Good Bye AT&T DSL, Hello DOCSIS 3.0 Fiber !

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I think this still falls into the HW category...kinda

Today I had the pleasure of canceling my DSL Elite account with AT&T as my new Time Warner Fiber Optic Wideband went active.

With AT&T i maxed @ 5.2 Mbps - the fastest DSL they have.

Now with the fiber going all the way to my house -- well have a look for yourself

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This is a peak of course, but sustained speeds are @ 90Mbps +, only 5Mbps upstream - so my idea of hosting thousands of torrents wont work.

My brand new Linksys E3000 w/ DD-WRT is now obsolete - now its just a matter of doing some tweaking.

If anyone knows some good hacks for the Motorola Surfboard DOCSIS 3.0 modem, I'd appreciate it.

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TEX4S

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Wow kickass man. How much are you paying?

$100 / mo.

Nice speeds, but the ping time leaves a lot to be desired.

I know, I'm working on that as we speak.

Also seeing if I can change the router DNS over to OpenDNS' servers.

Currently I just have OpenDNS settings in my Local Connection settings.

Any ideas/tips ?

Or is this something Im stuck with ? I want to avoid calling Time Warner tech support, in the past when Ive had to call tech support for a customer - I hate it and it makes me want to commit multiple murders !

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TEX4S

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The $100 / month is just for internet, I have TV thru Dish Network, and dont have a land-line.

Since I was paying $40/mo for 6.0Mbps DSL - its a bargain.

Ive fixed the bad pings and more speedtests put it @ about 200Mbps. :D

I broke down and called their "tech support" - almost comical.

I seriously think my dog knows more than they do. Tier 2 was no better.

God I hope I never have to talk to them again - it was mind-numbing

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I think this still falls into the HW category...kinda

Today I had the pleasure of canceling my DSL Elite account with AT&T as my new Time Warner Fiber Optic Wideband went active.

With AT&T i maxed @ 5.2 Mbps - the fastest DSL they have.

Now with the fiber going all the way to my house -- well have a look for yourself

:D

This is a peak of course, but sustained speeds are @ 90Mbps +, only 5Mbps upstream - so my idea of hosting thousands of torrents wont work.

My brand new Linksys E3000 w/ DD-WRT is now obsolete - now its just a matter of doing some tweaking.

If anyone knows some good hacks for the Motorola Surfboard DOCSIS 3.0 modem, I'd appreciate it.

I'm not trying to rain on your parade, but ISP fees in the U.S. are outrageous! I am currently in South Korea with a 100mbs connection, up/down, and only costs <$30 a month, and yea, no monthly bandwidth limit.

I realize the U.S. is playing catch up with the rest of the world as far as infrastructure, but good lord, is the average consumer supposed to fund widespread broadband connectivity?

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I'm not trying to rain on your parade, but ISP fees in the U.S. are outrageous! I am currently in South Korea with a 100mbs connection, up/down, and only costs <$30 a month, and yea, no monthly bandwidth limit.

I realize the U.S. is playing catch up with the rest of the world as far as infrastructure, but good lord, is the average consumer supposed to fund widespread broadband connectivity?

Lol yeh, same here in Hong Kong. And whats funnier is that my ISP in HK is trying to get rid of any speeds lower than 30/30 by upgrading everyone who has them for free (no increase in your monthly bill, and no setup fees)

It partly has to do with the size of the country, and also in some locations a cable company will have like a monopoly on the local market. For example, in Daytona Beach the only ISP is Brighthouse (aka Time Warner) and the best connection they offer is 15 / 2 (down / up) for a lovely $60 a month, or you can get a 7.5 / 1 connection for an even lovelier $50. So the $100 he's paying in Texas for that connection seems so much more reasonable lol.

I've never understood why they limit the upload speed to such a pathetically low amount. I realize that with regular browsing it doesn't really make a difference, but with like games / VOIP / torrents etc a high upload speed could work in your favor.

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Oh for crying out loud, try moving here! Downloading atm and getting a lovely 365 kbs. :( :cry: :pinch:ADSL 1 because 2 is not available at my exchange. Glad the labor party got back in to continue NBN roll out! :cool:

Would love to get a 1/4 of those speeds

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treemonster

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honestly most webservers or internet services don't even max out decent broadband connections(ie 15mbpsdown2mbps up).

i think steam is the fastest i can get a file to download aside from a torrent of how i met your mother(5 seasons in ~an hour, ~20 episodes each, ~350mb each episode), and they don't max out my connection.

i think i'm on the business package but still, until world wide infastructure improves, particularly in the US and europe, such a connection is pretty much useless for anything beyond speedtests, especially with such a gimpy up speed. though i'll admit for what it is for $100 a month it's really decent, in the states, depending on ISP up time.

for countries such as korea, and other asian countries with average speeds of 50/50mbps, those speeds are really only relevant inside of those countries, though there are a fair percentage of people in them that like to run multiple(several) instances of their favourite online games simulataneously 24/7. as stated above they also tend to be fairly small so the costs of putting in place teh infrastructure for such speeds is alot smaller than north america or even europe(despite most EU countries being similar in size)

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for countries such as korea, and other asian countries with average speeds of 50/50mbps, those speeds are really only relevant inside of those countries, though there are a fair percentage of people in them that like to run multiple(several) instances of their favourite online games simulataneously 24/7. as stated above they also tend to be fairly small so the costs of putting in place teh infrastructure for such speeds is alot smaller than north america or even europe(despite most EU countries being similar in size)

Not quite, if a download manager is used, and the server permits multiple connections, a 100mbs connection reaches it's limits quicker than you think. It's like a CPU, it can never be fast enough.

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Not quite, if a download manager is used, and the server permits multiple connections, a 100mbs connection reaches it's limits quicker than you think. It's like a CPU, it can never be fast enough.

fair enough.

most files that one might download tend to be on servers that don't allow this though, or are quickly stopping this from being allowed. i suppose you could work around it most of the time.

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I have AT&T standard DSL, but was nearly screwed with their Uverse service. (Their TV service shares your broadband line, which is severely limited.) I want FiOS, but it only comes to Polk County. :(

The TV side doesn't kill my bandwidth at all, can be watching an HD show and still get 16-17D on my 18 connection, heck even with the DVR recording I have no issues, and there's a a minmum two computers always online while watching TV, and there's also 2 smartphones and a Touch connected most of the time too

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I realize the U.S. is playing catch up with the rest of the world as far as infrastructure, but good lord, is the average consumer supposed to fund widespread broadband connectivity?

You do realize U.S. has about 100x the land area of South Korea right?
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TEX4S

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We still have areas where dial-up or satellite is the only choice for some.

As tsupersonic mentioned, we have areas that pretty desolate - some of those smaller asian countries ...well - 1 OC-192 trunk would power the whole country's internet.

Yeah we are playing catch-up, I think as long as Genachowski remains head of the FCC - the USA will continue to improve.

Ya'll mentioned download managers might help use some of that crazy speed in web downloads - is that why they [DL managers] are still around ?

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Mr. Gibs

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You do realize U.S. has about 100x the land area of South Korea right?

We still have areas where dial-up or satellite is the only choice for some.

As tsupersonic mentioned, we have areas that pretty desolate - some of those smaller asian countries ...well - 1 OC-192 trunk would power the whole country's internet.

Yeah we are playing catch-up, I think as long as Genachowski remains head of the FCC - the USA will continue to improve.

Well even in major cities (LA, NYC etc) internet speeds and phone technologies are still quite far behind the world.

Also, it's not like the fiber infrastructure doesn't exist in America..I'm sure it does, it just doesn't seem to be used to its full potential for multiple reasons (one of which being that often the cable companies have a monopoly on the local market and decide to rip people off).

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