Monday, December 30, 2013
Neighborhood Survey
In the next couple of weeks, staff from Metronet will be in the neighborhood doing a survey for the FTTH project. We do not have a precise timeline for the project, but will keep you posted as we get information.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Raineybrook HOA Meeting Place and Time
Stidham United Methodist Church
5300 S. 175 - Lafayette, IN 47909
Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 6:30PM
5300 S. 175 - Lafayette, IN 47909
Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 6:30PM
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Package Comparison
Click the link below to see a rate comparison of three double play and three triple play options with Metronet and comparable services currently provided in the neighborhood. We understand there are many options to receive services in your home and have used two of the most popular packages for a representation. Please note, this does not include any introductory offers you may have with one of your providers.
Based upon the comparison, we expect homeowners to either break even with better service or save money with better service over the 5-year Special Assessment.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yvnv4paqa6kh3c8/RAINEYBROOK%20PACKAGE%20COMPARISON.pdf
Based upon the comparison, we expect homeowners to either break even with better service or save money with better service over the 5-year Special Assessment.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yvnv4paqa6kh3c8/RAINEYBROOK%20PACKAGE%20COMPARISON.pdf
Monday, December 9, 2013
Why do residents want or need faster internet?
There are many reasons today and many more reasons in the near future why residents require faster internet speeds. Below is a list we have put together based upon conversations with residents and research done over the past two years. Please reply to this post if you can think of other reasons you need faster internet.
*So my kids can do their homework.
Every public and private high school in the area has either migrated to 1 to 1 computing or has plans to fully implement in the next two years. This means every high school student carries a laptop or tablet instead of books. All student assignments and research materials are located on the internet. Without reliable internet service or enough internet speed, students will struggle to complete assignments with the efficiency and thoroughness required.
*My job requires me to work from home.
Due to advancements in technology, the percentage of people working from home has surged. From the 1999 to 2010 there has been a 41% increase in the number of people working from home. This means people are required to be on the internet for email, research, video conferencing, presentations, support, etc. to get their jobs done. Someone working from home would not be able to live in the neighborhood.
*I want to watch Netflix.
Netflix requires 3.0 megabits per second for DVD quality video transmission. Based upon current speed tests Frontier and TDS are averaging just below 3.0 megabits per second for download speeds. We are aware of some pockets in the neighborhood who have been able to get speeds of up to 15 megabits per second with TDS by paying a premium of approximately $30 more each month.
*When the entire family is on the internet in our household, no one can do anything.
Internet speed can be related to a highway. When there is no one on the road it is pretty easy to drive from point A to point B. As more people entire the highway, it leads to congestion. Unfortunately, with the current infrastructure installed and supported by Frontier and TDS in Raineybrook, the highway was never designed to go very fast and becomes easily congested.
*The program crashes or it takes forever to upload pictures for my family or a file for school.
The average upload speed in Raineybrook is less than 1 megabit per second. Most file sharing applications require a minimum of 3 megabits per second to upload small/medium size files.
*So my kids can do their homework.
Every public and private high school in the area has either migrated to 1 to 1 computing or has plans to fully implement in the next two years. This means every high school student carries a laptop or tablet instead of books. All student assignments and research materials are located on the internet. Without reliable internet service or enough internet speed, students will struggle to complete assignments with the efficiency and thoroughness required.
*My job requires me to work from home.
Due to advancements in technology, the percentage of people working from home has surged. From the 1999 to 2010 there has been a 41% increase in the number of people working from home. This means people are required to be on the internet for email, research, video conferencing, presentations, support, etc. to get their jobs done. Someone working from home would not be able to live in the neighborhood.
*I want to watch Netflix.
Netflix requires 3.0 megabits per second for DVD quality video transmission. Based upon current speed tests Frontier and TDS are averaging just below 3.0 megabits per second for download speeds. We are aware of some pockets in the neighborhood who have been able to get speeds of up to 15 megabits per second with TDS by paying a premium of approximately $30 more each month.
*When the entire family is on the internet in our household, no one can do anything.
Internet speed can be related to a highway. When there is no one on the road it is pretty easy to drive from point A to point B. As more people entire the highway, it leads to congestion. Unfortunately, with the current infrastructure installed and supported by Frontier and TDS in Raineybrook, the highway was never designed to go very fast and becomes easily congested.
*The program crashes or it takes forever to upload pictures for my family or a file for school.
The average upload speed in Raineybrook is less than 1 megabit per second. Most file sharing applications require a minimum of 3 megabits per second to upload small/medium size files.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
Metronet Q & A
• What is the price for standalone internet, cable and phone plans? A. See the picture below for all Metronet single and ancillary services.
