Verizon Pshaws Cablevision's Blazing Fast Broadband
Posted 05/04/09 at 10:12:32 AM by Paul Lilly
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So here's the deal: You don't want 101Mpbs broadband. And because you don't demand ultra high-speed internet, you're not the least bit impressed with Cablevision's recently announced Optimum Online Ultra, which will offer Long Island, New York residents uncapped 101Mpbs starting May 11 for $99 per month. Heck, if you cared at all about such high speeds, Verizon would have been offering a similar package two years ago, but you just don't.
Don't agree? Tell it to Eric Rabe, senior VP of Media Relations for Verizon, who posted a blog downplaying Cablevision's high-speed announcement. Rabe had some interesting things to say, essentially calling the service a sham.
"With today's technology, you don't have to break much of a sweat to deliver 100Mbps to a few customers," Rabe wrote. "But given the inherent limits of the cable platform, a cluster of bandwidth junkies living near each other could be a real problem. One estimate is that a single 101Mpbs customer would use some 60 perent of the capacity in a neighborhood. Other users? Outta luck."
Rabe went on to ask "How many customers have been storming the castle, asking for 101 megabits per second bandwidth?" Considering the lack of demand and scope, Rabe called Cablevision's announcement a "parlor trick."
And why stop at 100Mpbs? Rabe points out that Verizon's FiOS network has the capacity to deliver 400Mbps to a single home, along with the muscle to carry the load. It also has "plenty of room for more" upstream bandwidth than the 20Mbps it currently offers.
Too bad you don't it.
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ummm dumbass
Submitted by sedwards on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 6:16am
uh ya wtf. i want those kinds of speeds that would be awesome. does that mean you want us to come storm the castle? i mean he basically just said oh no one is hassling us so it must not be a problem. thats a dumb approach cuz there are people that want that so in effect he just asked them all to come "storm the castle".
FiOS would be nice..... i live in Canada so I have to deal with Rogers for my cable. they suck too. they just raised everyones prices for internet and tv (and phone too as i recall) while adding caps. anyone else think its retarded to charge us more for getting less?
Submitted by Furie on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 2:42pm
No I definitely mean 20 MB Up and 5 down. With Cox's "Speedboost" every now and again I can get above 25 but in reality there's virtually nowhere that can utilize those speeds. The fastest I've gotten actual download speed is 4 MB/s from a Microsoft download server.
Submitted by Biceps on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 2:23pm
I would much rather continue to be ripped off by monopolies and pay way to much for low speeds. The average consumer's self-importance and inability to understand how important it is for these companies to be able to continue to post record profits without needing to put much into upgrading their infrastructures is really disappointing.
Everyone should send Rabe a letter and let him know that we agree: sub-par service at premium prices is what we want and expect! Let's bend over together!
Submitted by KaylaKaze on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 1:05pm
20Mbs down and 5Mbs up for $50 and you're complaining?! I'm assuming you meant Mbs and not MBs 'cause MBs would be even MORE insane to be complaining about. I get like 7Mbs down and .4 Mbs (maybe .5 not sure) up for $50.
Hmm... weird. That didn't reply where it was supposed to.
Submitted by Toady00 on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 12:00pm
I have Time Warner in Charlotte, not much else. You want to talk about crappy, I have the highest speed they offer, 10Mb/s down, 756Kb/s up. I have a WHS and would love to be able to access it from afar, but at 756Kb/s up, if there is a movie on the server I want to see I might as well drive home and get it. I only wish either FIOS would get here soon, or someone would offer some friggin competion. BTW I pay $75 a month for this.
Submitted by Toady00 on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 12:01pm
This was a double post. Sorry.
When it comes to Internet
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 11:32am
When it comes to Internet connection speeds here in the US compared to Japan it's almost like we are living on Gilligans Island. Hell that last real competition drove speeds from 1200baud to 56k rather quickly and then only slowly has the speeds ramped up to around 20Mb/s. There is demand it's just that the competition isn't as it used to be and therefore no reason to spend the cash for the performance increases any longer. The demand is there it's just that the competition wars are over leading to monopolies that don't get prosecuted for unfair business practices but that's another story.
So Eric Rabe why don't you spill the beans and let the cat out of the bag and just recite what I wrote above as being fact. Or are you afraid of the mob mentality to arrive at your mansion with torches and pitchforks?
Submitted by yr on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 10:59am
I have FIOS 20/5. Other than the 20up I don't have, I don't think I would ever need more down-speed. Most servers anyways don't let you get the true ~2.5MB/s (20Mb/s) that it's capable of.
I Agree
Submitted by Blaze589 on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 1:06pm
I have the same package as you and I completely agree with you. You can't truly utilize those speeds unless you are subscribed to premium download servers such as rapidshare or usenet (paid accounts) or do parallel downloads. I do find it comforting that FiOS is capable of faster speeds which they will eventually utilize once there's a need for it or actual competition arises.
Submitted by Furie on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 10:42am
Verizon needs to worry about expanding their coverage for FIOS before they make any claims about anything. I live in Virginia Beach, VA and this is the area that has THE largest Naval base in the world and we can't even get FIOS here. I'm stuck with Cox and I pay 50 bucks a month for a 20 MB Down/5MB Up connection. I'm not overly dissatisfied with my service but the limitations of uber high speeds and cable are really apparent here.
Submitted by roninnder on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 12:06pm
Really? THE largest navel base and you can't even get FIOS? It's almost as if those two things aren't even remotely related.
Submitted by pellier on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 2:42pm
It is a pretty important place, alot of those people live off base and I think that the people in the military would deserve decent internet service.
Then where is my FIOS?
Submitted by the_river on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 8:16am
Carroll County, MD is SOL when it comes to anything good. I'm still dealing with crappy DSL for my downloads. Bad service overall (pretty unsatisfied). But what can Verizon do? Oh, give me maybe a free month of Internet. Super! If it worked! I come home to a red light on my modem when it is raining most days.
Where is my FIOS Verizon!? What, you don't think that the street would convert to it? You don't even have to pay me and I'll be your poster child for the neighborhood!
Ugg..
Submitted by oihorse on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 1:03pm
It was nothing to do with the DSL itself - it was the corrosion in the wall sockets. Verizion has a HUGE problem with corrosion in the wiring systems for their phone lines.
I got them to come in and replace the sockets where you plug the phonline into and got a perfect signal afterwards. Now the signal works even when it rains.
Only took about 5 trips to the house to get it figured out...
Submitted by Zoomer on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 8:08am
I'm going to have to agree with the previous statement. About $50 a month for about 50Mb bandwidth and 100gb cap would be INSANE! It'd be nice to have an upstream of 5Mb or better, as comcast currently has that limit set around 1.5 for me. Thinking of switching.
If Verizon had a package like that just mentioned, then I definetily would.
Too bad they "Don't want" to listen.
Submitted by majorsuave on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 7:19am
I'd take half of that any day: 50.5Mbps, 49.50$/month and half unlimitted bandwidth (100GB sounds like half of infinite)
amenbecause is "lack of
Submitted by nekollx on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 7:55am
amenbecause is "lack of demand" really a excuse for being slower then Japan on the net?
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