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[Timu]

We've been talking about this for months, but now it's official: Optimum Online has announced they'll be upgrading all existing customers to 15Mbps/2Mbps (trials were at 20Mbps). They've also unveiled two additional tiers: Optimum Online "Boost" will offer speeds of 30Mbps/2Mbps for an additional $14.95 a month ($9.95 if you're a VoIP customer), and symmetrical 50Mbps service at an as yet unmentioned price-point. According to the company's press release, all of the new speeds should be available by the middle of 2006.

[Blunted]

the 50 mbit service is being tested in my friends town first (oyster bay long island NY) from what i read but i wonder what its gonna cost and what are the cap limits

[TraNsEdgE 01]

No way everyone will be able to get 50/50 and have a cap limit over 40 gb a month. it isn't going to be worth it and you probably still will start with a hosting cap on your line lol.

[dlewis23]

thats just sick 50/50, i would love to have that.

[TraNsEdgE 01]

And you couldn;t do anyhting with it anyways , imagine a city trtying to give everyone that much up and down, i don't think anybody would even come within 20 mbps of there cap during the day and they would definetely block ports on it to.

[Blunted]

you'll get close to it i'm sure

[Dilatedpeoples28]

I have seen some speed test of the people with the adelphia 16/2 service and they were saying they were lucky to get 11mb down even at night, I personally think with that advertised speed on cable is not gonna work out to well. Too much traffic, hopfully it wont be too long before we get some test results for those special people who r testing it.

[TraNsEdgE 01]

Now that i'm thinking about it, what is going to happen when people start getting these new connections, Testmy.net definetely will not be able to handle 20 people simultaineously , aren't the servers only at most 1 gb connection with many others also using the line?

[tbaker397]

the testmy servers are run off of multiple gigabit connections I believe, but anyway. Yes those speeds are sick, T3/DS3 speeds for only about what? id say no more than $100/month. Yet, it is cable and a publically shared line so it will suffer from all of the things that plague it already. PLUS it is from OOL meaning the infamous phantom caps.....

[fattymcbluff]

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[TheForesaken1]

usually OPT online gives you what you pay for...they havent updraded me to the 15/2 yet, so im still at the 10mb service and this is my dl score:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 12740 Kbps about 12.7 Mbps (tested with 20972 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1555 kB/s
Tested From:: http://renosworld.com
Test Time:: 
Bottom Line:: 228X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.66 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 88.82 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-O8ESZ4LBW

Im getting more then what a pay for right now

[Blunted 2]

i think you have the 15/2 man just tweak it and i bet you can get more.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 22450 Kbps about 22.5 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 2741 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (server1)
Test Time:: Sun Feb 19 2006 21:06:04 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 401X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.37 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 232.79 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-C2RND6FBL

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1909 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 12159 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 233 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (server1)
Test Time:: Sun Feb 19 2006 21:09:14 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 34X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.39 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 202.54 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-T43G91DMY