| [HSI] One drop two HSI connections? I am a college student living @ home. I have been paying my folks to keep us @ the highest tier available for HSI (100/5). Surprisingly we have had minimal if any problems with Charter.
We do use those speeds and we almost meet the monthly cap limit.. We hit about 300-450 GB. I, Step Brother and Sister watch netflix... As do guest when they come over (part of the reason I'm looking to get my own connection...) Some of our "guests" are bandwidth hogs and I am unable to modify the connection in anyway to control it.
We also are a household of gamers, meaning that we have issues with certain games because of port issues.
>> I know Charter can do two connections on one drop or so I have been told. I'm am just wondering what to expect with signal issues and what not. Will two connections one drop be a big issue or not?
I cannot afford to have Charter run another line. They originally quoted my stepfather $1500 for his, until my mom called and they said the would do it for free because she was relocating.
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| I imagine you would need to pay for a second HSI service, if they would allow that at all. You might want to explore business service as an alternative. Business service would cost more, but you won't have to worry about blowing through bandwidth caps and could get IPs for all the gaming machines to avoid issues with NAT/port forwarding. |
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| reply to N0Soup4u
Also, you shouldn't have any issues with another modem on the same drop with regards to signal levels. There's a number of options at a tech's disposal to make adjustments to accommodate another device, whether it's a modem, digital box, etc..
The bit about running another line for $1500 is very peculiar. It's not clear to me what this was specifically for and that it won't be necessary for your mother. Can you elaborate?
As I mentioned earlier, explore the business service as well as the second residential (which may or may not be an option) at the same location. Some may say "don't worry about the cap, I haven't been contacted", but if your usage starts affecting others on your network segment, you'll surely be singled out. |
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| reply to N0Soup4u
You could just change Internet over to Business 50/5. No cap and 5 static IPs for $135/mo. Even though you state the home is full of bandwidth hogs, Business customers get priority routing/bandwidth and you would always see the full 50/5. Netflix maxes out at about 5mbps per stream, so even with 3 streams going there's more than enough bandwidth left over to download/game.
Add some QoS with a good router and you'd be set all day long. You could probably even get by with the 30/4 package with good QoS. |
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| ---@ viper3431
I thought about business and have even discussed it with my folks. All they want to do is keep their bill as low as possible. Which is an understandable concept, they are rarely home and do not utilize the internet connection like we do.
I changed my mind on the business class, because if I'm paying for part of the internet I feel that I should be able to control and limit what is used (torrents being our biggest problem [never realized netflix capped out]). Furthermore, for the speed and perks included other users should contribute. IDK... sounds selfish but W.E.
In the end, I would rather pay for my own connection and be the only user on it. It is something I can budget, although it will add more time to my goal of buying my own home.
---@passerby
The $1500 was before we moved to our current location. That was to have Charter installed at this house...
I thought that if worse came to worse regarding signal levels on one drop, I could have them run another from the road to the house... But, like you mentioned they shouldn't have a problem with signal levels.
I know Charter tends to flip-flop on what they say and what they do. So I just might have to talk to my folks and go with a business connection if they will not do another residential connection. |
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| TP-LINK ER5120
I have a TP-LINK ER5120, which will allow you to assign max bandwidth to a port and do load balancing across multiple connections. You could limit your guest, or you could add a DSL connection |
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