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ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: Feb 14, 2021 - 10:00am



 rgio wrote:


 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


 miamizsun wrote:


 i did flip over to comcast

can't remember the pkg but similar pricing

230 megabumps down about 10-12 up

probably doubled  my down speed

sufficient for now
 

You can getcha some Starlink for $99 with a $500-and-it's-yours hardware package. A friend got in on the beta and he's reporting 178, which I thought was a lot. It's a lot more than the 8 or 12 he got before, but Starlink says they're shooting for 1GB.
 
The night sky will never be the same...
 
They're working on it.


westslope

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Location: BC sage brush steppe


Posted: Feb 14, 2021 - 9:25am

The ISP has not changed but our VPN provider changed the engine to WireGuard so the virtual private network tunnels are much more stable and faster.  
GeneP59

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Posted: Feb 14, 2021 - 9:20am

I’m supposed to have Fios 100/100 Mbps but it rarely is on the nose. This morning it’s 60/56 Mbps. And my phone/internet costs $73/month. It’s a love hate relationship. {#Yes}
rgio

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Posted: Feb 14, 2021 - 9:20am



 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


 miamizsun wrote:


 i did flip over to comcast

can't remember the pkg but similar pricing

230 megabumps down about 10-12 up

probably doubled  my down speed

sufficient for now
 

You can getcha some Starlink for $99 with a $500-and-it's-yours hardware package. A friend got in on the beta and he's reporting 178, which I thought was a lot. It's a lot more than the 8 or 12 he got before, but Starlink says they're shooting for 1GB.
 
The night sky will never be the same...
westslope

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Location: BC sage brush steppe


Posted: Feb 14, 2021 - 9:11am



 Ohmsen wrote:

You shouldn’t have to publicly humiliate AT&T to get usable internet

                                          After spending $10,000 to complain, Aaron Epstein is going from 3Mbps to 300.

It’s been estimated that there are millions of Americans who don’t have any access to home internet at all, let alone broadband (which itself is arguably not fast enough), and they can’t all afford ads in the WSJ. Besides, that certainly seems like a trick that would only work once, especially given that it may only work for one household at a time — Ars Technica wasn’t able to get a straight answer about whether Epstein’s neighbors would be getting faster service anytime soon.

 
(Aaron Epstein) says he’s been an AT&T customer for 60 years (and backs it up with a @pacbell.net email address), and says he’s disappointed that the company isn’t keeping up with competitors when it comes to his area’s internet.


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I'm impressed.  I would have jumped ship a long time ago.  

Funny how I probably interpret this story so differently from everybody else.    My immediate reaction is this is so cool. In other countries and perhaps other periods in US history, the victim who dared complain would risk ending up in jail or worse.

As for spending $10K on the advert.....   I reckon Aaron Epstein could have managed the same result through a much less expensive path.  These modern oligopolies are quite vulnerable to determined citizens and consumers.  


ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: Feb 14, 2021 - 8:43am



 miamizsun wrote:


 i did flip over to comcast

can't remember the pkg but similar pricing

230 megabumps down about 10-12 up

probably doubled  my down speed

sufficient for now
 

You can getcha some Starlink for $99 with a $500-and-it's-yours hardware package. A friend got in on the beta and he's reporting 178, which I thought was a lot. It's a lot more than the 8 or 12 he got before, but Starlink says they're shooting for 1GB.
miamizsun

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Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 14, 2021 - 7:30am

 miamizsun wrote:
my speed is mediocre at best

i've got at&t fiber about a stones throw from my place, not even

in fact it is being installed in the new units being built into next door association

and i've got at&t uverse now

i ask for fiber to the house but never get a good answer

fiddle sticks
 

 i did flip over to comcast

can't remember the pkg but similar pricing

230 megabumps down about 10-12 up

probably doubled  my down speed

sufficient for now
miamizsun

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Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: Sep 4, 2020 - 5:08am

Spacex seems to be moving right along with Starlink  (once on the page scroll down)

looks like they're about to cover the planet in high speed connectivity

this is especially good for the remote (spaced out) among us
miamizsun

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Posted: Jan 14, 2020 - 11:33am

my speed is mediocre at best

i've got at&t fiber about a stones throw from my place, not even

in fact it is being installed in the new units being built into next door association

and i've got at&t uverse now

i ask for fiber to the house but never get a good answer

fiddle sticks
westslope

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Location: BC sage brush steppe


Posted: Jan 14, 2020 - 8:06am



 R_P wrote:
 Coaxial wrote:
Fiber to the curb?

 

 

Re-purposed coaxial cable to the curb here.   Actually I am quite happy with 120 down and 7 up.  Much better than the (never fully) ADSL 15 down and (never fully) 1 up that was the only non-satellite option before.  Now that was painful!   Still enough to stream 320 kbps RP though.  

Apparently our ISP can provide up to 250 Mbps download speeds on coaxial cable elsewhere in the interior of BC.  Not sure why that option is not available here.
Coaxial

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Posted: Jan 13, 2020 - 8:59pm

 R_P wrote:
 Coaxial wrote:
Fiber to the curb?

 
 
{#High-five}
R_P

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Posted: Jan 13, 2020 - 8:41pm

 Coaxial wrote:
Fiber to the curb?

 

Coaxial

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Posted: Jan 13, 2020 - 8:13pm

 R_P wrote:
 westslope wrote:
Cochon! 
 
🐷
 
Fiber to the curb?
R_P

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Posted: Jan 13, 2020 - 7:29pm

 westslope wrote:
Cochon! 
 
🐷
westslope

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Posted: Jan 13, 2020 - 7:27pm

Is there a specific term for broadband envy?  

Inadequate people want to know......
westslope

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Posted: Jan 13, 2020 - 7:26pm



 R_P wrote:

 
Cochon!  

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Posted: Jan 13, 2020 - 7:24pm


Coaxial

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Posted: Jan 13, 2020 - 10:52am

 islander wrote:


 Red_Dragon wrote:

And somehow it's way better today...
 
Many, many factors - who else is on your segment, and what are they doing, what route is your traffic taking, who configured the router that your traffic is using, how are they prioritizing traffic.... Past performance is no guarantee of future results...
 
Cox rocks! My pension from the 8 years I worked with them is more than the one I would have gotten for the 19 years I worked for the system here in town. I opted for a lump sum instead.
islander

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Posted: Jan 13, 2020 - 9:52am



 Red_Dragon wrote:

And somehow it's way better today...
 
Many, many factors - who else is on your segment, and what are they doing, what route is your traffic taking, who configured the router that your traffic is using, how are they prioritizing traffic.... Past performance is no guarantee of future results...


westslope

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Location: BC sage brush steppe


Posted: Jan 13, 2020 - 6:58am



 kcar wrote:
I ask out of sheer ignorance: Does anyone need download speeds of more than 30Mbps? I gather you can stream 4K video at that rate. What more can you do with SeriousLee's relatively pokey 120Mbps?
 
Yes.   Download and upload speeds are positively correlated.  For serious professional purposes, higher upload speeds are helpful.  That said SL's stats are pretty decent.  We get the same download speed if I shut down the VPN tunnel.   Lee's upload speed is better than ours.   7 Mbps upload — what we have — is not bad.  

I would want upload speeds  in excess of 5 Mbps and download speeds in excess of 50 Mbps.  Lower latency is nice too.  250 Mbps download would be ideal but not always available.

For gamers, the more the merrier.

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