paperboyNC
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Apparently AT&T has gigabit internet here in Irvine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.att.com/shop/internet/gigapower/coverage-map.html
https://www.att.com/shop/internet/gigapower/coverage-map.html
AT&T Gigapower is here (1gbps or 300mbps up & down)
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$80 for 300 megabit...$110 for 1 gig...I think I am getting 60 mega for about $65 right...I think I will pass as I have no complaints about my speed of service, not streaming 4K.
Huh...need to go look at my Cox bill. Why can't Google be a little faster?
It's the upload that is the huge difference. I host a personal cloud at home. I just looked it up and the Cox 60 mega plan is 60down and 6 up. So 300 is only 5X faster than your down but 50X faster than your up.
Only issue is that AT&T caps at 500 GB...$10 for an extra 50 GB. Clearly I am nowhere near 500 GB now but I am not a fan of data caps.
It is $109.99 a month after the first year and you get the discount only if you sign up for this:
No more data cap if you have TV service:
http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/29/att-u-verse-unlimited-data/
It's all about the upload speed for me. The 100mbps services for residential generally have under 10mbps upload. I personally had 2mbps upload previously and when an iPad would backup the to cloud for instance, my entire internet connection would grind to a halt.
Also my slingbox was very choppy if used outside the home.
With a 1000 HP super car, you actually do go faster. With 300mbps connection, your limiting factor will be the connection on the other end. I have 100mbps and I rarely get anywhere close to this so I can't imagine how you can saturate a 300mbps connection.
The UL speed makes more sense. My backups could use an extra speed boost. Cox is pretty stingy with UL.
Irvinecommuter
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paperboyNC said:
$80 for 300 megabit...$110 for 1 gig...I think I am getting 60 mega for about $65 right...I think I will pass as I have no complaints about my speed of service, not streaming 4K.
Irvinecommuter
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ps9 said:
Huh...need to go look at my Cox bill. Why can't Google be a little faster?
paperboyNC
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Irvinecommuter said:
It's the upload that is the huge difference. I host a personal cloud at home. I just looked it up and the Cox 60 mega plan is 60down and 6 up. So 300 is only 5X faster than your down but 50X faster than your up.
Irvinecommuter
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paperboyNC said:
Only issue is that AT&T caps at 500 GB...$10 for an extra 50 GB. Clearly I am nowhere near 500 GB now but I am not a fan of data caps.
It is $109.99 a month after the first year and you get the discount only if you sign up for this:
Irvinecommuter said:
No more data cap if you have TV service:
http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/29/att-u-verse-unlimited-data/
The Motor Court Company
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so they are discriminating against streaming, ground for any lawsuits?
irvinebuyer
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did anyone actually subscribe for the service. Do you get the speeds as promised?
I just had Gigapower installed (the 300/300 speed level) on Friday here in Portola Springs, and so far it's been great. If I hardwire myself into the router I'm getting around 320mbps up/down, so definitely getting the speeds I was promised. I'm using my own router as a passthrough (Asus RT-AC66U) which works well, except I'm not seeing the same 300 up/down speeds as I do when I'm directly connected to the AT&T modem/router (I see around 200 down/275 up when hardwired into the ASUS). Would be interesting to see if anyone has the 1gig service and if they're getting that speed.
The overall install went really smoothly. One guy did the indoor wiring which was pretty simple, just connecting 2 ethernet cables coming from the outside box into my closet and then connecting up the AT&T modem/router to my existing home network. Another guy came by later and installed the fiber equipment in the box on the side of my house. My house is only 3 yrs old, so I'm guessing the fiber had already been run up to that box on the side of my house. Overall, I've been very pleased with it.
The overall install went really smoothly. One guy did the indoor wiring which was pretty simple, just connecting 2 ethernet cables coming from the outside box into my closet and then connecting up the AT&T modem/router to my existing home network. Another guy came by later and installed the fiber equipment in the box on the side of my house. My house is only 3 yrs old, so I'm guessing the fiber had already been run up to that box on the side of my house. Overall, I've been very pleased with it.
paperboyNC
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Have mine too and it is working great so far. (300/300)
woodburyowner
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Just curious what you guys actually use this bandwidth for? I'm at 100 and my connection never really gets saturated until I download ISO images of linux.
paperboyNC
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woodburyowner said:
It's all about the upload speed for me. The 100mbps services for residential generally have under 10mbps upload. I personally had 2mbps upload previously and when an iPad would backup the to cloud for instance, my entire internet connection would grind to a halt.
Also my slingbox was very choppy if used outside the home.
woodburyowner
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SubSolar said:
With a 1000 HP super car, you actually do go faster. With 300mbps connection, your limiting factor will be the connection on the other end. I have 100mbps and I rarely get anywhere close to this so I can't imagine how you can saturate a 300mbps connection.
The UL speed makes more sense. My backups could use an extra speed boost. Cox is pretty stingy with UL.
irvinehomeowner
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Multiple streaming devices can eat up download bandwidth.