Fiber Optic internet

Fongolio
Fongolio Posts: 3,516
edited September 2012 in The Clubhouse
Just got this installed at the 25 Mbps speed. Very fast. Very happy. Only $3.00/month more than I was paying for 15 Mbps DSL. The installer told me 100 Mbps is not far off. The fiber optic line was brought right into my place. Smaller than a strand of hair and will do 4 TV's and internet. Totally cool. Blazing fast!
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited December 2011
    Welcome to the Fiber club bro. I just got rid of my 100 meg line and now have a dedicated 200 meg line installed. US and some places are a little behind Asia where we now have 1gig fiber out here. I wanted to go 1gig, but my ISP said 200 was plenty fast for household. I have everything on my network and never experience slow down. Congrats.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited December 2011
    Sherardp wrote: »
    Welcome to the Fiber club bro. I just got rid of my 100 meg line and now have a dedicated 200 meg line installed. US and some places are a little behind Asia where we now have 1gig fiber out here. I wanted to go 1gig, but my ISP said 200 was plenty fast for household. I have everything on my network and never experience slow down. Congrats.

    F**k going up against you sherardp on an online shooter lol
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2011
    Bandwidth isn't everything for online gaming.

    I have my cable provider's lowest fiber optic plan and I'm getting 20 down/30 up.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited December 2011
    I get 15-20ms ping on my 25/3 line, and it spikes to 90mb/s at night going down. Docsis3.0 is best we got here in the great plains.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited December 2011
    Got Uverse which is fiber to the home. LOVE playing Halo Reach online now :).

    That and surprisingly the H15 cleaned up the signal and helped make it better (at least thats what the Xbox 360 tells me) :smile:
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2011
    You know I hate you guys how have optic fiber to your house. :wink:

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2011
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    You know I hate you guys how have optic fiber to your house. :wink:

    I with you...I have NO idea when we'll ever get fiber optic in the under Canada land! lol

    British Columbia? Really, you guys have that? Ok, must be a population thing right? Vancouver, perhaps?

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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited December 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    I with you...I have NO idea when we'll ever get fiber optic in the under Canada land! lol

    British Columbia? Really, you guys have that? Ok, must be a population thing right? Vancouver, perhaps?

    cnh
    Nope. I live about 300 miles from Vancouver in the interior of the province in a town of about 30,000. You really need to re-think your idea of Canada being backwater and behind the technology curve.:cool:
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  • jmwest1970
    jmwest1970 Posts: 846
    edited December 2011
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Got Uverse which is fiber to the home. LOVE playing Halo Reach online now :).

    That and surprisingly the H15 cleaned up the signal and helped make it better (at least thats what the Xbox 360 tells me) :smile:

    Uverse is in our area, but it's not fiber to the home. It's fiber to the RO and then copper from the RO to the home. With all the bad reviews it's gotten here I'm staying away from it.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited December 2011
    Loving my Verizon FIOS....

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    No excuses!
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2011
    Dislike you also, Strong Bad.


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    68% slower than the rest of USA. And we can't Vote either.

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2011
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    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited December 2011
    Man, you guys are killing me lol.... though not sure if being on a laptop affects it...

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2011
    Fongolio wrote: »
    Nope. I live about 300 miles from Vancouver in the interior of the province in a town of about 30,000. You really need to re-think your idea of Canada being backwater and behind the technology curve.:cool:

    No, that wasn't what I was thinking. What I had in mind was that if the U.S. could not afford to provide fiber optic cables 200 miles north of Boston, how could Canada afford that kind of infrastructural upgrade at 300 miles from a major city. And this condition is fairly common in the U.S. for almost anyone who is too far from a "major" metropolitan area. Living under Quebec we're quite familiar with Canadian conditions (very nice actually and in many instances a lot "cleaner" than many U.S. urban areas).

    In fact this demonstrates how "much" we are "falling behind". We are NOT top tier in internet speeds globally when we take all of the U.S. into consideration!

    If Americans (U.S.) that is, are guilty of anything it is thinking that Canada is pretty much just like us.

    cnh
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited December 2011
    Geeze I can't imagine JUST getting fiber optic. I've had fiber since 10th grade and I'm 24 now.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited December 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    No, that wasn't what I was thinking. What I had in mind was that if the U.S. could not afford to provide fiber optic cables 200 miles north of Boston, how could Canada afford that kind of infrastructural upgrade at 300 miles from a major city. And this condition is fairly common in the U.S. for almost anyone who is too far from a "major" metropolitan area. Living under Quebec we're quite familiar with Canadian conditions (very nice actually and in many instances a lot "cleaner" than many U.S. urban areas).

    In fact this demonstrates how "much" we are "falling behind". We are NOT top tier in internet speeds globally when we take all of the U.S. into consideration!

    If Americans (U.S.) that is, are guilty of anything it is thinking that Canada is pretty much just like us.

    cnh

    No problem. It's all good. I clearly remember 15 years ago when I was all excited to go from a 1440 to a 2800 baud dial up connection.
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  • jmwest1970
    jmwest1970 Posts: 846
    edited December 2011
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    Lucky FIOS bastages!
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2011
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    I have Comcast, i hate em...
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited December 2011
    amulford wrote: »
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    I have Comcast, i hate em...

    Comcrap choking the life out of your upload speed! Typical of them.
    No excuses!
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited December 2011
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    And I'm on a university campus. I hate our internet. Periodically will be able to download a game at a good rate, but then half the time playing Halo Reach there's too much lag to be enjoyable.
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    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited December 2011
    My nearest neighbor is 3 1/2 miles away they ran 9 miles of fiber to hook up four houses in this area (mine was one) this was part of the Rural Development Act, sometimes the government does the right thing. Before this the best I had was WildBlue and it was pretty expensive. Having fiber direct to your home is awesome
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited September 2012
    For those of you now using fiber, how are you enjoying it? Still having fun with mine, zero issues so far. I have the Asus Darknight ( RT-N66U) for my router jumped off the NTT 1gb Fiber Onu box. Speeds are great

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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited September 2012
    Your just beggin for an **** whoopin, ain't ya???:razz:
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited September 2012
    That download you have is crazy, but I got ya slightly on the upside...

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    No excuses!
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited September 2012
    Fongolio wrote: »
    You really need to re-think your idea of Canada being backwater and behind the technology curve.:cool:

    Paid for by government subsidy?
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited September 2012
    I feel seriously backcountry.....I have the fastest internet at $33/month, at a whopping total of 3mb/s up and 1mb/s down.
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  • shadowlight
    shadowlight Posts: 327
    edited September 2012
    Comcast Here - Paying for 15/5 but getting twice that. During busy hours Friday to Sunday evening it is a crap shoot.

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  • polk500
    polk500 Posts: 1,171
    edited September 2012
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    Paid for by government subsidy?

    I wish. Up here we have the great pleasure of paying for everything! The phone companies like Telus along with the power guys just tack it on to our monthly bills.

    Cheers Roger
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  • cowtrimmer
    cowtrimmer Posts: 201
    edited September 2012
    Eat your hearts out :lol:

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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited September 2012
    I'm having FIOS install Monday to replace our 3Mb cable; needless to say I'm looking forward to it... :cool:
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