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Cliff Pennock SEP 04, 06:53 AM


That should change to 1Gb/1Gb soon.
williegoat SEP 04, 12:08 PM
I figured out yesterday that they screwed up my order. They have me on LTE. They are sending me a different unit. We shall see...
kslish SEP 04, 02:16 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

I figured out yesterday that they screwed up my order. They have me on LTE. They are sending me a different unit. We shall see...



Huh, that looks like a Verizon ASK-NCQ1338 in the picture you posted, which should be 5G capable, but maybe it's missing some of the newer 5G bands....I see on their web site that they have a newer 5G WiFi router available (looks more like a cylinder than a cube).

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williegoat SEP 05, 01:29 AM

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Originally posted by kslish:


Huh, that looks like a Verizon ASK-NCQ1338 in the picture you posted, which should be 5G capable, but maybe it's missing some of the newer 5G bands....I see on their web site that they have a newer 5G WiFi router available (looks more like a cylinder than a cube).



That is the correct model number and is the only one they offer to me here. They are sending out another one just like it. The other ones that I have seen on the internet, including a cylindrical one and a larger square (not cube shaped) model are all older. Anything is possible though, they have made several mistakes along the way.

I think that they had this one configured wrong. It's a long story.
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 05, 10:13 AM

I have Gigabit internet, which is pretty awesome. I could go to 2-Gigabit, but don't feel like paying the $150 a month. I pay $75 right now for Gigabit, and this SpeedTest is the slowest I've ever gotten. My daughter is playing Roblox while streaming YouTube videos, and there are three TVs on streaming various stuff on Roku while I did this... so it's really quite good.




This house I'm in was built in 2007, which was a good year for homes in Florida because they're still built to current modern standards, and also a good period in between when everyone started going to Wifi, and people still wanting things hardwired. The home came with a built in patch panel, and every room in the house is pre-wired for internet w/ Cat 5E, Coax Cable TV, Coax OTA TV (with booster antenna in the attic), and most rooms wired for PBX / telephone (in RJ45 that can use RJ12).




I have Wifi for things like robots and stuff, but all computers and TVs are directly plugged into RJ45. Every room, for some reason, was also pre-wired with TV mounts (outlets, mounting brackets, and coax/rj45/OTA behind the TV mounts. The home was also pre-wired for a 5.1 surround sound speaker system, and an insane number of outlets and recessed lighting. The home was a model, so it came totally, totally loaded. The home is also wired for a security system, every single window, door, and multiple motion and pressure sensors throughout the house. I don't know why because crime is basically non-existant in this neighborhood.

The entire home is a Craftsman-style home... with a huge wrap-around front porch. Not some BS porch, one that you can put huge furniture on... and it overlooks a park right across the city-street. Like... I take 30 steps and I'm in a park.




It even has a detached 3-car garage in the back of the house, with a long driveway going down the side... like a Kansas City Shirtwaist style of Craftsman home.





I friggin' LOVE this house... and I was so lucky to get it. It was JUST before homes started to go really crazy, and I made a full bid offer, and had to purchase it sight unseen.

My wife can't stand the home... she's not a fan of Craftsman style homes, doesn't like the front porch, and wants an 80s modern-style home like you see a lot of in South Florida. I like those too, don't get me wrong, but this is the style of home I've always wanted. It even has a weird attic with actual dormers that have real windows from the attic, which is super cool. I just installed a pull-down ladder, instead of the old hatch that existed before. I'm hoping at some point I can put actual stairs in there and build out the third floor, but currently there's no flooring up there, and about 4 feet of pure white blown in insulation.

The only thing I've done is put a creepy doll up there looking out the dormer window with red lights on it for Halloween.
kslish SEP 05, 04:40 PM
Anybody rural that's posting these awesome speeds? Comcast is pretty much a monopoly here, so they can charge a hefty premium for higher speeds....Verizon wired is old GTE network that Verizon refuses to put any money into (there has been speculation that they might just sell it off to someone like Frontier) and as far as wireless, T-Mobile is the only one aggressively upgrading towers to 5G in the area at this time.
theogre SEP 05, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
I'm hoping at some point I can put actual stairs in there and build out the third floor, but currently there's no flooring up there, and about 4 feet of pure white blown in insulation.

Check local building/fire codes before bothering to do anything w/ a 3rd floor or even build up a basement for anything but storage or other things where you don't use often.

