Cablevision has fastest Internet speeds for cable
April 28, 2009 By DEBORAH YAO , AP Business Writer(AP) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. is set to unveil Tuesday the fastest Internet speeds available from any cable or phone company.
Starting May 11, the Bethpage, N.Y.-based cable operator will offer speeds of up to 101 megabits per second downstream throughout its service area, and 15 Mbps upstream. Cablevision has three million subscribers in the New York metro area.
The company also plans to double the downstream speed of its Wi-Fi Internet service up to 3 Mbps for free. Cablevision offers wireless Internet at several Wi-Fi hotspots in New York's Long Island, Connecticut and Westchester service areas, and in parts of New Jersey.
Cablevision is in a race against Verizon Communications Inc., which is rolling out its fiber-optic FiOs service in New York City.
At present, Verizon's top Internet speed is 50 Mbps per second with a starting cost of $140 a month plus a free wireless router. Cablevision is offering its service at $99.95 a month.
The second fastest Internet speed offered by a cable operator is up to 60 Mbps from Charter Communications Inc., but currently it's only available in the St. Louis area. Charter, based in St. Louis, is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. offers speeds of up to 50 Mbps.
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Apr 28, 2009
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The problem is that no one in the home needs 100mb pipes. I currently have fios internet and have 20 mb download which at this time is more then enough.
Their are not to many servers out there that will let you download from them at more then 5mb/sec just to put into context.
100mb at this point in time is way overkill.
Well, cablevision at least can now say they have the fastest download speeds.
Apr 28, 2009
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Ok, so I'm just pointing out a typo, but what an awesome typo it turned out to be.
It all sounds like 100Mb tubes are extreme, but lets consider that at one point if you were rocking a 256M HD you were on top of the world and 28.8k dial up was so much bandwidth you could drive a bus through your phone line. It may sound extreme and exuberant at the moment, but in the future when we are complaining about how slow our 10Tbps downstream is just not fast enough 101Mbps would give us a heart attack.
Apr 28, 2009
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You're right, hence my use of the sentence"100mb at this point in time is way overkill"
The future will without question call for it as has been seen in the past.
Aug 26, 2009
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