to Homestead. They will probably move south first because of the high number of condos going north. (More on that later).

He also copped to being a division of Cablevision, but a separate internet provider only. So they may add services later that Cablevision has.

Q & A
Back up dialup - No, just back up WiMax which is very slow, like 5-6 mbps slow. :) (I love their definition of slow.) With the addition of antennas, service can be redirected to other antennas if one goes down. 24/7 tech support.

Usenets - Nope (I don't think he knew what that was.) Anyone know if Cablevision usually provides it?

Price - $29.95/mo. + $10 proprietary modem and router rental.
No contract. Current special includes a lifetime guarantee on that price!

IPV6 - "What's that?"

Condos - He is sending me paper work to petition the condo association for permission as well as paper work on OTARD.

Basically by law you do not have to ask permission and cannot be prevented from having a mini dish device installed. BUT since they are a new company they aren't looking to make any enemies so they want you to have permission first.

If I can pull this together, I think I'll be giving them a go. I pay the same amount for middling quality DSL @ 3mbps as it is.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28056540 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:15:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28008885 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28008885 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:54:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28007254
For the same price it's 15x faster than my dsl.

I know there was a law put in that prevents home owner associations, local ordinances, etc. from disallowing mini dishes for TV, does that apply to what OMG fast uses? Seems like the same tech. I think the dish has to be less than 39 inches.

I live in a condo (and not on the top floor), would I be allowed to get this service installed?

The other thing is, does OMGFast provide backup access via dialup? I know it's stone age, but it beats a complete blackout.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-28007254 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:21:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27929313
I am pretty certain this would go out during the heavy rain storms that we get here in South Florida.

I can't risk it for the purpose of saving $10 a month.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27929313 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:44:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27924306 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27924306 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:35:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27882892 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27882892 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:01:31 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27880652 Much faster than my U-Verse and about 10 dollars less expensive. I will keep both for the month, then decide. So far, so good....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27880652 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:09:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27854308 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27854308 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 06:27:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27741849 Do not waste your time with this company! Comcast may suck but they are far better then these people! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27741849 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:47:27 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27729122 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27729122 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:17:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27726492 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27726492 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:09:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27597794 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27597794 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:28:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27597391 Makes it pretty much unusable. I'd rather have a slow connection than an inconsistent one. It's my first day so maybe it's an install problem. I'll call them and give them a chance to fix it and if they can't it has to go. Also my upload is only 0.85 Mbps average and never been above 1.1 Mbps.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27597391 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:20:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27597209 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27597209 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:08:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27597173 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27597173 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:53:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27587111
The speed hardwired is about 68mb download, upload is always around 3.3.

Through the wifi it's about 30ish download (limitation of the wireless router perhaps?)

It went out one time for like 30 seconds, then everything was back to normal.

It's light years better then bellsouth/att DSL.

The cable modem box runs very hot..

They *sales* guy kept pitching that they are going to 100 mb soon. It will require an equipment change, but it's on the way.

They *sales* guy said the rates are locked 4 life, I'm sure that's far from the truth.

I been playing some online games and haven't had an issue.

I have directv and on demand was horrible with bellsouth dsl, with this, I can instantly watch on-demand movies and shows. That's a big plus.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27587111 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:17:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27568700
1. Let us use our own router. You shouldnt have to reconfigure your home network to use their service

2. When they do an install they should explain how they are setting you up and what they are doing. Ex. I have to mount this dish on top of your roof and not on the side of it like your directtv.

3. Vonage (or any voip) wont wok with it. I dont know if its possible for them to make it compatible but it would be nice

