June 22nd, 2009

Optimum Online Ultra, one month later: Hope you plan to P2P a lot

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

May 21st, 2009

Video: This is how long it takes to download Linux using Optimum Online Ultra

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

May 20th, 2009

BitTorrent nearly maxes out Optimum Online Ultra: Hooray for 10+ MB/s download speeds

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

May 19th, 2009

Really fast Internet: First impressions of Optimum Online Ultra

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

May 14th, 2009

On ordering Cablevision's Optimum Online Ultra (the really fast Internet service)

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