Well I just ordered Optimum Online Ultra, the fastest Internet service in the whole of the United States of America. The helpful gentleman will install the service on Tuesday. Here’s what I’ve learned.
Yes, anyone who’s currently an Optimum Online subscriber can upgrade to Ultra, which tops out at 101 megabits per second. There’s a hot, one-time $300 installation fee that’s non-refundable. Apparently the helpful gentleman has to upgrade the wires or some other nonsense. Cablevision gives you a new modem, obviously; I’m leaning toward this router to share the connection throughout the house.
I forgot some of the perks they give you, but I seem to remember the person on the phone saying that we get 250 e-mail addresses, which makes me think it’s more for small businesses than a residential dwelling.
The price for the service is $100 per month. There’s no contract either, so if you decide a few months down the line that you don’t want to pay $100 a month for Internet, no matter how fast it is, then you can downgrade no problem.
There was no mention of bandwidth caps (OOL currently doesn’t have bandwidth caps either), but I’ll double-check on Tuesday when the helpful gentleman installs the service.
So yeah, ordering was pretty painless. Hopefully I don’t run into any problems ::knock on wood::
you better speed test that baby when you get it installed. do you have a usenet account?
100mbs for $100/mo?!?
{drool}
I pay over $40/mo for 8mbs with Time Warner.
Shoot – if this kind of deal was offered where I live, I’d dive at it. Then, get my next door neighbor to cancel his ISP contract and jump onto my line – it’s a townhouse community, so it’d be easy to do…. but, nah, that would be wrong. {shakes jowls}
100 down.. whats the up on it?
It’s 15 megabits per second up.
And yeah, I’ll be doing speed tests. Usenet, BitTorrent, etc. I’ll put it through its paces.
I live in an apartment complex. Each building has 4 units, I would gladly pay 25 a month split to get access to 100mbit 15 up. (my neighbors don’t really use their computers)
The management company could just include it in the rent.
Doc3 they could actually set each modem to cap at 25 down and 3.5 ish up. For 25 that would be way better than the Time warner I pay 70 to for 20 down and 1.5 up.
Will they let you run servers? If it’s geared for small business you’d think so.
Optonline claims they don’t cap accounts but they will if you download a lot… Happen to me then I switched to FIOS!!!
You’re talking about something that has happened for years now. CV does not cap users, end of story. Enjoy FiOS while I enjoy up to 101Mb/s download with Ultra. :)
Ohmagosh… Why pay for 100+Mbps then put a lame WiFi router on it; D-Link no less!
Get smart. At that rate, use wired GB Ethernet. Use a spare PC and put the free and open-source PFSense Cisco killer router/firewall app on it.
I wouldn’t piss on a D-Link if it was on fire!
I would, just to make sure it was melted and waterlogged.
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Got it a few days ago. The $300 non-refundable activation fee sucked, but the speed was worth it.
I have Boost now, and it’s pretty good, but I ordered Ultra the other day. The first installation date they could give me was June 2. I can’t wait.
FYI, I have the DIR-825, and I like it. I have an extensive wired and wireless network in a 4,000 square foot house with mixed 802.11b, g and n. I had the Belkin Pre-N before that, and it was great (good coverage throughout the house) until it got overloaded by all the devices. The PS3, in particular, although in the same room as the router, had poor performance.
I tried replacing Belkin with the DIR-655, but that was worse than the Belkin. On a chance, I tried the DIR-825, and it worked out very well. All devices connect faster now, and I hardly ever have to reboot it. The dual band works nicely, as only the newer network cards can use the 5.8Ghz band, so the devices are split between the two bands. I run an FTP server, and that worked nicely, too (the DIR-655 had
trouble with that).
My only real complaint is that I use MAC filtering as my security (no one in the neighborhood knows how to spoof a MAC address), but D-Link’s software requires all devices, including the wired ones, to be in the allow list. And given that it supports only 24 addresses in the allow list, I only have 4 addresses left.
As a consumer who has sunk $349 dollars into OOL Ultra, let me be the first to give everyone the COMPLETE score on this recent “hype” from CableBandits!
Realize this, Ultra is only “Boost” doubled, what I mean is, CV does not change your drops(lines) that have been in the Hot-Cold weather for years.. they only “swap out” modems!! (Motorola SB6120) Ultra is run thru the same cable and “turned on” at the CV office!
This is all you get for a $349 price tag…
Second, if you run a wireless/wired Router or have a VOIP service, there are going to be connectivity/compatability issues that CV will not help you with, and try to prevent you from running (unless you use their services), and practically EVERY little THING will interrupt your service on their precious and highly-sensitive systems (VOIP, running a line to your TV, etc)…
I have had 2 service calls out to my apartment..in 4days of having Ultra
Average “speedtested” speeds are between 50-80Mps in NYC (not advertised 100+)..when you download anything, it drops to 30Mps!!
So much for the hype..you have been warned!