I told the techs that came out to leave the box outside the house just in case i wanted them back once they get some things worked out. Overall their customer service was great. They log your calls and emails are sent out when you do call them so thats a plus. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27568700 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:02:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27568644 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27568644 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:41:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27561920
1. WiMAX - Slow. You've seen what it can do on uploads. Multiply that by three or four for download speeds, if that.
2. LTE - Not available for the spectrum Clearband owns, and no spectrum is available to buy at this point that supports LTE. Even if it were, the spectrum would be too expensive to deploy speeds, without caps, comparable to what they're doing now. Plus, I haven't seen an LTE fixed terminal anywhere yet, and that's the only thing that would give you better range than the current MVDDS system while still having any sort of capacity. You would need a 10MHz channel at least for FD-LTE, or spectrum usable to TD-LTE, and the former is tied up by AT&T on 700MHz and the latter by Clearwire on 2500MHz.
3. WiFi - It's a good option. Not so much on 2.4 but 5GHz would work. 2.4 has too much interference in a flat place like Florida. 5GHz may not be much better though. The result: you'd end up with, at best, the same speeds as you get on MVDDS at the same distance, but using cheaper equipment and unlicensed spectrum (unlicensed may have reliability issues). Getting even 80 Mbps of capacity out of a single WiFi channel (20MHz wide...40MHz is a bad idea for point to multipoint due to signal-related issues...so your air link rate is at best 130 Mbps with a dual-polarity antenna at each end of the link) is iffy in PtMP over long (more than a mile or two) distances.

Hence Clearband's choice of MVDDS, particularly since they own that spectrum anyway...and they own more than all 2.4GHz, 5.8GHz (longer-range 5GHz due to FCC requirements), 700MHz, Cellular and PCS spectrum combined...for all carriers...and nearly as much as all of the above plus AWS. To put things into perspective, Clearwire, which says it has a lot of spectrum (it does), has less spectrum than what's available in just the PCS band.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27561920 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:53:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27561742

28 packets transmitted, 28 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 35.364/48.717/66.863/8.126 ms


I've clocked it as high as 65mbps which is nice. 3.2mbps up is always the case, that's wimax. I'm just wondering why they're using this system. I heard from one of their tech's that MVDDS is the one that's limiting the range of how far they can go from the towers, and I also hear that it runs in the 12ghz range which is why they require line of site. MVDDS just doesn't seem that feasible to me then. Why not try pure WiMax, LTE, or even 2.4mhz (or 5ghz) WiFi. I have 2.4ghz directional WiFi Antennas, smaller than OMG Fast's antennas, and they can do 2-5 miles. 5 miles with direct line of site and enough power. And that means you could do 802.11n which is 150-450mbps.

Anyways, my connections been unstable for the past week, every few days it goes down and I have to power-cycle the modem. They're looking into it. My friend a few miles away has a more stable connection so I know they're 'capable' of it, hopefully it's just my modem which can be replaced.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27561742 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:37:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27538890
Before this, in an online videogame, my character's footsteps actually skips. Now the footsteps is actually in rhythm and ll the game information are smoothly portrayed/downloaded. It's a night and day different.

My ping test still show the ping spike up in a pattern, but more stretched out now than before. Though pingtest.net shows my jitter rate lowered.

This is in the Margate area of Florida, so I don't know how it is for everyone else, but for the first time I'm happy with their internet. Just finger crossed its going to stay this way.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27538890 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:28:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27508216
...and people where wireless is competing with cable/DSL can apparently afford to be nitpicky :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27508216 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:05:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27506835
I also talked to the service person about the latency issue and even show the fluctuating ping in my system. We also spoke on the phone, but the other-side reply was expected that it shouldn't defer with normal web browsing. I guess I can't blame them too much since its WiMAX.

One thing I have to note is the way Clearband seems to hire people. They don't issue company van or laptops. The installer and serviceman bring their own van/truck, home laptop, and own equipment. The servicemen who did my installation was a roofer by trait (which is fine), but wasn't trained properly on the IT stuff and took until the second day to finally installed everything correctly, because of issues with his equipment and laptop. The second servicemen I met was extremely disrespectful, I won't go into details, but he doesn't even know how to greet. And base on someone else saying it only take 2-4hours for his installation compared to mine of more than one day, it seems to depend on luck which type of person you will get.

