[yazetaw]

So, I have a 50/50 line currently. My ISP offers 4 tiers.

1000/1000 ($317)
150/150 ($140)
50/50 ($70)
30/30 ($58)
-Prices are without bundles.

Today I find out the slowest 3 tiers are getting a speed increase at no additional charge.

250/250
100/100
50/50


When my ISP got started a year or two ago the speeds were originally
15/15
30/30
75/75
300/300

I think every ISP should look at EPB as an example. Fiber to every home, fast fast speeds, huge speed increases for no price hike. Currently tops Google because they actually are running service, lol. Goes to show that it doesn't take a large company like Google to offer fast speeds, even gigabit. Also goes to show that this bandwidth scarcity doesn't and shouldn't exist with many providers offering slow a$$ speeds and people wanting to cap bandwidth.

Only thing EPB needs to offern is like a 5/5 line for uber cheap or even free. Every home already has fiber running to it as my ISP is also the local power provider. They have a smart grid in place so run fiber to every digital meter already.


Cant wait to get home and run some bandwidth tests. Time to update my sig.

[SueveDobe]

From what I know of EPB they're not a legacy copper company. It's far different for a company that enters into that type of business in the HSI/fiber age to get into the game with those kinds of speeds than it is for companies that had roots in cable and telecommunications back when copper was king. Regulatory being just 1 reason.

Take Verizon for example. They tried to build out FIOS and had some flops along the way. It's not an easy task. I think in the next decade things will change dramatically though. I'd like to see more 4G coverage. I live in BFE but Verizon has a 4G tower. My friend was pulling a solid 40 mbits. I think wireless is the future. Fiber is great, but I think it makes more sense to do fiber to the cell and then run broadband wirelessly from there. At least for less urban areas of America. Big cities fiber makes sense because you can run it to apartment complexes. Population density plays a huge role.

[yazetaw]

I think wireless would be great too, but still have limitations to a point, pending on area as well. Even once say Verizon is all 4G by the end of next year.
As long as there is still data caps and throttling, wireless will not go anywhere sadly.


I just wonder how long the smart grid will take to roll out. EPB laid down fiber for the smart grid but later on decided to get into the internet/tv business. If the smart grid is pushed, everyone pulling power from the grid will eventually have a data connection.
I still think it would have been awesome if Obama's stimulus package was all grant/load money for smart grid, 4g and high speed internet. I think it would be on the same level/catagory of what Eisenhower did for America with the Eisenhower Interstate System.

[ZX3URrBH]

LTE still can't touch a proper fibre or cable line anyway.

[yazetaw]

Yeah, check out my Ping. Try that 4g! Basically like Atlanta is attached to my home network. \m/
Same server on my Rezound is 124ms which would make for a very laggy video game experience.
Plus after 4g was rolled out in my area, I have noticed a DRAMATIC decrease in speed.

[ZX3URrBH]

Yeah, check out my Ping. Try that 4g! Basically like Atlanta is attached to my home network. \m/
Same server on my Rezound is 124ms which would make for a very laggy video game experience.
Plus after 4g was rolled out in my area, I have noticed a DRAMATIC decrease in speed.

I call my ISP to complain if my ping goes over 6ms.

[Gazeboss]

I call my ISP to complain if my ping goes over 6ms.

I can believe that.

[ZX3URrBH]

I can believe that.

You better.

[yazetaw]

As of now.
Chrome



Firefox

[JMLot]

I call my ISP to complain if my ping goes over 6ms.

I am not sure where to begin with this one...

[Gazeboss]

I am not sure where to begin with this one...

Have a drink and see how you get on...

I'm struggling to take that comment seriously though. I have an image of someone sitting by the phone with a montgomery burns voice telling their ISP to hurry up.

[ZX3URrBH]

Have a drink and see how you get on...

I'm struggling to take that comment seriously though. I have an image of someone sitting by the phone with a montgomery burns voice telling their ISP to hurry up.

It was obviously made in jest.

Will needs a drink, apparently.

[SueveDobe]

As long as there is still data caps and throttling, wireless will not go anywhere sadly.

It's the new text messaging scam. Their wireless data costs NOTHING near what they're charging for it. The switch away from unlimited to these stupid 2gb caps is just so they can screw people as hard as they can.

I mean really, wtf, look at the cost of unlimited texting as an add-on. I think last check AT&T and Verizon (prior to these all you can call/text plans) were charging $30 or something. $30 for something that costs them less than $1/mo per customer. Data is the same. Unreasonable prices for a service just because they can.

[JMLot]

It was obviously made in jest.

Will needs a drink, apparently.

No, I do not need anymore.

You can't really blame us for this one, you know.

[Gazeboss]

No, I do not need anymore.

You can't really blame us for this one, you know.

Yeh, this one is all on him. I was genuinely in two minds about whether it was true or not.