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Holy fast cable internet batman!

vi edit

vi edit

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Just signed up one of my locations with cable internet from a local small coop ultility provider in the area.

10mb down and 1.5mb up w/ static IP for $90 a month.

:Q

Crikey that's dirt cheap speed!
 
i pay roadrunner
$44.95 a month

2003-09-24 10:33:32 EST: 3124 / 372
Your download speed : 3124201 bps, or 3124 kbps.
A 381.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 372670 bps, or 372 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!
 
$90/mo.? Cheap as cost/mbps but not cheap as a monthly bill. That's double what I pay and I wouldn't pay that much (unless I was back in business for myself and could write off as a business expense 😉)
 
Originally posted by: conjur
$90/mo.? Cheap as cost/mbps but not cheap as a monthly bill. That's double what I pay and I wouldn't pay that much (unless I was back in business for myself and could write off as a business expense 😉)
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We pay $150 a month total for our phone line/DSL/ISP/IP's.

You're just a cheapskate.

I would kill for a 10/1.5/static connection though, we host servers for a non-profit off of our connection & need all the upload we can get.

Viper GTS
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: conjur
$90/mo.? Cheap as cost/mbps but not cheap as a monthly bill. That's double what I pay and I wouldn't pay that much (unless I was back in business for myself and could write off as a business expense 😉)
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We pay $150 a month total for our phone line/DSL/ISP/IP's.

You're just a cheapskate.

I would kill for a 10/1.5/static connection though, we host servers for a non-profit off of our connection & need all the upload we can get.

Viper GTS
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Not a cheapskate...just don't have the budget I used to have when I had my own business. I pay $150/mo. for Cable Internet/phone lines (2)/Cable TV and it's 3.1mbps down/128kbps up. Cable Internet is about $45 of that cost.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Just signed up one of my locations with cable internet from a local small coop ultility provider in the area.

10mb down and 1.5mb up w/ static IP for $90 a month.

:Q

Crikey that's dirt cheap speed!
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Can you run (legit) servers on that? Any caps? Or too early to tell at this point.
 
Originally posted by: Aharami
whats so good about static IPs? whats the other option? how do i find out what i have?
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You could setup server apps on your home network and hit them from the internet using that static IP.

My cable internet IP has been the same since I had installed a couple of weeks ago. I would imagine if I had to reset my router or had it renew the IP lease I'd probably get a new IP address.
 
Originally posted by: dman
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Just signed up one of my locations with cable internet from a local small coop ultility provider in the area.

10mb down and 1.5mb up w/ static IP for $90 a month.

:Q

Crikey that's dirt cheap speed!
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Can you run (legit) servers on that? Any caps? Or too early to tell at this point.
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Unless you're data-intense, consider co-hosting 🙂

Charge some AT'ers $10\month for FTP or game servers and you're golden.

Make the connection work FOR you.

 
Can you run (legit) servers on that? Any caps? Or too early to tell at this point.
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There weren't any TOS of any shape or form as far as I can tell. So, I don't really see any sort of restrictions placed on hosting servers. I would imagine though, that if you are moving 30-50 gig a month in traffic, they are going to flag your account and give you a call to see what's up.

whats so good about static IPs? whats the other option? how do i find out what i have?
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This is a business location and we have some applications that regularly needs to be updated. It's a lot easier to remote access this equipment when you have a static IP. If I don't have a static IP, I have to use a dynamic hosting service of some sort to update a web page with the address or else call the store and have them check to see what the IP is at the time. Either way is a hastle and you have to update your remote connection software for the new IP. If it's static, it's much easier because it will always be the same IP.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Just signed up one of my locations with cable internet from a local small coop ultility provider in the area.

10mb down and 1.5mb up w/ static IP for $90 a month.

:Q

Crikey that's dirt cheap speed!
Click to expand...

I had broadband from a small local coop that also provides cable tv. They in my opinion were the worst isp i have ever had. The network security was nearly nonexistant. I could actually see a dozen or more work groups and their pc's in my network places at one time and some of them had their entire systems shared. These guys sold me a 1mbit up and down package. Unfortunately the fine print in the user agreement stated according to them that they only guaranteed 30kbit speed although My copy of the original agreement clearly said 30 kbytes. Usually downstream was only around a half mbit the last straw with me was when my uploads got capped at 30kbits. when i called and asked why it was capped the secretary spilled the beans that they were having a problem with someone running an ftp and had it narrowed down to about 10 people so they capped them all. I told them they were in violation of our agreement and demanded that the cap be removed from my account. They connected me to the network admin who in a very insulting manner told me that he was pretty sure that I was the guilty FTPer which was dead wrong. I then demanded that he prove it since i knew it not to be true and challenged him to provide the logs showing my excessive bandwidth usage which would be impossible for him since it was a lie. I then went to the coop's GM with the issue and after a few days of avoiding me i finally caught up with him and he said that they didn't need to prove it because I had complained about it I must be the one. Fortunately Charter pipeline had recently become available in my area so i simply called charter and had them hook me up then sent the coop an email from my new charter email addy telling them where they could stick their service. Since then my charter service while only 1.5mbit down and 128 up has always worked at the top advertised speed. It became a crusade of mine to put them out of business in my sub after that. I am reasonably certain that out of 300 homes in my sub they have no more than 3 or 4 broadband subscribers left. Just converted another one this past monday. Needless to say watch the fine print on the agreement If the rate your speeds on things like burst rates beware that isn't what you want. Burst rates are only momentary and are what happens until the throttle kicks in and pulls your speeds back down to whatever they have your sustained rates set to. This is what they sold my neighbor whom i got to switch this week they sold him a 2.5mbit down burst rate package with a sustained rate of only 384 which explained why his downloads were never sustained higher that 45-48kbytes.
 
To be completely honest, I could give a flying fart on the actual speeds. So long as it's considerably faster than dial up, all is good. The people working there barely know how to use a computer, and the equipment that needs the broadline line only cares if it it's dedicated connection. As a support person, all I care about is having a static IP and a reasonably snappy connection with low latency.

The fact that weren't any DSL or other types of broadband providers in the area really made the decision fairly easy.
 
10 Mbs down...you sure about that? So your download is 1000+ KiloBytes a second?

Can you show us a snap shot @ www.dslreports.com please, lol .

I pay 40 dollars a month for my 1.5/256. Maybe one day they'll offer a package like that.
 
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