67gtonut 847 Posted November 6, 2009 Optimum Cable Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AntZ 1 Posted November 7, 2009 Wow, office connection sucks... Do you feel it is slower before knowing this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coldsolderjoint 84 Posted November 7, 2009 FiOS no question. We dropped Cablevision as soon as FiOS came to our area. We were the first in our little sub-development to get it installed. They couldn't pay us to go back. Two complaints. 1. Sales people are not Verizon employee's.. so they will prolly mess up your order. But one call to the customer service number got it right and they gave us some free channels to make up for it. 2. The actiontec router is pretty much a piece of crap. The NAT table is very small, so you can lock it up by overloading the table with bit torrent very easily. You simply can't just switch out the router because the Cable Boxes get their guide information from the router. There are some work around's for this posted on the web, but it can get complex if your not an IT guy, and you need a decent router(real router) to add to the mix. I decided to hold off on doing it because it's my parent's service and of course it will go down when I'm not home. I've been wanting to go take the cover off the ONT and try to plug directly into the CAT5 jack :-P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chad 3 Posted November 7, 2009 This is using verizons MiFi portable hotspot thingy. . . It creates your very own hotspot. Same as an air card, but up to 10 computers can use it, works great on the go. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=4726 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caine 147 Posted November 9, 2009 I say FIOS. Lots of HD channels - including Outdoor channel (sportsman channel is only SD). I never had cable in NJ to compare to tho. I pay for the 20 down/5 up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted November 9, 2009 Office net is still slow. But as far as do I feel it? Not really. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AntZ 1 Posted November 10, 2009 Office net is still slow. But as far as do I feel it? Not really. At one of the locations, I got 30+ on with speedtest but I don't feel the browser sessions are any faster with any of the sites, yahoo, foxnews msdn, google, cnn, bloomberg.... 5 probably is enough for most of the sites. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chad 3 Posted November 10, 2009 @ home and this is 2 mins later... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lunker 274 Posted November 10, 2009 Comcast in Middletown Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Urban Grunt 44 Posted November 10, 2009 I pay for the 20 down/5 up but i get 25 down/20 up as a pay off from Fios. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackfox 1 Posted November 11, 2009 Can anybody guess where my reading is coming from? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonman 0 Posted November 12, 2009 i am pretty sure i have the slowest one, it is a free Verizon wireless cell card in my Dell laptop, i love it. http:// Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted November 12, 2009 Can anybody guess where my reading is coming from? ummm.. Argentina? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tgz13 0 Posted November 12, 2009 I see a lot of comparisons for High Speed Internet, but what I am really curious about is how they stack up on the TV side of the house. Can anyone break down their likes and dislikes of each? I have Cablevision and their equipment sucks, so much so I run Tivo boxes with cable cards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coldsolderjoint 84 Posted November 12, 2009 Quality and Channel Selection are much better on FiOS. My Cablevision Boxes would lock up at least once a night. With Fios, I noticed a slight amount of Pixel-ing one or two times for less than a minute the entire time we've had it. The only thing better about optimum was the Free Video on Demand had more selections (Past episodes of Tv shows and such). The ActionTec Router Fios gives you is a piece of crap, but so was the surfboard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackfox 1 Posted November 13, 2009 Can anybody guess where my reading is coming from? ummm.. Argentina? You won !!! I have been here for 5 days, I can't wait to get the F@#% out of here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted January 15, 2010 just got a new phone and have it tethered to laptop. =) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rscalzo 3 Posted January 15, 2010 Break out that old 56k modem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted January 15, 2010 Break out that old 56k modem. LOL, a little better. =) 56k was 6 times slower than that test. Actually it was my netbook connected to my cell phone. Tried the test again, and got it up to 600kbps.... so .6 mbps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jermz1987 243 Posted January 15, 2010 I don't know why mine is different now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbk 188 Posted January 15, 2010 Not bad, but I still hate Suckcast :evil: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redfish62 1 Posted January 15, 2010 I perfer FIOS over Cable both in internet and TV. For internet it seams to depend on the browser I am using, Internet Exp. is about the same if not a little faster then cable but Google Chromn is very fast. TV picture is much better than cable and you can control your settings between 720p and 1080p. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted January 15, 2010 Optimum business.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites