Somebody pinch me - I'm getting real internetz

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:43 am

New across the street neighbor came by and said they were getting telco internet put in today 12 Mbs down. I went over and talked to the Frontier tech and he said they had upgraded infrastructure and he was pulling 12/2 from the same box I run from. Called frontier, ordered it, and walked back over to the guy with the order number and said "as long a you're here." Nice guy, he laughed and said this job is going to take a littler longer than they planned - underground utilities ca. 1985.

Probably have to wait a while but it will be a huge step up from 3/.75 (on sunny days) which is what I have now. Might actually be able to watch something on HD.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:58 am

I am sorely tempted to upgrade to business class Comcast here. I can write it off as a business expense for my home office. Right now I have Comcast Home Internet service at 6/4 (ignoring Comcast's exaggerated Boost speeds). Works great, and Netflix streaming is fast and smooth. However it would be nice to have some more bandwidth - especially on the upload side.

Business class around here is supposed to be something like 12/8 with no packet filtering or throttling, and I'd like to have a static IP.

The only thing is I'm afraid of is to switch to it and find out I have issues with it. My existing service is rock solid. I also need to verify from a real service tech that those speeds are actually attainable here. A lot depends on the nodes. This is a rural area, so sometimes the equipment isn't up to date, and the idiots on the phone will tell you anything you want to hear.

If I do it, I'll probably NOT cancel my home Internet for a month to make sure the business line is working reliably first.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:05 am

We put in the business class at my last office (it was 7/2 or something like that)and it was rock solid. Supported 16 users with no real problems except when people started streaming stuff.

Comcast here told me they could give me 50/10 if I gave them $10k to run the line. lol.

I was on the main road yesterday (about 2 miles away) and the were laying fiber optic, so who knows.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:15 pm

Verizon FIOS let us all know that the upload speed will now be the same as the download, so maybe others will follow suit.

Losbot · Post by **Losbot** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:42 am

Bob, I had the Comcast Biz. Should be fine and it IS nice to know that you can do whatever you want and run whatever type of server you want. Best service I ever had was Comcast's Biz.

Plus, when you need tech support, their Biz dept support is typically a good experience, with guys that know what the hell you're talking about when you describe all the troubleshooting you've already done. They like tech.

Write it off and enjoy it. ;-)

CaterpillarAssassin · Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:38 am

I have 25/5 comcast business at my office. Had it for about 5 years. 1 outage that lasted a couple hours. Other than that supports our typical 5 concurrent VoIP calls, all web, a few remote desktops, as well as a boatload of email. Overall I'm really happy with it.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:51 pm

We have business class Charter at my work and oddly, I've got better speed & reliability at home.

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:19 pm

Somebody pinch me - I'm getting real internetz

*pinch!*

psypher · Post by **psypher** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:31 pm

I've had Comcast business now for about 7 years in 2 states and 3 cities and it's totally worth it. The few times I've had issues they had a tech at my house without a few hours. I currently have their 50/10 service.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:14 am

I'm out of town right now but the wife said they came yesterday and were able to pull 11.9/1.4 - which is a huge improvement over 2.7/.75

psypher · Post by **psypher** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:41 am

wvjohn wrote:I'm out of town right now but the wife said they came yesterday and were able to pull 11.9/1.4 - which is a huge improvement over 2.7/.75

It's 2014, how have you been surviving on 2.7 down?!? Grats.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:34 pm

Moved up from grade F to grade D!

got what looks like a real modem with a cooling fan and everything

psypher - when 2.7 is all that is available, you just have to grin and bear it.