6 Mbps/ 768 Kbps for 69.95?

[AND1]

I have 1.5 Mbps, so does this mean is almost 6 times my speed? Isn't this faster and a T3 connection or something? Comments?

Website: https://www.speakeasy.net/residential

[indolikaa]

A T3 line is 43 Mbps.

Well, actually 44.04 Mbps.


I pay $50.00 per month for 1.5 Mbps / 256 kbps DSL.

[AND1]

holy shit balls... didnt know that... take back what i said

anyway how does 6 Mbps/ 768 Kbps for 69.95 sound?

[indolikaa]

I'd say it's a good price.

I'm in the (long) process of converting to 1.5 Mbps SDSL, and that's going to run $75.00 per month. So for an extra $25.00 I gain nothing on downloads, but I can upload like a mofo.

[redwudz]

And I see you can get a T3 for the bargain price of $3500US or so a month. Nice, but a little pricey. That price you are looking at is very good, but I would ask if they guarantee the speed will stay the same. (I doubt it.) My cable modem started at 3.5MB/S and 3 years later, it's 800K/S DOWN and 170K/s UP. The more people they add to your local node, the slower it is. Still better than DSL and a lot cheaper at about $40US a month.

[indolikaa]

Good point by redwudz.

Also check on your bandwidth allocation. Some ISPs have ceilings on their usage. When you exceed the limit, you start getting charged per MB. I'd piss and moan loudly about anything less than 500 MB per month, although it's not a common practice with DSL.

When they officially move me to SDSL, it'll be unlimited up/down each month. In writing. In plain English.

[Faustus]

Friend of mine has DSL through SWB and even though they only list one account on their site in fact there are more. The one he has is 6000/602 or somewhere in that range.

However that price seems to cheap, call them to make sure its not just what the charge on THEIR side, and you dont have to pay your local phone company on top of that.

The one my friend has is $100/month for the first year then $150 after that.

[AND1]

Did some searching and found this:

ADSL - 768Kbps to 6.1 Mbps down, 64Kbps-1Mbps up
SDSL - up to 2.3Mbps up and down
Fractional T-1 - 128 Kbps - 1.544 Mbps
T-1 - 1.544 Mbps
Fractional T-3 (DS-3) - 3 Mbps - 44.736 Mbps
T-3 - 44.736 Mbps
OC-3* - 155.52 Mbps
OC-12* - 622.08 Mbps
OC-48* - 2.488 Gbps (yeah, that's "gigs" )

* - "optical carrier"... fiber.

[Hatz]

OC-96 = 4.97 gb/s

OC-192 = 9.95 gb/s

OC-255 = 13.291gb/s........heheheh fast.


Hatz

[AND1]

How fast you think I can download a mp3 with an OC-255 connection? In that case download a 4 GB movie?

[Hatz]

Well if you can afford it and that you can achieve those speeds........and the person you are downloading the LEGAL mp3 or movie file can support those upload speeds.......you would have an mp3 or movie file instantly.


What a wonderful world that would be eh?


Hatz

[flaninacupboard]

twould be lovely, the movie industry would truly cry if we all had connections like that. i'd like to see your hard drive write all 4 gigs "instantly" though - apparently hard drives won't ever write faster then 100G/S.

[WeedVender]

I used to have OPTIMUM ONLINE (yes it deserves caps)
I had a 10 MBit connection and it was SWEET !. Then I moved to the Carribean and got this crappy ADSL Verizon thingy called "Flash" its on a 1.5 Mbit line and i just get like 150 kbps on peak. and im paying around 40$ a month... Optimum Online was like 40$ a month and I got movies of the net in 30 min. Now it takes MONTHS !

So, no. Get Cable its cheaper and its faster granted u live in New York or the nearby states... and get Optimum Online..