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Verizon Rolls Out Blazing 300mbps Fios Quantum
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 09:34 AM
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 09:34 AM
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 09:35 AM
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 10:17 AM
Your download is only going to be as fast as the sending server's upload speed. Whats the point? How many servers are out there serving files at 300Mbps? Even if they have that capacity, it will be capped on a per user basis. The only increase in speed you will see is from the amount of sites you can have open and downloading at one time. You are just getting a bigger pipe.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 10:44 AM
sickpup, on 18 June 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
The math is correct, you have to divide 300 by roughly 8 to get MegaBytes per second, the download speed is actually 35 MBps, or 300Mbps.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:23 PM
While I do believe these speeds are legit (my Fios speeds are regularly 5% faster IRL any hour of the day than the advertised rate), I'm not sure many web servers are capable of delivering data at this speed. Only very healthy torrents with lots of fast seeders could make use of this bandwidth. It's nice to know that these speeds are possible on the existing Fios wiring, but until prices fall, there's not going to be many residential customers willing to drop $200 a month on an ISP.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 05:26 PM
RockyLaBarbera, on 18 June 2012 - 03:23 PM, said:
While I do believe these speeds are legit (my Fios speeds are regularly 5% faster IRL any hour of the day than the advertised rate), I'm not sure many web servers are capable of delivering data at this speed. Only very healthy torrents with lots of fast seeders could make use of this bandwidth. It's nice to know that these speeds are possible on the existing Fios wiring, but until prices fall, there's not going to be many residential customers willing to drop $200 a month on an ISP.
You could easily saturate a 300mbps connection with a good usenet provider. I've seen gigabit connections fully saturated. For regular web surfing, sure, 300mbps is waaaaaay overkill. But, you can bet that the people buying this service tier know how to use it.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 06:30 PM
imfineru, on 18 June 2012 - 10:17 AM, said:
Your download is only going to be as fast as the sending server's upload speed. Whats the point? How many servers are out there serving files at 300Mbps? Even if they have that capacity, it will be capped on a per user basis. The only increase in speed you will see is from the amount of sites you can have open and downloading at one time. You are just getting a bigger pipe.
Think of the future. People said this about 5 Mbps 5 years ago. Now you have 10 different devices in your house all doing different things.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 06:33 PM
sickpup, on 18 June 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
This is how technology works. It's expensive today so I can be cheaper tomorrow.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:27 PM
sickpup, on 18 June 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
No. Companies create services for making the most money. That is all. If they can make more on 10K people buying an 18Mbps service in place of this selling to 20 people, they would. That's how business works. What, do you think they conspire to 'screw' the 'little' people just to please the 'rich'? Seriously?
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 06:54 PM
sickpup, on 18 June 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
I'm afraid you are the one making a mistake, its 300 mega "bits" not megabytes, and 300 megabits per second is only 35.7 megabytes per second so their math is correct. (1 megabyte is 8.3 megabits)
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 06:55 PM
sickpup, on 18 June 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
I'm afraid you are the one making a mistake, its 300 mega "bits" not megabytes, and 300 megabits per second is only 35.7 megabytes per second so their math is correct. (1 megabyte is 8.3 megabits)
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Posted 20 June 2012 - 12:37 AM
sickpup, on 18 June 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
the measurement for speed is Megabits per second not megabytes per second. A byte is 8 times a bit so 50(MB)*8=400(Mbits)/300Mbps=1.3333333333 seconds. Just an fyi.
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Posted 20 June 2012 - 05:12 PM
For this to be a true quantum system, how are they keeping the signal stable over longer distance? For 210$ a month are you renting the quantum detector? With the quantum field still in its relative infancy security is still a major concern. Denial of service issues could be catastrophic.
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Posted 23 June 2012 - 07:22 AM
sickpup, on 18 June 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
I'm not rich at all, in fact I barely make ends meet with my IT Salary and family, but my current verizon package was 109 per month, w/ 35/35 internet and ultimate HD cable... changing to 75/35 cost 20$ more, and the speeds are actually higher than they told me they would be.
This has been true of every verizon data package I've had, the 35/35 always came in at 40/35, the 15/15 came in at 20/20...
I think their customer service is retarded and borderline criminally negligent, but their service is far and away the best available. And it's not that expensive. The same service from Cox costs upwards of $1,000 per month.
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Posted 26 June 2012 - 03:41 PM
AdamWHoo, on 23 June 2012 - 07:22 AM, said:
sickpup, on 18 June 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:
I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
I'm not rich at all, in fact I barely make ends meet with my IT Salary and family, but my current verizon package was 109 per month, w/ 35/35 internet and ultimate HD cable... changing to 75/35 cost 20$ more, and the speeds are actually higher than they told me they would be.
This has been true of every verizon data package I've had, the 35/35 always came in at 40/35, the 15/15 came in at 20/20...
I think their customer service is retarded and borderline criminally negligent, but their service is far and away the best available. And it's not that expensive. The same service from Cox costs upwards of $1,000 per month.
LMFAO... Completely agree... spectacular service, but the most "got hit in the head with a brick" customer service on the planet.
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 08:28 PM
I have already have the Quantum package for 150/64 and tell you the truth that it's not what it's supposed to be. First I have to upgrade all of my cables to Cat 6 and use gigibit cards. The problem is that FiOS techs only connected me with Cat 5e cable and it's not really qualified for Gigibit speeds at long distances and what ever is going on they are not telling me why I am not getting more than 100 Mbps download speeds. So if you upgrade be prepared for disappointment.
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Posted 08 December 2012 - 03:38 PM
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I am not sure their math is correct. 50MB of music at 300MBps is not 1.4 seconds. Unless they can guarantee those speeds there is no way I am paying $200+ a month for internet. So it looks like were back to companies creating new technology for the uber rich instead of more cost effective solution for more people, go corporate America.
My fios connection beats its advertised speed
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