Cablevision loves you, will offer $99 101Mbps uncapped internet service
By Nilay Patel 
posted Apr 28th 2009 12:59PM
posted Apr 28th 2009 12:59PM
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Fast... and FIRST
Don't you ever learn?
Competition is a great thing. Thank you FiOS and Optimum for doing Capitalism proud!
A bit like your mom?
I see myself moving to the north very very soon.
Remember that's 101Mbps advertised and 10Mbps actual speed.
Actually, Cablevision's really good with providing their advertised speeds. I have their 10 Mbps service at home and I actually get that speed (and I've even gotten faster, before) via bittorrent downloads, and at my dad's shop he has their 15 Mbps service and gets that speed, too. Upload speeds live up to the ads, as well. Now of course this is much higher than 10-15 Mbps, but I'll place my money on them actually living up to it; they're a very good ISP.
Americaaaaaaaaaaaaa.......
FUCK YEAH!!!!
i smell a bait & switch
coming to save the motherfucking day yeah......
Books!!!
Wantses in Minneapolises NAO
This has got me all bothered and hot.
I love being covered in snot
Comcast and Verizon will probably just ignore it and continue to cap and charge through the nose.
probably. Cablevision is very limited in size, so if the competition responds, it will certainly be localized.
Cablevision will only need a little time to beef up its coffers and begin to expand. The competition should not ignore it.
Verizon isn't going to ignore it in NY State, they're fighting hard with Cablevision now, they need every advantage they can get.
lol half of sweden gets 100mbit for about 10$/month
Go Sweden!
They pay far more than that, it's just taken via taxes. Thinking otherwise just shows how successful their leaders have been.
Really?! So 100mbps in Sweden costs less than one pint of beer in the bar. Good for you!
just curious. $10 krona for 100mps? or $10USD? the current exchange rate is such that 1USD will get you roughly 8Krona.
In response to the doubters, 100/100mbit is 249 SEK a month from an independent supplier. Many pay far less than that. The term "unlimited" is never used, nobody would sign up with a ISP that limits your bandwidth.
Oh they would sign up if all ISPs co-ordinated to limit bandwidth like in other countries.
Of course ISP:s forming a cartel like that that would be illegal in more ways than one.
cablevision is awesome, but their tv is a bit shoddy, still an all around win
I have cable vision now...the HD looks great...but at the expense of the SD channels looking like utter crap.
If they just got rid of the 50 bazillion HD movie channels that only show crap, and the HD international channels that no one watches, we would have a bit more bandwidth to share.
i think i pay 60 for 10Mbps now...an extra 30 for 90 more bits per second.... thats like only .0000001(cents) per extra bit per month!
@dan2600
You hit it on the nose (too many useless HD movie channels showing the same crap over and over). This is an awesome move by Cablevision. Now if they would only FIX THIS:
http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/15/cablevision-announces-voom-hd-replacement-channels-theyre-all/
Dump the useless movie repeating HD channels and bring back VOOOOOOM!
(Which still exists and broadcasting in other countries and YOU OWN IT.
http://www.rainbow-media.com/about.jsp
So why did you kill what is clearly a competitive advantage? You know, totally unique non premium HD content? We are owed a REAL explanation not the line that the CSR's vomit up when we call. In the new internet age when a google search is 2 seconds away it makes you look bad and the CSRs sound stupid. SO WHAT IS THE REAL REASON THAT VOOM WENT AWAY!!!
PS Again, good job on the DOCSIS 3 / 101Mbps / $99 (hopefully not a "teaser rate" ;^)...
im jealous
and im first =)
Epic fail!
Jeez, we really need to step up our broadband game here in the U.S, its even more pathetic that many ISPs are resorting to strict bandwidth caps, Time Warner...........
Cablevision has always been my favorite IP too bad i moved to a different area and am now forced to go with Time Warner and their slow internet.....
Move to Sweden and you'll get it for half of that huge chunk of cash.
ya, thanks anyway, but i think i'll stay in the US and just pay the extra $50.
Will I have to piss sitting down?
Yeah and Sweden also has something like twice the income tax of the US - i think I'll spend the extra $50 and keep the thousands more I'll be saving on taxes, thanks
What's wrong with pissing sitting down?
@Patriks7
The cold seat.
@barry99705
unless someone just got off of it then its nice and warm.. no matter how creepy it is
i would only get them for this internet service, anything else from them is shitty.
I disagree. They don't even cap their basic package. I have their boost package and get 30 down and 5 up. The TV quality is good but isn't as good as Verizon. But then again I know somebody has FIOS and they're not happy with it. For an extra $3/month I get a DVR. The telephone is rated the best. Because they're in competition with FIOS her I get better plans.
Most people in this country, if not the world, would kill for my bandwidth.
I also disagree. I have cablevision. Where else can you get free area wide wifi and are able to host your own web server and email server with the ports opened up on cablevisions end?
HD is also free. They have also been working on improving their hd quality.
HD IS FREE!
Lemme put it on da table for 29.95 you get to sign da label
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Very, very tempted.
I was stuck with dialup until August 2008, and now I'm paying $40 a month for 1.5Mb down, 400Kb up. And it's riddled with errors. Constant disconnects and lag on Xbox LIVE.
Timerider,
do you use DSL? i use verizon DSL. most disconnect problems are from the wireless router/modem that they give you. if you get your own DSL modem, i read that it's much better with less disconects. i just ordered a new wireless router/modem from newegg.com for 80 bucks. be here this week. hopefully, this will stop those annoying disconects.
Yeah I have DSL. The only broadband provider in the area is TDS. We even had them install a new phone jack to shorten the distance between the phone box and the modem. They said that the modem is probably fine since it's relatively new. I kinda gave up on it after calling the guy out here 3 times and never really solving anything.
Most connectivity issues with DSL are caused by the ISP allowing people to sign up who actually live too far away from the CO to a decent signal. The modems that they give you are always piles of crap, so I won't rule that out as a possible cause for the problem, but it's probably just a weak signal from living too far away. If 3 technicians have been to your home I am assuming they have ruled out wiring issues, so if getting a better modem doesn't help then you're screwed. They won't acknowledge a problem on their end unless a large group of customers gets organized and effects their bottom line or hell freezes over. I feel sorry for people living in rural areas with no cable internet. I hope WiMax and LTE can fix that.
sounds good but is there a usage cap? 101mb/s but you can only use 100gb in a month...
I skimmed the article did anyone catch the upload speed on that plan?