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10mbps fiber optic dsl or 20mbps cable

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definetly a downgrade IMO, you should have just stuck with Cable... i doubt your latency would have changed by more then 3-5ms.... and now your stuck wile they "fix" the problems in your area for fiber...


what connection is it exacly? FTTN or FTTH? are you using Gpon? if so how many people are sharing the connection? 32/64/128 are fairly common numbers.




the most importaint question here is, what were you paying for cable and what are you paying now for fiber, and what maximum speeds both upload and download do they state you might recive? you said fiber was 10mbps and cable was 20mbps what are the uploads.


and are you sure the fiber is 10mbps and not 10MBps - 12.5MBps (aka 100mbps)


as a side note, Fiber can go well over Terabytes per second. its what they use to connect all the countrys together, underground sea cables. some are capable of over 8 Terabits per second.
 
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Do you even bother to read the thread? He already said he is saving a good amount, and the thread is titled '10mbps fiber optic dsl or 20mbps cable which would have to mean its FTTN and not FTTH.

definetly a downgrade IMO, you should have just stuck with Cable... i doubt your latency would have changed by more then 3-5ms.... and now your stuck wile they "fix" the problems in your area for fiber...

what connection is it exacly? FTTN or FTTH? are you using Gpon? if so how many people are sharing the connection? 32/64/128 are fairly common numbers.

the most importaint question here is, what were you paying for cable and what are you paying now for fiber, and what maximum speeds both upload and download do they state you might recive? you said fiber was 10mbps and cable was 20mbps what are the uploads.


and are you sure the fiber is 10mbps and not 10MBps - 12.5MBps (aka 100mbps)


as a side note, Fiber can go well over Terabytes per second. its what they use to connect all the countrys together, underground sea cables. some are capable of over 8 Terabits per second.
 
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well im sorry i have never used fiber before ffs. get off your high horse.
 

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No high horse, just noting if you read a lot of questions can be answered.
 
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i can do more on a fibernet connection when u game online than a adsl connection i experienced that myself when i for the first time got fibernet 3-4years ago one of my friends was playing CS1.6 on my 15/15mbit connection that time and i was able to download and upload in µTorrent and with full power and he still had a ping of 15 on that server o.o
 
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Here's my two cents: Does the service work for your needs?

If yes, then no issue.
If no, continue

Is the deficiency worth the savings in your bill?

If no,

Do you have a contract that requires an ETF?

If yes, stick out the term
If no, go back to cable.


Bottom line, use what you have. Max it out, try to break it, find tweaks, hire an IT wizard to come to your house to optimize it. If all of these don't make the service perform to the standard YOU need, get different service.

"don't underestimate the bandwidth of a stationwagon full of DVDs." (don't know who said it)
 
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Here's my two cents: Does the service work for your needs?

If yes, then no issue.
If no, continue

Is the deficiency worth the savings in your bill?

If no,

Do you have a contract that requires an ETF?

If yes, stick out the term
If no, go back to cable.


Bottom line, use what you have. Max it out, try to break it, find tweaks, hire an IT wizard to come to your house to optimize it. If all of these don't make the service perform to the standard YOU need, get different service.

"don't underestimate the bandwidth of a stationwagon full of DVDs." (don't know who said it)

no contract, I only switched to it cause I heard it was going to be better in the long run, so far it feels a bit slower than what I use to have, but I havent tried games, but I've tried watching youtube videos and what not and it has loaded faster than my cable internet, Ill edit this post when I play a game or something

edit:they fixed the internet in my area http://www.speedtest.net/result/914532784.png
 

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Cable depends on traffic: the more bandwidth in use on the node, the less bandwidth you get. On DSL, you will always get ~10 mbps but with cable, you get as high as ~20 mbps or as low as ~1 mbps. Cable will be fastest in the middle of the night and maybe during business hours but it will be slower in the morning and in the evening (whenever everyone gets online). I, personally, would go with DSL.
 
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Cable depends on traffic: the more bandwidth in use on the node, the less bandwidth you get. On DSL, you will always get ~10 mbps but with cable, you get as high as ~20 mbps or as low as ~1 mbps. Cable will be fastest in the middle of the night and maybe during business hours but it will be slower in the morning and in the evening (whenever everyone gets online). I, personally, would go with DSL.

yeah when I had cable EVERYONE was on it(everyone in my area) same line or whatever, so there was always slow downs and always time when it would just disconnect all together



edit: pingtest.net results http://www.pingtest.net/result/22151466.png


edit: ping is definately lower, and gaming on it seems to be ok, when playing LoL I dont load as fast :\
 
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really? I switched from dsl to cable, and my speeds are now a CONSTANT 7.5~8mbps, 7.5~7.7 during peak hours... I pay for a 7.5mgps line

On my dsl, I got 2.2~3mbps when I was paying for 5mbps, but weirdly, my cousin next door is getting 4~4.2 with the same line. Thought it was because of my home line. Then tried another DSL resellers (Bell has the only lines in Montreal, and then rents them to others), and they could get me a 4mbps line


On the other hand, my cable internet has a down+upload limit of 30GB, way to little for me
 
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With ADSL it depends how far you live from the exchange; with Cable you are supposed to get what you pay for, however at least here in the UK, Virgin throttles down the connection during office hours while most of the ADSL providers don't. I happen to live very close to my exchange but because the telephone lines in my building are old I can't get the advertised speed; still it's ok, I pay for 24mb and I get 20mb but I get 20mb 24/7.
 

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OK, so, I've both worked at both companies, and use both Cable/DSL.


I've had fibre DSL since it's been available...few years now. Over time they have slowly upgraded the speed as they bought and built up the NOC.

I'm now up to 25/1. I have 6 HDTV boxes running, and still manage to get 1.0-1.2mb/sec downloads(1.25MB/sec=10Mbit). Some of you might have heard I can now use XBOX360 as a cable box(not really news to me though.:laugh:. ;) )Cool stuff, running the Microsoft Mediaroom platform.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Mediaroom

This is what 1f1n1ty's back end will be as well.

The biggest issues I find is with routing, as becuase this network is "self-contained", actual global pings won't be much better once outside the general network.

Once on IPTV, I lost my download limits. I also got a static IP, good for server hosting, etc.

I haven't had any real outages in years...even when the regular TELUS network has issues, I tend to not.

As with DSL, every signle foot to get away from the main building in your area will affect overall bandwith. This fact alone will lead to most providers giving out a max 10/1, and saving the rest for IPTV service.

EDIT:


LATENCY is fantastic, as you get TV streamed on the same lines. switching channels is pretty seemless, but still not "perfect" like cable.
 
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So by looking at the Speedtest results you are definitely on a 10/1 DSL line.
 
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ahh, ok... in Montreal, DSL is throttled and cable is not
 
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