I'm getting Fiber!!

[thehstrybean]

My local power company just finished running fiber, and now it's open to select parts of town. I'm pretty excited. The in-home install is the 30th, so 1.5 weeks left. We're getting they're lowest speed (15mb up/down!) and their TV Essential package with HD.

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193 channels plus 93 HD...

 

[her209]

Nice! How much per month?

 

[FoBoT]

i thought this was about, getting older, digestion etc etc
n/m
when us old people see the word "fiber", well, n/m

 

[thehstrybean]

$111. It's nearly twice as much as our Comcast (we had 2 promo packages, $19.95 digital starter and $29.99 2nd tier (so, 6mbs down 1 up?) internet), but our internet has been going out like crazy and the tv is always going out in the middle of football games, so it's more than worth it. And we're getting free installation...Can't wait to run a speed test on it and see what happens. 4GB in 10 minutes...

http://epbfi.com/competition/

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i thought this was about, getting older, digestion etc etc
n/m
when us old people see the word "fiber", well, n/m

Don't need any fiber...I'm pretty regular by myself...

 

[spidey07]

Anything faster than 50 Mbs? I'd be interested to see which technology they chose for their optical network.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: thehstrybean
$111. It's nearly twice as much as our Comcast (we had 2 promo packages, $19.95 digital starter and $29.99 2nd tier (so, 6mbs down 1 up?) internet), but our internet has been going out like crazy and the tv is always going out in the middle of football games, so it's more than worth it. And we're getting free installation...Can't wait to run a speed test on it and see what happens. 4GB in 10 minutes...

http://epbfi.com/competition/

15mbps down won't let you do 4GB in 10 minutes according to your link...

 

[spidey07]

That's the 50 Mbs service and even then they're not taking into account overhead and delay. 4 GB would be more like 13.3 minutes on a 50 Mbs service. On a 15 Mbs service more like 45 minutes.

Easiest way to provide a remarkably accurate estimation is multiply bytes times 10 (NOT 8) and divide by speed. 4 GB = 40,000 Mb. 40,000 Mb/15 = 44.4 minutes.

OP - Does Comcast have DOCSIS 3.0 service in your area? You could get better speeds for less. The 50 Mbs symmetrical from your power company would be pretty impressive though, but they lie and say your service isn't shared. It IS shared bandwidth.

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: PlasmaBomb

Originally posted by: thehstrybean
$111. It's nearly twice as much as our Comcast (we had 2 promo packages, $19.95 digital starter and $29.99 2nd tier (so, 6mbs down 1 up?) internet), but our internet has been going out like crazy and the tv is always going out in the middle of football games, so it's more than worth it. And we're getting free installation...Can't wait to run a speed test on it and see what happens. 4GB in 10 minutes...

http://epbfi.com/competition/

15mbps down won't let you do 4GB in 10 minutes according to your link...

Yeah, read it wrong. Couldn't afford / or need 50mb/s

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: spidey07
That's the 50 Mbs service and even then they're not taking into account overhead and delay. 4 GB would be more like 13.3 minutes on a 50 Mbs service. On a 15 Mbs service more like 45 minutes.

Easiest way to provide a remarkably accurate estimation is multiply bytes times 10 (NOT 8) and divide by speed. 4 GB = 40,000 Mb. 40,000 Mb/15 = 44.4 minutes.

OP - Does Comcast have DOCSIS 3.0 service in your area? You could get better speeds for less. The 50 Mbs symmetrical from your power company would be pretty impressive though, but they lie and say your service isn't shared. It IS shared bandwidth.

They say they do, but I haven't seen any improvement. If anything, my service has gotten worse over the past year...

How is it shared bandwidth?

 

[Toonces]

I've had 100Mbps fiber for a year now, don't know how I'll ever go back

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[Gunslinger08]

I doubt I'll ever get fiber at my house.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Fiber?

It's good for you!

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: toonces
I've had 100Mbps fiber for a year now, don't know how I'll ever go back

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Damn...I'm excited about 15mb/s...Gonna put in some 802.11N and flash the router (which I have yet to buy, any suggestions appreciated) with DDWRT and get some QOS going. We can finally Xbox stream/game, computer game, and torrent and not max out (too badly). It's gonna be sweet. And I can't wait to see the TV...

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: toonces
I've had 100Mbps fiber for a year now, don't know how I'll ever go back

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You're in Japan.

:|

 

[venkman]

I hope it helps you stay regular

 

[Aharami]

93 HD channels. Sweet!