It’s been about a month since I subscribed to Optimum Online Ultra, the fastest Internet service in the country—sorry, Peter. Consider this a predictable, rubbish explanation of how my Internet habits—nay, my life!—have changed as a result of having a 101 megabits-down/15 megabits-up connection. → Read More
Day Three of Optimum Online Ultra. We discussed it at some length during yesterday’s podcast, which, need I remind you, ended in an explosion. You never know what’s gonna happen here at CrunchGear! Anyway, today I present a cruddy video showing how long it takes to download a Linux ISO—Ubuntu, from this mirror—because it seems like the cool thing to do. → Read More
Day Two of Optimum Online Ultra here at Deleon HQ, so I thought I’d share some info regarding how it works in the real world. (Yesterday we looked at a speed test, which isn’t necessarily reflective of what you’d find in everyday Internet use.) Onward! → Read More
I now have Cablevision’s Optimum Online Ultra (OOLU), the fastest Internet service in the United States of America. Cablevision, which is a cable company that primarily serves the suburbs of New York City (I’m about an hour north of the city), rates the service at 101 megabits/s down, and 15 megabits/s up—plenty fast, to be sure. The purpose of this here post is to brag a little, yes, but… → Read More
Well I just ordered Optimum Online Ultra, the fastest Internet service in the whole of the United States of America. The helpful gentleman will install the service on Tuesday. Here’s what I’ve learned. → Read More
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