If you can put up with some of these issues you might save a little money and get fast speed, but really as you can see from my experience if you can afford more expensive service and don't mind paying a little more money for 20MBps ATT or Comcast, sure its 30Mbps slower, but at least you get consistency. One thing I like is I can use clone MAC address and use my my own router, instead of using the all in one ATT's UVerse modem/router box, but that's hardly a plus considering everything else I had to deal with.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27506835 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:07:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27493565 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27493565 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:44:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27493184
These result don't seem bad, but it only become apparent in game when my game skips and misses my inputs, so I guess there are jitters in the system too:
ping -t google.com
Pinging google.com [74.125.229.160] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.229.160: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=55
Reply from 74.125.229.160: bytes=32 time=229ms TTL=55
Reply from 74.125.229.160: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=55
Reply from 74.125.229.160: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=55
Reply from 74.125.229.160: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=55
Reply from 74.125.229.160: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=55
Reply from 74.125.229.160: bytes=32 time=252ms TTL=55
Reply from 74.125.229.160: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=55
Reply from 74.125.229.160: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=55
Reply from 74.125.229.160: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=55

Can others with OMGfast try the ping -t command and let me know if their ping rate stay consistent? I tried several different routers and even connect by Ethernet, but the problem seems further up in the system. I will try calling up customer service and ask them about it, but I'm not optimistic they will do anything about. Its too bad their download and upload speed is very nice, but I rather pay an extra money for dsl or cable if I can get better ping rate.

There are two things I initially didn't like:
-Setting me up for autopay system without letting me know. This seems to be their standard, they don't send out paper bills, which is okay and convenient, but they should had let me know it was an autopay system.

-They lock the MAC address of their router to their system, so internet from their modem will not transmit to any other device beside to that specific MAC address. However, most routers have the feature to clone MAC addresses, so you can easily bypass it. Although I can see how this can give problems to people who aren't as techy and wanting to switch to a better router, because the Linksys E1200 have very poor signal range, regardless of being DDWRT compatible.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27493184 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:15:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27483976
$ traceroute softlayer.com
traceroute to softlayer.com (66.228.118.53), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.3.1 (192.168.3.1) 4.582 ms 1.163 ms 1.195 ms
2 199.193.105.1 (199.193.105.1) 66.397 ms 64.524 ms 60.098 ms
3 192.168.100.9 (192.168.100.9) 86.536 ms 63.773 ms 85.500 ms
4 74.120.47.233 (74.120.47.233) 20.396 ms 52.436 ms 69.701 ms
5 208.67.164.150 (208.67.164.150) 42.961 ms 59.061 ms 79.866 ms
6 208.67.164.157 (208.67.164.157) 79.920 ms 32.894 ms 39.819 ms
7 198.32.124.221 (198.32.124.221) 36.001 ms 57.727 ms 79.971 ms
8 * * ae1.bbr01.sr02.hou02.networklayer.com (173.192.18.162) 86.414 ms
9 ae3.bbr01.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com (173.192.18.218) 77.616 ms 82.096 ms 79.856 ms
10 ae0.dar02.sr01.dal01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.253) 77.717 ms 97.126 ms
ae0.dar01.sr01.dal01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.211) 126.502 ms
11 po1.slr01.sr01.dal01.networklayer.com (66.228.118.138) 90.188 ms 77.508 ms
po2.slr01.sr01.dal01.networklayer.com (66.228.118.142) 81.718 ms
12 * * *

$ traceroute dimenoc.com
traceroute to dimenoc.com (72.29.64.136), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.3.1 (192.168.3.1) 1.724 ms 1.060 ms 1.035 ms
2 199.193.105.1 (199.193.105.1) 65.490 ms 39.191 ms 54.715 ms
3 192.168.100.9 (192.168.100.9) 30.416 ms 40.578 ms 38.611 ms
4 74.120.47.233 (74.120.47.233) 21.063 ms 38.071 ms 23.212 ms
5 208.67.164.150 (208.67.164.150) 38.596 ms 34.117 ms 40.819 ms
6 208.67.164.157 (208.67.164.157) 39.504 ms 51.641 ms 20.211 ms
7 port-channel201.car1.miami1.level3.net (4.71.210.133) 21.772 ms 40.705 ms 39.895 ms
8 ae-32-52.ebr2.miami1.level3.net (4.69.138.123) 39.881 ms 28.862 ms 44.698 ms
9 ae-3-5.bar2.orlando1.level3.net (4.69.148.210) 34.590 ms 28.437 ms 39.767 ms
10 ae-0-11.bar1.orlando1.level3.net (4.69.137.145) 39.390 ms 31.386 ms 39.619 ms
11 hostdime.com-10g-ethernet.core1.level3.net (67.30.140.2) 40.698 ms 45.205 ms 30.229 ms
12 72-29-79-119.static.dimenoc.com (72.29.79.119) 45.805 ms 38.694 ms 41.474 ms
13 * * *
14 * * *

