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How many of you guys have Optimum Online (Broadband Cable)? If you dont have it ... dont get it. Im having serious issues that might affect my gameplay in STO.

I just did a speed test and IM getting

Download speed: 1.87 mb/s
Upload Speed: 2.06 mb/s
Ping 25ms

Yesterday I tested my connection:

1.54 mb/s - Download
1.90 mb/s - Upload
291 ms - Ping

Now when I call them to complain... it justs to :

9.16 mb/s - Download
2.09 mb/s - Upload
10 ms - Ping

Then the next day it went to what you saw above.

They charge me over 45 bucks a month for this. Is this service worth 45 bucks?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    bump bump bumo
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    keep us updated
    this is interesting information
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I know it is thats why I told people... especially you.

    Ill put you on my mailing list

    rofl
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    How many of you guys have Optimum Online (Broadband Cable)? If you dont have it ... dont get it. Im having serious issues that might affect my gameplay in STO.


    They charge me over 45 bucks a month for this. Is this service worth 45 bucks?

    This depends on your personal finances and a bit on your patience.

    There are still MANY people in the world (and a fair amount in the US) WITHOUT a Broadband connection, so you are not the only one. Contrary to what a company says or what people tell you, you CAN play every online game via dial-up. Admittedly, there is a (very small) percentage of games that advertise you absolutely need Broadband, but if you have the knowledge and put it to use, you can also hook up through these games via dial-up.

    Most games made are designed for the lowest-common denominator (dial-up). There will be people telling you (and probably posting after my post) that you NEED Broadband because it will slow everyone else down in your instance. This is not really true for the majority of the games. The only one that suffers is you, especially if you are in a crowded place/instance while they whiz by you.

    Admittedly, this may make PvP hard on you, but it is not impossible and can be dealt with if there are not many online that slows your connection (late-nights seem preferrable). At the moment, PvP matches do not have a great number of participants (8 vs 8 or 5 vs 5) and so you can do it with dial-up.

    So, if money is tight, you really don't NEED to spend it on dial-up; Broadband is a luxury/convienence that does make things faster and you WILL love it compared to dial-up (such as web-page browsing), but if a game or internet cluster is suffering slow-downs, we ALL are suffering slowdowns. It's just faster to find out that you are slowed down via Broadband.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Opt Online does this every year from Thanksgiving until March. It always drops dramatically during peak times for everyone.. Its annoying.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I have Optimum online also. The fix for me was that the cable modem was bad. Slow speeds intermittent cutouts.
    Trade in your modem for another one at a Cablevision center, It should be no charge tell them about your problems. That might fix it if your using an older modem.
    Also I have no idea about your expertise but have you used normal troubleshooting procedures to narrow down what piece of hardware/software the problem is most likely coming from?
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