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Xizer
join:2004-02-05
New York, NY
1 edit | Don't get too excited.
Doesn't Optimum Online have strict bandwidth caps? They also screw around with any peer-to-peer traffic.
Yeah, have fun with those fast speeds for about 30 seconds, then get slapped down to dial-up speeds.
I'm orgasming in excitement over this new development from Cablevision, and I just can't wait to leave my ISP with no bandwidth capping procedures. | |
MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY
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Re: Don't get too excited.
OOL does have some upload caps, but "strict" is hardly accurate description. BOOST users have never been upload capped, and we haven't heard of regular users getting capped in about a month now.
they also do screw around with afaik bittorrent and edk traffic, but not to the same degree as comcast or other isp. bittorent and edk are still very usable on OOL.
those fast speeds last as long as you transfer your data, not burst for the 1st 30sec. | |
StreetSpirit
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join:2002-08-13
Roslyn, NY
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PRTG Metrics: BOOST Upload Interface | 
PRTG Metrics: BOOST Download Interface |
said by Xizer  :Doesn't Optimum Online have strict bandwidth caps? They also screw around with any peer-to-peer traffic. Yeah, have fun with those fast speeds for about 30 seconds, then get slapped down to dial-up speeds. I'm orgasming in excitement over this new development from Cablevision, and I just can't wait to leave my ISP with no bandwidth capping procedures. RUBBISH.
This has never been true on BOOST. BOOST was advertised as server-friendly, with 30/2 (later 30/5 speeds) from day 1.
And for all we know, it is probably not even happening on regular OOL anymore. Infact, there hasn't been a report of a person being capped in at least two months on the standard OOL tier.
Up until BOOST was introduced, I was a very frequent victim of capping and am one of the few people on these forums who can brag about being suspended for a week like a child by my ISP when I hit my 4th cap in some 2.5 years. Of course at that point I immediately switched ISPs. This was back in September 2005.
In September 2006, Cablevision had introduced the BOOST tier, first at 30/2 speeds. I was hesitant to come back but was assured that capping would not occur by a person who is very much in the know. Still, I spent three months literally maxing out the upload and download sides 24/7. Not a peep...
Sometime soon they upgraded all of BOOST customers to 5mbit upload from 2mbit, and now, completely uncapped the downstream side of BOOST customers, allowing me to reach 35mbit speeds routinely, with the potential of ~38mbps.
On the regular tier, they also raised the modem's limit from 15,000,000bps to 16,500,000bps (basically doing what Verizon ADSL does by slightly over-provisioning the maximum speed of a user to allow that user to hit the advertised speed.)
I am absolutely awed by BOOST and have had it for a little over a year now in two locations, Kings County, NY and Nassau County, NY.
Here is my household usage for the last few months (all PCs are accounted for.)
Do you think Verizon, or for that matter whatever your ISP is would let me upload a terabyte per month? Doubt it.
May 2007: Downloaded: 172.52GB, Uploaded: 309.21GB, TOTAL: 481.73GB
June 2007: Downloaded: 694.21GB, Uploaded: 164.33GB, TOTAL: 858.54GB
July 2007: Downloaded: 471.26GB, Uploaded: 1079.94GB, TOTAL: 1,551.20GB
August 2007: Downloaded: 104.40GB, Uploaded: 132.22GB, TOTAL: 236.62 GB *(Why so little? Vacation! )
September 2007: Downloaded: 8.37GB, Uploaded: 83.27GB, TOTAL: 91.64GB (The month is two days old :x )
What was that about orgasming in excitement? 
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