The Ego's Nest

May 13, 2008

DSL for the loss

No, not terribly happy with AT&T's "fiber to the curb" service so far.

Well, I can't fault the people involved. Their technicians have been nice and responded quickly to resolve an issue. It's just that I've only had the install since Thursday and I've already had an issue that gives me pause...

The upstream bandwidth is, frankly, pathetic. It's about three times slower than my cable modem was back in Houston, which isn't ordinarily too terrible, but really kicks me in the shorts when it comes to uploading big files... say, like, completed subtitles! Time Warner is in the process of wiring up the apartment complex, and frankly, I think I may go ahead and switch when they get ready.

The day job's been plenty busy. Scary that I'm training new guys... I mean, c'mon, I -am- a new guy. ;p

Popped in a volume of Angelic Layer a couple of days ago. I'd forgotten how much plain ol' fun that show was to watch. Definitely a good story for getting away from "the world is about to be destroyed!" themes every so often.

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at 09:30 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 Yo, out of curiosity what's the specs they quoted you for speed, bandwidth and all that jazz when you got their Fiber-to-the-curb product. I'm curious how it stacks up against Verizon's FIOS and the product my company is rolling out.

Posted by: DarkSong at May 14, 2008 05:30 PM (cYpid)

2 Pretty much absolutely bottom-tier - that's all they're offering to this complex until they finish upgrading the wiring (supposedly to happen in the next month, heh.) 128 kbps up, 1.5 down.

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at May 15, 2008 07:16 AM (IquDX)

If you're not tied to a contract already, and if you can get it and stand Verizon, look at Fios. I'm paying for the 5Mbps down, and I don't recall them making claims about the upload speeds, but I regularly get close to 2Mbps upstream on speed tests. For lots of large uploads it's probably your best bet. (And if you want to spend a LOT of money, they have 25Mbps down, which, if there's a linear relationship, woudl be 10M up.

Posted by: RickC at May 15, 2008 02:36 PM (P1kh5)

4 Unfortunately, I don't think I can get FIOS here. It'd obviously be the number-one choice if it was available. ;p

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at May 15, 2008 04:41 PM (pWQz4)

5 I don't think the man would have settled for such a craptacular speed plan if better was available from a carrier there? I thought you originally said you were getting Roadrunner over there?

Posted by: DarkSong at May 15, 2008 09:13 PM (cYpid)

If you're interested in the possibility of fios, you can check availability on verizon's website. FWIW they've been doing a big buildout here.

Posted by: RickC at May 19, 2008 10:32 AM (VzNM2)

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