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2010-06-09 22:01:42
Mitch
16 more years
+877|6784|South Florida
feel free to answer any and all of the following

1. my computer has two ethernet ports on the back of it. could i then connect it to two different internet connections. say me and my neighbor both have 25meg internet connections, and i ran a ethernet cable from his house to mine and plugged it into the second port. I would then have two independant lines of 25meg internet in. would my computer then be sucking information at a rate of 50megs?? similar to when you have 2 harddrives in raid it spreads the load evenly over both discs to double the speed?

2. if i connected a second line from a second port in my router would i still be limited at 25meg? i assume i would be. is the 25meg rating the max verizon is letting my pull from my connection?

3. How can i hack the Optical network terminal in my basement to give me faster internet?

4. If 1 is true, where exactly is the bandwidth limited from? It must be controlled by the optical network terminal in my basement. which then must be controlled remotely somehow from the verizon headquarters (i think they can change my speed remotely...)

I know the fiber lines are capable of a couple hundred meg/s internet speed.... however verizon doesnt currently offer a plan of that speed - they are keeping there bandwidth reserved for when a competitor offers a higher speed.

I wouldnt expect anyone here to know the answers to questions 3 and 4. But do tell for 1 and 2.

Last edited by Mitch (2010-06-09 22:03:20)

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2010-06-09 22:24:22
Catbox
forgiveness
+505|6974
25mb per router
and if you add more computers to either the router or if you add a switch
all the connections will share the 25mb d/l. I have fios with 4 computers and
it's barely if at all noticeable when everyone is on at the same time.

And the fiber is able to carry much faster traffic but your speeds are limited by
verizon. And your internet speeds are also dependent obviously on traffic and how
fast the other party can send you information back.

Google is testing 1gb downloads in a couple of communities soon(kind of overkill)
http://hothardware.com/News/Google-Anno … r-Network/

Last edited by Catbox (2010-06-09 22:24:52)

Love is the answer
2010-06-09 22:24:41
mikkel
Member
+383|6859

Mitch wrote:

feel free to answer any and all of the following

1. my computer has two ethernet ports on the back of it. could i then connect it to two different internet connections. say me and my neighbor both have 25meg internet connections, and i ran a ethernet cable from his house to mine and plugged it into the second port. I would then have two independant lines of 25meg internet in. would my computer then be sucking information at a rate of 50megs?? similar to when you have 2 harddrives in raid it spreads the load evenly over both discs to double the speed?
It's plausible, but not practical, and things will invariably break with that kind of setup. You'd also never be able to actually download at more than the available capacity of the line supporting the connection, unless both ends of the connection support such bonding.

Mitch wrote:

2. if i connected a second line from a second port in my router would i still be limited at 25meg? i assume i would be. is the 25meg rating the max verizon is letting my pull from my connection?
Yes.

Mitch wrote:

3. How can i hack the Optical network terminal in my basement to give me faster internet?
You can't.

Mitch wrote:

4. If 1 is true, where exactly is the bandwidth limited from? It must be controlled by the optical network terminal in my basement. which then must be controlled remotely somehow from the verizon headquarters (i think they can change my speed remotely...)
Yes, the connection and node properties are managed by the ONT on your premises.

Mitch wrote:

I know the fiber lines are capable of a couple hundred meg/s internet speed.... however verizon doesnt currently offer a plan of that speed - they are keeping there bandwidth reserved for when a competitor offers a higher speed.
Most any common residential access technology outside of xDSL is limited by the available service tiers, rather than the full potential of the line supplied. ISPs weigh the features that the public expects against their bottom line and their corporate beliefs and ideals, and build their products from that. A good deal of Verizon's FiOS customers could pull in excess of 2Gbps in both directions without significantly affecting performance for other users on the PON.
2010-06-09 22:24:51
eleven bravo
Member
+1,399|5517|foggy bottom
I knew verizon sucked
Tu Stultus Es
2010-06-10 08:04:27
Mitch
16 more years
+877|6784|South Florida

Catbox wrote:

25mb per router
and if you add more computers to either the router or if you add a switch
all the connections will share the 25mb d/l. I have fios with 4 computers and
it's barely if at all noticeable when everyone is on at the same time.

