It’s been about a month since I subscribed to Optimum Online Ultra, the fastest Internet service in the country—sorry, Peter. Consider this a predictable, rubbish explanation of how my Internet habits—nay, my life!—have changed as a result of having a 101 megabits-down/15 megabits-up connection.
In so many words, nothing has changed all that much. My What.cd and HDBits ratios have improved, but that’s to be expected when you’re in BitTorrent swarms with lowly Comcast and Time Warner users. Having a 101 megabits at my disposal does make it easer to grab new releases quite speedily—I can’t wait till Entourage comes out, hello ratio boost!—but that’s about it.
So it’s safe to say Optimum Online Ultra is great for heavy BitTorrent users. Plus, no bandwidth caps!
Usenet becomes dangerous with Optimum Online Ultra. “Yeah, that movie sure would be nice to add to my collection.” Four minutes later, bam!
As far as legitimate uses go, ha! YouTube, used for watching reruns of Supermarket Sweep, is still a piece of garbage. Nothing loads any faster than it did when I had regular Optimum Online. (Of course, videos play while they load, so it’s not a huge deal.) Is that because Flash for Mac OS X is 100 percent dross, constantly causing Safari (and Firefox for that matter) to crash? Maybe; I’m not a scientist. The point is, I was expecting to click a YouTube link and have the video load instantly. That simply doesn’t happen. Same thing with Hulu: it’s still dog-slow, even though it plays as its loading. Like the Cablevision tech explained to me when he installed the service, my home connection is now faster than what what Web sites can provide. Until YouTube, Hulu and whomever else upgrade their infrastructure, I’ll be waiting for video to load just like everyone else.
So yeah, unless you’re a heavy P2P user, you really won’t see much of a difference between Optimum Online Ultra and the average broadband connection.
Such is my experience.
It is illegal to steal. If you can afford ultra super duper Internet service then consider actually buying the movies/shows/music/games/applications moron.
Reading this has inspired me to shut down everyone using BitTorrent on the student housing networks I managed.
Our society is in such decline and generations of people have the attitude that the world owes them. Grow up you effing spoiled brats before you are faced with reality and Mommy can’t bail you out like she has your whole life.
Stop sheltering our children from disappointment, unfairness and loss so that they learn what these things are and become better human beings for it. Negatively affecting everyone around you so that you can have everything your way is unrealistic and will eventually come back around to get you in the end.
That’s kind of ridiculous. Pretty sure good creative material will always command a price because people don’t mind paying for it. Hell, Radiohead gave away an album and let you pay whatever you wanted for it, and still made a pretty decent sum of money off it. I think that’s pretty solid proof.
waaaa waaaaaa shadup and let everyone do what they please, it’s thier internet and they r the ones paying for it. So go back to watching ur porn u dweeb.
“It is illegal to steal.”
I shall quote V- “Stealing implies ownership”
No one can own 0s and 1s no matter how much they try to brainwash me into believing the contrary.
STFU and get some brain in the vacant space sitting on top of your neck.
SHUT DOWN TORRENTS????
YOUR AN IDIOT
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 weathers 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 discourage you from running (unless you use their services), and practically EVERY little THING will interrupt your service on their precious and highly-sensitive systems (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..I have warned you!