• How may receivers are included in the basic packages? A. One HD receiver is included with any of the bundles or if you purchase cable A LA Carte
• How much does an additional receiver cost? A. $1.95 per month per box.
• Is there a monthly rental fee for the DVR? A. Yes it is $16.95.
• Does the DVR operate like a whole-home DVR system? A. Yes all DVRs operate as a whole-home DVR for no additional cost
• Why do people who purchase the triple play get higher speed internet than people who buy just TV and internet? A. We do this as an incentive for our triple play package.
• How may receivers are included in the basic packages? A. One HD receiver is included with any of the bundles or if you purchase cable A LA Carte
• How much does an additional receiver cost? A. $1.95 per month per box.
• Is there a monthly rental fee for the DVR? A. Yes it is $16.95.
• Does the DVR operate like a whole-home DVR system? A. Yes all DVRs operate as a whole-home DVR for no additional cost
• Why do people who purchase the triple play get higher speed internet than people who buy just TV and internet? A. We do this as an incentive for our triple play package.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
How do they get the fiber to my house?
Getting fiber to the home in an established neighborhood is both science and art. Metronet uses a method called Directional Boring to run fiber from their equipment to the side of your home. Directional boring, is a steerable trenchless method
of installing underground pipes, conduits and cables in a shallow arc along a prescribed bore path by using a surface launched drilling rig, with minimal impact on the surrounding area. Directional boring is used when trenching or excavating is not practical and minimizes environmental disruption.
It is used for installing infrastructure such as telecommunications and power cable conduits, water lines, sewer lines, oil lines, product pipelines and environmental remediation casings. It is used for crossing waterways, roadways, congested areas, environmentally sensitive areas, and area where other methods are costlier. Directional boring is used over other techniques to provide less traffic disruption, lower cost, deeper and/or longer installation, no access pit, shorter completion times, directional capabilities, and environmental safety.
of installing underground pipes, conduits and cables in a shallow arc along a prescribed bore path by using a surface launched drilling rig, with minimal impact on the surrounding area. Directional boring is used when trenching or excavating is not practical and minimizes environmental disruption. It is used for installing infrastructure such as telecommunications and power cable conduits, water lines, sewer lines, oil lines, product pipelines and environmental remediation casings. It is used for crossing waterways, roadways, congested areas, environmentally sensitive areas, and area where other methods are costlier. Directional boring is used over other techniques to provide less traffic disruption, lower cost, deeper and/or longer installation, no access pit, shorter completion times, directional capabilities, and environmental safety.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Information Links
Fiber to the Home Council (FTTH Council)is a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding all fiber networks.
http://www.ftthcouncil.org/
Metronet Official Site
http://www.metronetinc.com/lafayette
Speedtest - Test your Internet connection bandwidth to locations around the world with this interactive broadband speed test from Ookla.
http://www.speedtest.net/
http://www.ftthcouncil.org/
Metronet Official Site
http://www.metronetinc.com/lafayette
Speedtest - Test your Internet connection bandwidth to locations around the world with this interactive broadband speed test from Ookla.
http://www.speedtest.net/
Metronet Bundles & Channel Line-up
Please copy and paste the link in your browser to view the current Metronet Bundles.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fktd0kvuve0dj6/Metronet%20Bundles%20%282%29.pdf
Please copy and paste the link in your browser to view Metronet's Channel Line-up.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ueqqjol3bb900y/Metronet%20lafayette-iptv%20lineup.pdf
NOTE: To view these files pdfviewer is required. For a copy of the free viewer please visit http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fktd0kvuve0dj6/Metronet%20Bundles%20%282%29.pdf
Please copy and paste the link in your browser to view Metronet's Channel Line-up.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ueqqjol3bb900y/Metronet%20lafayette-iptv%20lineup.pdf
NOTE: To view these files pdfviewer is required. For a copy of the free viewer please visit http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
FTTH Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What is fiber to the home?
A. Fiber to the home (FTTH) is the delivery of a communication signal over optical fiber from the operator's switching equipment all the way to a home. It replaces the existing copper infrastructure such as telephone wires or coaxial cable. Fiber to the home is a relatively new and fast growing method of providing vastly higher bandwidth to consumers to enable more robust video, internet and voice services.
