High Speed Internet ?

[coffeeguy]

Greetings - I am researching where to live when I move into Nashville. One big feature for me is high-speed Internet access. I was pleased to see there were many companies providing fiber-optic solutions in Nashville, but they are not specific on what parts of town their service is provided.

Does anyone have information about their own service or know how I might find out where this service is available? Right now, I know that both Verizon and locally owned Tenvera, based in Franklin, are rolling out solutions around Nashville. Thanks for your assistance.

[kpellatiro]

Comcast, the local cable provider, offers high speed internet subscriptions throughout their coverage areas in Nashville (not sure if you are asking only about fiber optic). Verizons wireless card is also up and running at their 'broadband' speeds, but still has a way to go if you are using it heavily. Cingular and Sprint cards are also available and seem to work well for a few colleagues of mine.

Hope this helps...

[coffeeguy]

Hey, I found Butler Networks - and they are a Nashville-based DSL ISP. (I actually found that there were not as any fiber roll-outs in Nashville. Sad.) I have read a number of good reviews about them, and I am going to give them a try. Their sales said they cover most of Nashville proper. If you live in Nashville (or TN at all), then I think you would really benefit using a locally based ISP, and I think these are the only ones in town.

[tnn]

your only choice is comcast or to get a cell phone dongle


no fios dont know where you got your info from

and from what i hear it wont be here anytime soon (5+ years)

[kpellatiro]

Verizon seemed a bit slow for me, but a colleague has T-mobile and speaks highly of it.

[coffeeguy]

I had been using a T-Mobile cellphone + bluetooth dongle during my dry spell without HS Internet. I was getting 15-20KBps So much for their EDGE highspeed... Anyway, I tried AT&T wireless (where they give you a big modem for your home) which was fast but very laggy (so you click a button, it takes a few seconds and then comes quickly) and didn't support VoIP or streaming video. So what's the point of that? I canceled that and I had to get Comcast Internet Service. I'm happy with the service so far, and the price is good enough.

I had read about fiber optic lines being run down south in Franklin by a company named Tenvera. [see: http://www.tenvera.com ]

Also, I read a review on DSLreports about someone with Verizon FIOS in Nashville, but that turned out to be wrong! Always double-check what you read on the Internet.

[FaronSmith]

Its funny how we have all changed...we look for homes that have good Internet speeds, rather then good cable! Most of us have to have our internet! Its almost wierd to walk in a home and NOT see a computer!

[coffeeguy]

>> Its funny how we have all changed...

I use my computer and a high-speed Internet connection for work, as I am sure most professionals do. It makes me angry that apartment complexes remain willfully, totally clueless about high-speed Internet service in their complexes. As far as I am concerned, they should be doing everything they can do to ensure they have the most reliable connections possible. Internet access is a utility just like all the others.

My apartment claimed there was great wireless Internet access through AT&T's service and they said DSL was available. Both these statements were 100% wrong. Thankfully the Comcast service is reliable and fast or I would be fighting to get out of my lease.

Bottom line: If the apartment managers don't know what Internet service is available, then how are you supposed to know what it is like before you sign a lease?

[carollia]

Its funny how we have all changed...we look for homes that have good Internet speeds, rather then good cable! Most of us have to have our internet! Its almost wierd to walk in a home and NOT see a computer!

Speed of internet is important, if connection is low we easily get bored. Just like what to me no, I have an online chat with someone from bilbao spain. I easiy get irritated with the connection because it always have an interruption (very slow ).

[Unregistered]

hi,i live outside of murfreesboro,and hi-speed internet is just not available around here. so frustrating and no one i`ve talked to even has plans to bring it to this rural area. someone mentioned today the possibility of using a cellular phone service for hi-speed internet,and claimed it wasn`t too expensive. but i can`t find any info.does anyone know of a provider of this service?? i can chase down details from there.....than***x!!

[Unregistered]

Check out clearwire.com

[Unregistered]

My in-laws also live in a Murfreesboro-adjacent area with no cable or telephone DSL... they have satellite DSL, I THINK from directtv or dish network, but not positive about the provider... good speeds and reliability for DSL (still not cable, but a lot better than dial up!)... you might want to check satelliet DSL. Could also check Cox and Hughes Net, I believe both provide satellite DSL as well.

