08-18-2024, 01:57 AM
I'm back online after being offline most of the day. Over the past few months my small little podunk Ohio town (population ~17,000) has had a fiber optic company running fiber underground every where. Last week they started visiting households for people to sign up.
A couple of techs showed up today and spent 4 hours running a fiber optic line to my home.
Get this: for $45 a month I get 250Mbps up and down speeds, no installation charge, no contracts, and no hidden fees! I just did a speed test and I'm getting 7ms latency times with 265 Mbps up and down speeds. Woohoo! I just told the cable company to go pound dirt (that felt good). The cable company's cheapest package is $95 a month for 200Mbps down and 25Mbps up and I could never get better than 25 to 30ms latency times. Heck, if I wanted to for $85 I can get 1Gbps fiber speed or $105 for 2Gbps fiber speed but 250Mbps is plenty for my needs.
The difference in responsiveness with Internet sites is amazing. I now know just how bad the cable company's service was.
The company is called Omni Fiber and they are installing in Ohio and Pennsylvania right now. Be on the look out for them if they come to your area.
Never in my wildest dreams did I believe a little backwoods town like mine would ever get fiber.
A couple of techs showed up today and spent 4 hours running a fiber optic line to my home.
Get this: for $45 a month I get 250Mbps up and down speeds, no installation charge, no contracts, and no hidden fees! I just did a speed test and I'm getting 7ms latency times with 265 Mbps up and down speeds. Woohoo! I just told the cable company to go pound dirt (that felt good). The cable company's cheapest package is $95 a month for 200Mbps down and 25Mbps up and I could never get better than 25 to 30ms latency times. Heck, if I wanted to for $85 I can get 1Gbps fiber speed or $105 for 2Gbps fiber speed but 250Mbps is plenty for my needs.
The difference in responsiveness with Internet sites is amazing. I now know just how bad the cable company's service was.
The company is called Omni Fiber and they are installing in Ohio and Pennsylvania right now. Be on the look out for them if they come to your area.
Never in my wildest dreams did I believe a little backwoods town like mine would ever get fiber.