$ traceroute singlehop
traceroute to singlehop.bocario.clearband.com (76.163.66.2), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
openpeaks-macbook-pro:~ deon$ traceroute singlehop.com
traceroute to singlehop.com (184.154.60.210), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.3.1 (192.168.3.1) 1.965 ms 1.050 ms 1.174 ms
2 199.193.105.1 (199.193.105.1) 67.124 ms 49.420 ms 81.445 ms
3 192.168.100.9 (192.168.100.9) 74.345 ms 39.395 ms 39.404 ms
4 74.120.47.233 (74.120.47.233) 23.841 ms 36.343 ms 38.798 ms
5 208.67.164.150 (208.67.164.150) 22.025 ms 31.750 ms 27.496 ms
6 208.67.164.157 (208.67.164.157) 23.911 ms 35.009 ms 24.197 ms
7 be-10-902-pe01.nota.fl.ibone.comcast.net (66.208.228.113) 35.964 ms 62.017 ms 79.666 ms
8 pos-1-9-0-0-cr01.miami.fl.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.88.105) 83.586 ms 45.690 ms 80.453 ms
9 pos-0-8-0-0-cr01.56marietta.ga.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.86.197) 94.538 ms 78.288 ms 75.323 ms
10 pos-2-9-0-0-cr01.chicago.il.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.169) 103.839 ms 77.253 ms 86.719 ms
11 pos-1-6-0-0-cr01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.88.42) 84.362 ms 182.839 ms 105.828 ms
12 be-12-pe03.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.84.190) 77.858 ms 77.255 ms 80.268 ms
13 173.167.57.126 (173.167.57.126) 94.925 ms 103.595 ms 97.681 ms
14 ae1-50g.cr2.ord1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.111.137) 100.069 ms
ae1-40g.cr1.ord1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.111.133) 103.764 ms
ae1-50g.cr2.ord1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.111.137) 115.895 ms
15 ae1-20g.ar1.ord6.us.nlayer.net (69.31.110.250) 127.117 ms
ae2-20g.ar1.ord6.us.nlayer.net (69.31.110.254) 130.523 ms
ae1-20g.ar1.ord6.us.nlayer.net (69.31.110.250) 118.983 ms
16 as32475.ae6.ar1.ord6.us.nlayer.net (69.31.110.202) 113.179 ms
as32475.ae7.ar1.ord6.us.nlayer.net (69.31.111.30) 112.088 ms
as32475.ae6.ar1.ord6.us.nlayer.net (69.31.110.202) 78.213 ms
17 * * *

$ traceroute 4.2.2.1
traceroute to 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.3.1 (192.168.3.1) 3.301 ms 1.828 ms 1.000 ms
2 199.193.105.1 (199.193.105.1) 53.697 ms 38.865 ms 39.947 ms
3 192.168.100.9 (192.168.100.9) 31.648 ms 35.555 ms 37.905 ms
4 74.120.47.233 (74.120.47.233) 22.146 ms 41.315 ms 37.424 ms
5 208.67.164.150 (208.67.164.150) 36.348 ms 39.912 ms 39.655 ms
6 208.67.164.157 (208.67.164.157) 40.255 ms 46.916 ms 35.663 ms
7 port-channel201.car1.miami1.level3.net (4.71.210.133) 20.156 ms 34.777 ms 24.158 ms
8 ae-32-52.ebr2.miami1.level3.net (4.69.138.123) 38.709 ms 24.894 ms 31.887 ms
9 ae-2-2.ebr2.atlanta2.level3.net (4.69.140.142) 38.153 ms 69.606 ms 39.631 ms
10 ae-21-52.car1.atlanta1.level3.net (4.69.150.67) 49.763 ms 37.134 ms 41.980 ms
11 a.resolvers.level3.net (4.2.2.1) 44.225 ms 39.212 ms 39.760 ms