Codes and/or Tax Assessment are likely why your house has unfinished "attic."
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 05, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by kslish:

Anybody rural that's posting these awesome speeds? Comcast is pretty much a monopoly here, so they can charge a hefty premium for higher speeds....Verizon wired is old GTE network that Verizon refuses to put any money into (there has been speculation that they might just sell it off to someone like Frontier) and as far as wireless, T-Mobile is the only one aggressively upgrading towers to 5G in the area at this time.




It just has to do with the infrastructure that was available at the time these homes were built. Homes built pretty much after 2000 generally all have access to fiber to the local loop, with higher quality copper (or direct fiber) to the homes. But like, for example... my home in San Antonio was built in 1983, and the highest I could get was like 25mb/s... and realistically, that meant 18mb/s. At some point, they were going to install fiber... actually, I think it's available RIGHT NOW... like, available 4 months after I moved out, but Google had to dredge up entire swaths of roads and bury cable underneath sidewalks and driveways in the swale.


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Originally posted by theogre:

Check local building/fire codes before bothering to do anything w/ a 3rd floor or even build up a basement for anything but storage or other things where you don't use often.

Codes and/or Tax Assessment are likely why your house has unfinished "attic."



No basements in Florida... but yeah, the attics are more aesthetic than anything else... would take a lot of work for me to really outfit it. I don't think the HOA would want me to anyway, so for now, it's a creepy attic with a window into dead space.

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kslish SEP 05, 08:31 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:

It just has to do with the infrastructure that was available at the time these homes were built.




Here we have telephone/utility poles, wired utilities aren't usually buried underground for the most part. So the age of the house doesn't play a factor.... it's more the ISP putting in the investment to string up copper or fiber on the poles and updating it over time.

I think in PA it's more a factor of the established companies (Comcast and Verizon) and with Comcast being based in Philly, politics and lobbyists play a role. The PA Utility Commission doesn't really promote competition, they just have rules in place that the providers have to wire the state with "broadband", but never said how fast the "broadband connectivity" had to be or that it stayed current over the years. Verizon promised the state that they would wire the state with fiber to get approval, but FIOS deployment has ground to a halt once the more profitable populated areas were done. Retired copper based DSL hardware from FIOS locations then got reinstalled in the more rural areas to meet the "broadband" commitment to wire the amount of serviceable area of the state that they have to meet. 3/1 DSL isn't remotely competitive...Verizon used to only charge $20/month for it since even many years ago it was slower than cable so they priced it cheap, but it has slowly crept up to around $50/month and they eliminated the dry loop (DSL only) option so you have to have landline phone service with it as well.

LTE/5G service is the first competition Verizon and Comcast have really had in PA in many areas (and in Verizon's case they are competing against themselves, which is why they are probably looking to sell off their less profitable legacy wired infrastructure), so it will be interesting to see how they respond.

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theogre SEP 05, 11:18 PM
Nearly No-one is fixing POTs lines including any version of DSL even when copper is only thing available in a lot of US, Canada and other countries.
If a business has T1 and others using copper, they get push to use Fiber or expect problems too when won't or can't upgrade.
And The Govrmnt in most are allowing them to ignore most problems so reporting to a State Public Utility Etc often won't help.

E2A--> Most have No Clue DSL is a "Party Line" that shares all bandwidth to other DSL suckers near them and worse, over subscribed in most areas makes slow to very slow speeds to users all of the time or at random times. IOW DSL is shared bandwidth same as Cable is but many Phone carriers haven't upgrade back end equipment for decades. Comcast and some others Have upgraded the cable itself and/or equipment in recent years in many markets. Part to handle "HD TV" and push higher ISP speeds and more so when FiOS et al was being rolled out 10-15 years ago in some markets.

If you think Fiber is coming...
In Rural areas... Not happening just like most can't get Cable. Too Few Customers per Mile/KM.
Add Many places stopped rollout of Fiber to homes and small business even in high density areas too because not enough people buy it.
Even when Verizon turned off all POTs lines to force FiOS on them in many areas, a lot of people simple just dumped phone service.

FiOS right now is Still playing the Catch Up Game to Cable after 10+ years in most cities and only reason why you see Unlimited plans and No Speed Limit vs Data Used.

Because Is easier and far cheaper to push all to use the Cell Networks.
E2A--> And Phone Co's already lie about speeds and over subscribed Cell data plans so often have same DSL problems as above. Most Cell Towers still aren't really make to handle some PC's sucking many GB or TB per Hour. Is why early data caps was not only a money grab but to prevent "Tower Hogging" w/ a few new smart phones back then DL movies and music. Is why Phone Co's have put Cell Units on just about everything now and will get far worse V's 5GUW and others because mm-wave "can't go thru walls." Far worse then 5GHz or new 6GHz WiFi on some Ax+/6E nets.

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