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Downloading the newest Linux/Windows7RC/Demo etc.
And of course porn.
It also considerably enlarges your e-penis, which is always a good thing.
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However, I was having an issue with an Ubuntu 8.10 machine last night that could either be solved with some complicated kludging or by installing 9.04. The ISO came down in 5 mins. I would not have wanted to wait 2 hours.
100 mbps really can't hurt, but if I were going to spend more money on my internet connection, I would get FiOS 50 mbps on top of my OptOnline 30 mbps. Redundancy is worth more to me than that extra 20 mbps.
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Question: does anyone with a Linksys Wireless-N Router have problems with connectivity over N?
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Cablevision (at least AFAIK) doesn't cap.
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Personally, I hate that Cablevision doesn't let me choose my premiums on the Triple Play. I can't swap Starz and Encore for Showtime and Cinemax. Also, Premium On-Demands cost extra(TW throws them in for free).
On the upside, we have the most annoying commercials of all-time: 90 second reggaeton spots for iO digital cable, broadcast at a significantly louder volume than the program.
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However, their speeds and commercials and whatever are the biggest fraud in town. 20 mbps down? Yeah right, you're lucky if you can hit 10. Best HD picture? Hah! It's so pixelated it's ridiculous.
I highly doubt people will actually hit 101 mbps. Yeah, and they can go screw for not allowing MSG HD on anything but iO, not carrying NFL Network AT ALL and having the worst On Demand of any cable provider.
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Secondly, apparently you're lucky if you can hit 10 mbps. Try coming to the conversation with a sample space. (I regularly get > 20mbps downloads w/Boost and can use just about all of my 5mbps up. Same at my office, and a few friends and family. Still, I wouldn't use that as a blanket statement about their service).
And I'm not sure that you understand the role that the upstream server will play in your usable speed. Probably 100mbps is overkill for most households as they wouldn't be able to pull from enough upstream hosts to even get near saturating their lines. Torrenters and the like, maybe.
Also, a lot of consumer "routers" out there won't get far over 10-30mbps, yes, even if their ports link at 100mbps or even a gig. Maybe you just have a Belkin "router" from 2003?