Verizon Fiber Based Internet Service

What the fuck are you talking about?

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Originally Posted by Nomi

We've got the 500 speed cable, but that's the best that NE Ohio has seen yet that I know of. Fiber optics please :( We get our high-speed, TV cable and Internet-phone-thing from the same provider for $70 a month I think.

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WTF is 500 speed cable Nomi? I have Adelphia's premiere high speed package, and I have 6mbps down, and 768kbps (worst upload speeds ever) up, and from what I can tell, that's the best package available in Adelphia's area in NE ohio. Luckily though we have hope for increased speeds, because Time Warner is set to take to take over Adelphia in our area.

They call it their 500 package. I have no idea about the details, but it was the fastest when we bought it. I don't exactly download much of anything anymore, so I guess I don't care that much. Fiber optics would probably be a waste for me.

http://internet.agoc.com/ That's who provides everything to our county/area. I don't know if we have any other high-speed choices.

Edit: 5 Mb/s download, 512 Kb/s send

You'd be surprised of the difference in loading just simple webpages between fiber optics and cable

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Originally Posted by Nomi

http://internet.agoc.com/ That's who provides everything to our county/area. I don't know if we have any other high-speed choices.

Edit: 5 Mb/s download, 512 Kb/s send

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Armstrong? Interesting, not only have I never heard of them, I was under the impression that all of NE Ohio pretty much used Adelphia.

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Originally Posted by Rich

You'd be surprised of the difference in loading just simple webpages between fiber optics and cable

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You mean no loading at all?

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Originally Posted by Beefy Hits

LoL What I was trying to say is that we need to find new uses for all this speed. Like sending packages through the wires, or something.
:lol: Is there such a thing as TOO MUCH speed?

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You are so used to the stone age, just wait until you get a taste of broadband. You'll never know how you dealt with the internet before it. And that's just going to DSL. And there is no such thing as too much speed.

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

You are so used to the stone age, just wait until you get a taste of broadband. You'll never know how you dealt with the internet before it. And that's just going to DSL. And there is no such thing as too much speed.

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True. But I did get a taste of it when I was in the dorms @ school. Somehow it wasn't hard for me to switch back to dial up when I graduated.

I just look @ msg boards and email, but with BB, I'll probably watch trailers, DL, and go to more sites like 1up.com. Maybe do some online gaming.

I wanted to kill myself coming from school back home with cable. This makes it easier.

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Originally Posted by BrAnDX105

Armstrong? Interesting, not only have I never heard of them, I was under the impression that all of NE Ohio pretty much used Adelphia.

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Armstrong is mostly PA area and us, for some reason. Nobody else knows who they are. As far as I know we don't get Comcast/Aldelphia or any of that other shit. Armstrong has some disgusting monopoly on our city. At least they have really spot-on service and free installation/hardware on everything.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

I think cablevision is doing that too, upgrading all 10/1 people to 15/2 automatically.

Not that it matters considering they will slap a cap on your shit without notice and act like assholes to get it removed.

Obviously they have to keep their bandwidth use in check but they won't even tell you what duration of time or bandwidth used triggers it, its like the Bush Administration is running OO too.

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You're right. I went to the Optimum Online website and it said that my area was upgraded to "downloads up to 15Mbps and uploads of up to 2Mbps". I'll have to test my connection at home later today to see what my real speeds are.