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Cablevision Bringing 101 Mbps Internet

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7:10 PM - April 28, 2009 by Marcus Yam

How does 101 Mbps sound?

While Time Warner Cable may be holding back on its DOCSIS 3.0 rollout because it is reconsidering what it should do after consumers lashed out against its consumption-based billing internet plans, New York-based ISP Cablevision is pushing ahead to reach ludicrous speed using DOCSIS 3.0 technology.

Cablevision announced today that starting May 11 it will be offering a new “ultra” tier that will grant users a blistering (by North American standards, at least) 101 Mbps downstream and 15 Mbps upstream all for $99.95 a month.

DSLReports said that it received confirmation from Cablevision spokesman Jim Maiella that the $99.95 price is unbundled, and the new tier does not come with any kind of a usage cap or overage fees.

That’s not the only speed boost news from the company, however, as Reuters adds that Cablevision is also doubling the speed of its Wi-Fi local access to 3.0 Mbps.

For those of you with access to Cablevision’s services, we’re extremely jealous.

Source : Tom's Hardware US

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TheFace 04/29/2009 1:39 AM
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Why 101Mb/s? Why not 100 or 110? Odd numbers beg questions..

Wickedsnow 04/29/2009 1:45 AM
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Agreed.... I hate odd numbers.

I wonder if cablevision is available in the southbay of california?

mlopinto2k1 04/29/2009 1:45 AM
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Maybe it makes an even MB/s speed.. who the hell knows. Go do the math.

The Schnoz 04/29/2009 1:50 AM
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TheFace :
Why 101Mb/s? Why not 100 or 110? Odd numbers beg questions..


Because Verizon offers 100Mbps, so by offering 101Mbps their marketing can claim they have the fastst available speed.

scooterlibby 04/29/2009 1:51 AM
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This is the kind of broadband news I love to see. The stuff about capping and litigating to prevent local governments from providing low cost broadband were making me depressed.

crisisavatar 04/29/2009 1:52 AM
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not bad but would like to see prices drop in the not so far future to nearly 60 bucks.

copenhagenlc 04/29/2009 1:57 AM
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kingnoobe 04/29/2009 1:58 AM
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I'd pay 100$ for 100mb down.. Specially no caps at all.. I'd be all over that.

cliffro 04/29/2009 2:08 AM
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Too bad I'm a TWC customer, I'll never see speeds like that anytime soon.

I also had to LOL at the Spaceballs reference.

frozenlead 04/29/2009 2:11 AM
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Cablevision: No...we need to go all the way to..ludicrous speed!
Time Warner: Ludicrous speed?!?! Sir, we've never gone that fast before..
Cablevision: What are you, chicken?
Time Warner: No..we just figure that if we give people real internet, they might get mad when we take it away and charge them more.

akoegle 04/29/2009 2:11 AM
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I pay $150 now for 3mbit down....

engrpiman 04/29/2009 2:42 AM
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Whoa I just switched to 12 Mbit down for $45 a month

H8ff0000 04/29/2009 3:03 AM
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The upload speed is a bit limited in comparison. I moved from Optimum Boost 30Mbit/5Mbit to FiOS for 20Mbit/20Mbit. If it was 50Mbit/50Mbit for $75-ish I'd jump at it.

Raidur 04/29/2009 3:05 AM
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mlopinto2k1 :
Maybe it makes an even MB/s speed.. who the hell knows. Go do the math.



101Mb = 12.625MB so *shrug*. Maybe its so they can advertise "Over 100 MB/s internet connection speed!!!!".

konchus 04/29/2009 3:06 AM
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101 cause they schooling u mofo's does b boy stance

Warsaw 04/29/2009 3:09 AM
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/jealous

That's all I have to say.

*Shakes fist at comcrap and char(tier)*

I'm going to pack my bags and head for NY!

H8ff0000 04/29/2009 3:12 AM
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Warsaw :
/jealousThat's all I have to say.*Shakes fist at comcrap and char(tier)*I'm going to pack my bags and head for NY!


Screw that. Head to Japan.

jsloan 04/29/2009 3:16 AM
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wow, finally, somebody kissing up to their customers, too bad this area is not serviced by them. cable monopolies suck, wish others had the same speed for the same price!

vouslavous 04/29/2009 3:19 AM
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Cablevision is so freaking unreliable had there highest package and I get disconnected from games almost every 2-3 games. Switched to Verizon Fios and all the problems were solves. Don't get Cablevision!!

krazynutz 04/29/2009 3:25 AM
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Verizon Fios is, indeed, better all-around. But it's nice to see Cablevision cranking it up to 11!

Marcus Yam 04/29/2009 3:30 AM
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cliffro :
Too bad I'm a TWC customer, I'll never see speeds like that anytime soon.I also had to LOL at the Spaceballs reference.


Dark Helmet is so quotable for many tech stories :D

MDillenbeck 04/29/2009 3:40 AM
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TheFace :
Why 101Mb/s? Why not 100 or 110? Odd numbers beg questions..


In order to accommodate all the computer geeks, they will now be releasing the all internet speed values in binary (but you'll only find that in the fine print), so 101 in base 2 converts to 5 in base 10. Woohooo, superfast 5 Mb/s! :)

gorehound 04/29/2009 4:48 AM
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I would go to them and dump time warner if only we had competition in portland maine.
we need to have healthy business competition in every state so we can see more ISP's and have a broader choice.
Cablevision sounds OK but I don't have them.

jd13 04/29/2009 5:28 AM
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Sorry guys but Cable vision is only available on the East coast. They're not the greatest & neither is Fios. I've talked to people who have Fios & it isn't much better; Verizon's service contracts stink.

jd13 04/29/2009 5:34 AM
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Let's see how long it lasts....
Try this on: I use to play allot of XBL games & they capped my connection saying I was using it as a server & it was against the terms of service. I was capped at some slow dial-up speeds. I had to call them up & complain.

seatrotter 04/29/2009 5:38 AM
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This is cable, right? Isn't it 101mbps per given area and not per line? Shouldn't they at least given hint and a easily noticable note?

Isn't there any law yet that requires that claims and marketing materials make it easy for consumers to understand what they are actually getting?

ph3412b07 04/29/2009 6:27 AM
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My university connection is 100/30 Mbps (per person), and the server rooms get gigabit ports (1000 Mbps). Not paying $100 while I can still leech. btw, isn't NASA working on 10 Gbps transfers? Thats what, 100 times faster than 100 Mbps? Once you've experienced 100 Mbps, nothing is fast enough anymore :/ Some countries in Asia get close to that speed as the norm...

magicandy 04/29/2009 7:31 AM
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LUDICROUS SPEED.....GO!!!

fflam 04/29/2009 7:43 AM
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where i live comcast has 50MB speeds now, and is trying to get 100mb out by summer, and 150mb by next summer. but before that can happen we need to get the digital conversion out of the way and "clean up" the system

mavroxur 04/29/2009 9:03 AM
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The morons at Time Warner need to take "How to run an ISP 101" classes from these guys. Mega bandwidth, no caps.......that's just fancy talk for "Sexified"

blader15sk8 04/29/2009 10:40 AM
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vouslavous :
Cablevision is so freaking unreliable had there highest package and I get disconnected from games almost every 2-3 games. Switched to Verizon Fios and all the problems were solves. Don't get Cablevision!!



I've had cablevision for.. idk about 5 or 6 years now and haven't had any problems.


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