TweetThe FCC recently conducted a study of some of the top broadband ISPs in the country and measured customers’ actual bandwidth as compared to what the ISPs advertised. FiOS really came out on top. The report is available on the FCC site. The bottom line, though, is that Verizon FiOS averaged nearly 120% of advertised [...]
TweetI’m not sure why these guys operate this way – they’re more than happy to lose me as a customer and then throw huge discounts at me to get me back. If they’d just give me a good price I’d love not to have to go through this rigmarole. But after being with Cablevision for [...]
TweetOptimum Boost advertises 30 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up. Here’s a speed test I just ran at Ookla’s SpeedTest.net: (My desktop is plugged into the router, the router is plugged into the Arris cablemodem.) Here’s one of the last speed tests I did with Verizon, on 2/15. I had the 25/15 internet package: (Desktop was [...]
TweetI switched to FiOS in December, 2009, and I was pretty apprehensive, having been a Cablevision customer for many years. I really had no problem with Cablevision’s service, I just thought their pricing was much too high in the face of the new competition (and deals) Verizon was offering. I ended up going with Verizon [...]
TweetTo cancel your Cablevision service, you need to call them. Nassau county: 516-364-8400. Suffolk county: 631-267-6900 and 631-727-6300. Other phone numbers are listed here: http://www.optimum.net/Support/PhoneList
TweetAverage teacher salaries for Long Island school districts. Courtesy of NYS DOE, via Newsday – data are from 2005: 1 Fire Island $96,228 2 East Williston $93,001 3 Island Park $88,992 4 Quogue $88,975 5 Great Neck $87,444 6 Roslyn $87,277 7 Mineola $85,978 8 Lawrence $85,400 9 East Rockaway $84,130 10 Bridgehampton $83,568 11 [...]
TweetLots of power outages lately. Not the greatest time to move my site. Good thing I don’t need 99.99%+ uptime. Or even 95%…
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