$ traceroute 8.8.8.8
traceroute to 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.3.1 (192.168.3.1) 3.197 ms 1.165 ms 1.042 ms
2 199.193.105.1 (199.193.105.1) 48.083 ms 78.494 ms 145.587 ms
3 192.168.100.9 (192.168.100.9) 21.669 ms 29.405 ms 29.701 ms
4 74.120.47.233 (74.120.47.233) 20.103 ms 29.358 ms 29.967 ms
5 208.67.164.150 (208.67.164.150) 21.839 ms 28.985 ms 41.076 ms
6 208.67.164.157 (208.67.164.157) 37.688 ms 42.779 ms 36.672 ms
7 core1-1-0-0.mia.net.google.com (198.32.124.133) 39.918 ms 58.424 ms 81.664 ms
8 209.85.253.118 (209.85.253.118) 55.941 ms 21.777 ms 39.795 ms
9 209.85.254.252 (209.85.254.252) 56.243 ms
216.239.48.192 (216.239.48.192) 79.561 ms
209.85.254.252 (209.85.254.252) 67.575 ms
10 209.85.248.31 (209.85.248.31) 39.269 ms
209.85.248.29 (209.85.248.29) 75.481 ms 68.070 ms
11 209.85.253.133 (209.85.253.133) 39.437 ms 68.041 ms 89.312 ms
12 google-public-dns-a.google.com (8.8.8.8) 134.301 ms 53.735 ms 60.219 ms


What's annoying is the first 6 hops are 'static'. I know hop 1 is my own router, but hops 2-6 is their network, that does seem a bit excessive to get me to their 'border'. 208.67.164.157, hop 6, is owned by FPL FiberNet. I'm guessing it's OMGFast's upstream provider.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27483976 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:46:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27483959

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27483959 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:37:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27482465
Also, could you do a couple traceroutes? For example to softlayer.com, dimenoc.com and singlehop.com? Those sites are respectively in Dallas, Florida (I forget there..probably Tampa) and Chicago so you can get a good idea of how Clearband passes their traffic and how much latency is on the last mile.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27482465 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:16:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27482158
They will let you use your own router and return theirs, you just have to stay on top of them about it. In order to use your E3000 you have to clone the mac address of the E1200. They marry their modem to the mac address of the E1200, using mac cloning you can get around it. If you don't use mac cloning you'll get a public IP but won't be online. They do tend to discourage the use of your own router but you can do it, they're the ones who told me about cloning the Mac Address, and they said I could send the router back for a small monthly discount, not sure how much yet. You could program the E1200 as a repeater or Access Point, etc. I understand why they're pushing the E1200 as part of the setup though. When I first hooked my omgfast to my own router, a Buffalo HP-G54 router running DD-WRT, I was only getting about 30mbps down and 3.2mbps up. Turns out the backplane of the router was about 30mbps, that's all it could "nat", probably CPU limitation. They've tested their setup on the E1200 and it has over a 60mbps backplane, so I could see them discouraging people from using their own routers, what if you hooked their setup to a cheap $20 or $30 router that can only handle 20 or 30mbps internet connections, and then you call yelling at them about speed? The E1200 is a $40 router and can handle it. But I since hooked it to my WNDR4000, a $120 router, and it handles it just fine.

I'm really amazed they got you installed in 2 hours! That's amazing. It just seemed time consuming to bring all the equipment out, hook up the dish, the LNB, run the wire, mount everything, etc. did they preassemble the dish and mounts and everything? I always thought they really should do that, would be much faster to install if the whole assembly was already done and all they had to do was mount it to your house and aim it.

I'll upload some photo's shortly for you others.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27482158 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:11:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27468207
They didnt make it out today with the new modem but they are supposed to tomorrow between 5 and 7pm. We'll see.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-OMGfast-Looking-for-review-27468207 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:10:06 EDT