Q. Why is fiber optic cable now being conected directly to homes?
A. Connectiong homes directly to fiber optic cable enables enormous improvements in the bandwidth that can be provided to consumers, both now and for many decades of accelerating bandwidth demand. While cable modems generally provide transmission speeds of anywhere between 5 and 50 megabits per second on the download (and are generally much slower when uploading), current fiber ooptic technology can provide two-way transmission speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, with 10 gig systems now coming to market and even higher bandwidth fiber networks now being developed. Further, while cable and DSL providers are struggling to squeeze small increments of higher bandwidth out of their technologies, ongoing improvements in fiber optic equipment are constantly increasing available bandwidth without having to change the fiber. That's why fiber networks are said to be "future proof."
Q. Why do we need all that bandwidth? Aren't cable and DSL systems good enough for what most poeple want to do?
A. This is the age of video over Internet. Increasingly, consumers are using their Internet connections to view television programs from content providers like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, in addition to the growing number of websites that provide video in some form. Over the past several years, since the introduction of the video sharing site YouTube, video has grabbed and ever-larger share of total IP traffic and is now the Internet's leading application. One high-definition movie takes up as much bandwidth as 35,000 web pages. In the meantime, a growing number of companies are offering "software as a service" - meaning you subscribe to application on the net rather than install them on your own computer. These "cloud computing" applications are now available for word processing, emailing, automated remote file backup, and a host of business and personal services. All of these applications and many others we haven't even dreamed of yet, are going to require much greater bandwidth than what is generally available today, even from "broadband" providers such as Comcast. While many cable modem services have thus far kept up with steadily growing consumer demand for more bandwidth, DSL services such as Frontier and TDS have struggled to do so. It remains to be seen how much longer cable modems, which use copper in the last-mile, are going to be able to keep pace - especially given Cisco's forecast that IP traffic will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34 percent in the years to come.
Q. Is a 100% fiber network really necessary?
A. We have no reason to believe that innovation in Internet applications and services will ever slow down. In fact, all signs point toward their acceleration as high-defiintion video, telemedicine, distance learning, telecommuting and many other broadband applications come to the market. Only fiber to the home is going to be able to deliver the bandwidth we are going to need far into the future.
Information obtained from www.ftthcouncil.org.
A. Fiber to the home (FTTH) is the delivery of a communication signal over optical fiber from the operator's switching equipment all the way to a home. It replaces the existing copper infrastructure such as telephone wires or coaxial cable. Fiber to the home is a relatively new and fast growing method of providing vastly higher bandwidth to consumers to enable more robust video, internet and voice services.
Q. Why is fiber optic cable now being conected directly to homes?
A. Connectiong homes directly to fiber optic cable enables enormous improvements in the bandwidth that can be provided to consumers, both now and for many decades of accelerating bandwidth demand. While cable modems generally provide transmission speeds of anywhere between 5 and 50 megabits per second on the download (and are generally much slower when uploading), current fiber ooptic technology can provide two-way transmission speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, with 10 gig systems now coming to market and even higher bandwidth fiber networks now being developed. Further, while cable and DSL providers are struggling to squeeze small increments of higher bandwidth out of their technologies, ongoing improvements in fiber optic equipment are constantly increasing available bandwidth without having to change the fiber. That's why fiber networks are said to be "future proof."
Q. Why do we need all that bandwidth? Aren't cable and DSL systems good enough for what most poeple want to do?
A. This is the age of video over Internet. Increasingly, consumers are using their Internet connections to view television programs from content providers like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, in addition to the growing number of websites that provide video in some form. Over the past several years, since the introduction of the video sharing site YouTube, video has grabbed and ever-larger share of total IP traffic and is now the Internet's leading application. One high-definition movie takes up as much bandwidth as 35,000 web pages. In the meantime, a growing number of companies are offering "software as a service" - meaning you subscribe to application on the net rather than install them on your own computer. These "cloud computing" applications are now available for word processing, emailing, automated remote file backup, and a host of business and personal services. All of these applications and many others we haven't even dreamed of yet, are going to require much greater bandwidth than what is generally available today, even from "broadband" providers such as Comcast. While many cable modem services have thus far kept up with steadily growing consumer demand for more bandwidth, DSL services such as Frontier and TDS have struggled to do so. It remains to be seen how much longer cable modems, which use copper in the last-mile, are going to be able to keep pace - especially given Cisco's forecast that IP traffic will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34 percent in the years to come.
Q. Is a 100% fiber network really necessary?
A. We have no reason to believe that innovation in Internet applications and services will ever slow down. In fact, all signs point toward their acceleration as high-defiintion video, telemedicine, distance learning, telecommuting and many other broadband applications come to the market. Only fiber to the home is going to be able to deliver the bandwidth we are going to need far into the future.
Information obtained from www.ftthcouncil.org.
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