And the fiber is able to carry much faster traffic but your speeds are limited by
verizon. And your internet speeds are also dependent obviously on traffic and how
fast the other party can send you information back.

Google is testing 1gb downloads in a couple of communities soon(kind of overkill)
http://hothardware.com/News/Google-Anno … r-Network/
So then if its 25mb per router, could i connect an additional router somehow to the ONT and have 2 routers both with the capacity of 25mb?

Potential problems being:

only one coax hookup for a router (However i do believe there is both a coax and an ethernet hookup inside the ONT!) - Maybe you can hook up a second router on the ethernet port on the ONT to recieve a second line of 25mb??

--

Im still unsure if verizon controlls your signal speed remotely, or if its something i can change on the ONT.

Still unsure if two 25mb lines (even from totally seperate houses) would equal 50mb when both connected to my computer.
15 more years! 15 more years!
2010-06-10 08:07:29
Mitch
16 more years
+877|6784|South Florida

eleven bravo wrote:

I knew verizon sucked
verizon certainly doesnt suck. and im not just saying this cause im a sales rep for them. Theres no other non-satalite company that offers you full 1080 high def (unless ATT uverse is available in your area). Its the fastest internet available for a reasonable price. Here you can get our ultimate HD package which has 90 high def channels, 380 total channels, 35/35 download/upload speed, and homephone for like $136.00 with a DVR.
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2010-06-10 08:15:04
Cheez
Herman is a warmaphrodite
+1,027|6697|King Of The Islands

Having 25mb must suck, eh.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
2010-06-10 09:09:57
mikkel
Member
+383|6859

Mitch wrote:

Catbox wrote:

25mb per router
and if you add more computers to either the router or if you add a switch
all the connections will share the 25mb d/l. I have fios with 4 computers and
it's barely if at all noticeable when everyone is on at the same time.

And the fiber is able to carry much faster traffic but your speeds are limited by
verizon. And your internet speeds are also dependent obviously on traffic and how
fast the other party can send you information back.

Google is testing 1gb downloads in a couple of communities soon(kind of overkill)
http://hothardware.com/News/Google-Anno … r-Network/
So then if its 25mb per router, could i connect an additional router somehow to the ONT and have 2 routers both with the capacity of 25mb?

Potential problems being:

only one coax hookup for a router (However i do believe there is both a coax and an ethernet hookup inside the ONT!) - Maybe you can hook up a second router on the ethernet port on the ONT to recieve a second line of 25mb??
No. The limitation is on the line between the ONT and the OLT. It doesn't matter how many routers you connect to the ONT.

Mitch wrote:

Im still unsure if verizon controlls your signal speed remotely, or if its something i can change on the ONT.

mikkel wrote:

Mitch wrote:

3. How can i hack the Optical network terminal in my basement to give me faster internet?
You can't.

Mitch wrote:

4. If 1 is true, where exactly is the bandwidth limited from? It must be controlled by the optical network terminal in my basement. which then must be controlled remotely somehow from the verizon headquarters (i think they can change my speed remotely...)
Yes, the connection and node properties are managed by the ONT on your premises.

Mitch wrote:

Still unsure if two 25mb lines (even from totally seperate houses) would equal 50mb when both connected to my computer.

mikkel wrote:

Mitch wrote:

feel free to answer any and all of the following

1. my computer has two ethernet ports on the back of it. could i then connect it to two different internet connections. say me and my neighbor both have 25meg internet connections, and i ran a ethernet cable from his house to mine and plugged it into the second port. I would then have two independant lines of 25meg internet in. would my computer then be sucking information at a rate of 50megs?? similar to when you have 2 harddrives in raid it spreads the load evenly over both discs to double the speed?
It's plausible, but not practical, and things will invariably break with that kind of setup. You'd also never be able to actually download at more than the available capacity of the line supporting the connection, unless both ends of the connection support such bonding.

 

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