[olug] Gigabit Internet

Tue May 7 12:54:04 UTC 2013

Would def agree with you Justin, fiber is and can be stable and HA. Cox business gives you higher headroom and allows more protocols & services to be ran from the assigned IP's. It's still a shared network I believe so you prob won't see all the bandwidth allocated. I helped a local business with some network issues went with cox fiber, against my advice. A few months and $$ later went back to copper. I am by no means a network guy but last year the price they paid and what they were getting .... pathetic. Bandwidth, latency and uptime was pathetic. Fiber is the way to go but I think the way cox manages the fiber to residential is .... less than desirable. Really great feeling to see Century in there driving competition and still waiting to have 1G copper in Papillion :(

Roger Sheldon
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From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Justin Reiners
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 6:37 PM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Gigabit Internet

Aric, I never see the bill ;-) I had paid for ultimate for a year. and do not kid yourself, on small business 50M from COX, I am down just as much as my friends close by on residential. I do boost to 90M so I am not too bummed. I did find out, for just $100 more, I can get 100/20! lol and just $150 I can get 150, but they do not name these packages. I am fine, and in Papillion, I am a little too far from downtown.

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Aric <aric at omahax.com> wrote:

> Justin, IMO the only benefit to having Cox Business vs Residential is 
> that the Business supposedly has better support and up time.  I have a 
> few pfSense IPsec VPNs connecting residential accounts to businesses 
> the IPs almost never change and I use zonedit dynamic DNS.  Unless you 
> have some super special reason you need a Business account I would use 
> the extra $60 for a Verizon 4G LTE back up connection to mitigate the 
> loss in service level and enjoy a 3x faster connection with the residential service.
>
> .......meanwhile, back at the ranch.
>
> When Telechoice (TCONL)internet was the best in Omaha 10+ years ago 
> they gave me an internal 10.n.n.n address
> 10.40
> 10.41
> 10.42
> 10.43
> 10.44
> 10.100
> 10.200
> These were then NAT'd to an external IP (you could get a static NAT'd 
> IP for $5 a month extra).
>
> Since we were basically on a LAN some co-workers and myself decided to 
> use it as such.  We could play LAN games, map drives, etc.
>
> .......anyway this makes me want something like this with a gigabit 
> connection.  I would like to make a virtual private gigabit network.  
> With a gigabit connection you could basically stream music and watch 
> movies right from where it is at.  We could have something like a 
> community MythTV cluster.
>
> Here is the CenturyLink press release.
> http://news.centurylink.com/index.php?s=43&item=3044
>
> "For further information: Stephanie Meisse, +1-419-755-8433, 
> stephanie.n.meisse at centurylink.com"
>
> I will try to get a hold of Stephanie Meisse again tomorrow to get 
> more details.
>
> I want to know if it is 1Gb up as well.
>
>
>
> > Dangit. Missed it by that much. Might have to move.
> >
> >>>> Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> 5/3/2013 9:31 PM >>>
> > Here's the map I saw on Omaha.com:
> > http://www.omaha.com/article/20130501/MONEY/705019865
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > On May 3, 2013, at 9:12 PM, "Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T" 
> > <jeffh at dundeemt.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> You saw a map ?  I called them the first I heard about it and  
> >> customer service didn't know anything about it it wouldn't know 
> >> where even the announcement on their website On May 3, 2013 7:05 
> >> PM, "Dan Linder" <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Based on the map I saw I'm way outside their current area.  Anyone 
> >>> have a contact we can write to asking about expanding their 
> >>> coverage?
> >>>
> >>> Dan
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>
> >>> On May 3, 2013, at 7:02 PM, Jay Bendon <jaybocc2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> residential 1Gb from centurylink for $80 bundled or $150 not bundled.
> >>>>
> >>>> --Jay
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Justin Reiners <
> justin at hotlinesinc.com
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Are you talking about residential?
> >>>>> On May 3, 2013 6:56 PM, "Marc M" <marcmdm2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Only 40mb is available here at my house.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Justin Reiners 
> >>>>>> <justin at hotlinesinc.com
> >>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Fiber? I know it was available in council bluffs. We got 
> >>>>>>> 100meg u/d.
> >>> By
> >>>>>>> downtown off kanesville
> >>>>>>> On May 3, 2013 6:46 PM, "Aric" <aric at omahax.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Does anyone have the Gigabit fiber that Century link is doing yet?
> >>>>> It
> >>>>>>>> looks like they are offering it in their TCONL area of Omaha.  
> >>>>>>>> I will likely me moving 2 or so miles this summer to get it.
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