[donald1]

hi,i live outside of murfreesboro, and hi-speed internet is just not available around here. so frustrating and no one i`ve talked to even has plans to bring it to this rural area. someone mentioned today the possibility of using a cellular phone service for hi-speed internet,and claimed it wasn`t too expensive. but i can`t find any info.does anyone know of a provider of this service?? i can chase down details from there.....than***x!!

same problem with me ....i m suffering so much...i got tired with their speed...

[CWB WiFi]

You're all right - people these days have computers and expect to have internet where they live. Many of us live in apartments and condo communities, and as someone mentioned above, the property office don't always have the best info on what services may be available.

Our company is trying to fill the gap for these properties. We're not a "Clearwire" type of thing... We don't sell anything to residents. We work with the property owner to bring in wholesale bandwidth and distribute it wirelessly across the property.

We've found that we can do this fairly cheaply and we think it would be a fantastic amenity for any residential property. Our primary concept is to have the property pay for the service, which they then provide to residents for free or reduced rates (up to them).

If you are curious about what we do, visit our website: www.cwbwifi.com And if you are interested in having property-wide wireless internet at your apartment, tell your property manager to give us a call! We're based in West Nashville, but are targeting the entire Middle Tennessee area and even some places out of state.

I will check back on this forum soon, so feel free to ask any questions that you may have.

Happy Early-Thanksgiving

[Unregistered]

You're all right - people these days have computers and expect to have internet where they live. Many of us live in apartments and condo communities, and as someone mentioned above, the property office don't always have the best info on what services may be available.

Our company is trying to fill the gap for these properties. We're not a "Clearwire" type of thing... We don't sell anything to residents. We work with the property owner to bring in wholesale bandwidth and distribute it wirelessly across the property.

We've found that we can do this fairly cheaply and we think it would be a fantastic amenity for any residential property. Our primary concept is to have the property pay for the service, which they then provide to residents for free or reduced rates (up to them).

If you are curious about what we do, visit our website: www.cwbwifi.com And if you are interested in having property-wide wireless internet at your apartment, tell your property manager to give us a call! We're based in West Nashville, but are targeting the entire Middle Tennessee area and even some places out of state.

I will check back on this forum soon, so feel free to ask any questions that you may have.

Happy Early-Thanksgiving

What are you abilities in order to implement a type of rate-limiting or making better use of the pipe by means of QOS or a device such as Packetshaper. Getting internet access to all those residents isn't the hard part but managing the idiot teenage kids who sit on bittorrent and are otherwise pretty big bandwidth hogs would ruin most of the experience.

Also, how do you ensure that there aren't any script kiddies who may want to run some scans on the LAN or fire up something as simple as Cain and Abel and start hijacking sessions as well as stealing passwords with SSL MITM attacks. Do you actually have someone who knows what they are doing on the network engineering side of things or are you just trying to throw up wireless (which cannot be rate limited and it would be retarded to do so anyways).

I know it sounds like I'm just hating but as an experienced professional whose has designed networks for college campus wireless and wired networks - I know just how bad users can be and how hard it is to manage the data and the pipe that is available.

[Unregistered]

When you use "hating" and "experienced professional" in the same sentence, you really destroy your credibility, for what its worth.

[CWB WiFi]

Just now checking back on this thread. Sorry for the hiatus.

To the anonymous expert:

Certainly, there are many exploits available for wireless technologies and many 'script kiddies' that have the time and knowledge to execute them. I certainly won't give away any of our security secrets, but there are some tings that I can share.

Rate-limiting and QoS shaping are indeed important when dealing with many users. These functions are built-in to all of our gear, and should be present in ALL enterprise-class gear. Packet inspection and IDP are provided by the firewall. If you are torrenting, there are multiple triggers to alert us to this fact and the network responds automatically in most cases to limit bandwidth.

To address your concern over passive air sniffing, YES we are prepared for that. We use AP isolation to prevent any directly connected devices from talking to each other. We also use beam forming, spatial multiplexing, Dynamic-PSK, WPA2-AES, and RADIUS techniques to secure the network and keep anyone from being able to pull the encryption keys out of the air.

We certainly do know what we're doing, and have the certifications and experience to back it up. You say that rate limiting cannot be done on wireless, but I assure you - It can. We do it all the time. And I disagree that it would be stupid to do so.

CWB leverages enterprise class equipment and technologies to design/build/deploy our networks. We don't use consumer products like Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, etc. Our network engineer has worked on military networks, state networks, carrier-class networks, and many many commercial/enterprise networks. You can rest assured that we are not just trying to "throw up wireless."