Need a High Bandwidth ISP

alternatingAberration

I live in a house with 8 other guys and we all use the internet a lot, not to mention all the friends who stop by and hop on the signal. Right now we're on AT&T's Turbo Max plan with 24mps download and it's just not cutting it. So we're looking for a higher volume ISP, hopefully in the 10gig range. I know there's some kind of territorial rights ISP's have over who can get who's service, but I'm not sure how that applies with commercial ISP's that power places like internet cafes.

We are in Austin, Texas zip code 78705. Are there any ISP's of the required volume available in the area?

useless4

When you upgrade, or even now, make sure you have a router that can handle (and possibly traffic shape) that volume. When we went fios I realized I just didn't have enough horsepower on our router to handle it.

alternatingAberration

Thanks Useless! I'll be sure to shop around for that too, and would also welcome recommendations.

E: Wow your name makes compliments seem so cruel.

illig

you need 10Gbps? keep in mind that a T3 line (something that most large businesses may have a fraction of) is only ~45Mbps IIRC, and that's a couple grand a month (mostly due to the guaranteed uptime and 24/7 support)

i suggest you get a better router and control your traffic accordingly... 24Mbps should be plenty, but you're probably being choked by people running torrents (or unknowingly hosting a zombie farm, etc.)

Figgy

24Mbps is 3 megabytes per second. That's faster than you need, even with eight people on the network. Your problem is likely that you need better allocation, either through software or a different router with better firmware.

My shitty Bell router/modem I have now has absolutely no ability in that regard. It's basically first-come-first-serve in my house. If I'm downloading something (A Steam game, for example) in my office, it's going to take 100% of the bandwidth. I can't even squeak by enough to log in the Xbox Live downstairs in the basement. This is likely a diluted example of what is happening in your house.

Djeet

9 people on 24 mbps? It could be enough, but that's entirely dependent upon what you guys are using it for. For example, if you're all each pulling netflix/hulu during primetime then you're going to run into issues, or just a couple of heavy bittorrent or usenet users could foul things up for everyone. If you cannot solve this by self-discipline or investing in a router that can throttle traffic by client IP/MAC, then you're probably going to need to get an additional line. Time Warner Cable is generally available in that zip code with offerings up to 50 mbps, though you'll want to check your street address on their site for availability, and if you're in an apartment you might be SOL.

TheKoolEagle

Yeah definitely don't think your download speeds are the problem, I had a 16mbps connection at my old place with 3 other guys + friends on it, and we all streamed netflix/played online/had torrents going and we rarely ran into problems. Sounds more like your modem or router can't handle traffic properly and is screwing the pooch.

I don't even think you can get a 1gbps connection unless you are a server farm and the connection will probably cost more then the place you are living

BlazeFire

Maybe share what router you are using. Some routers are notoriously bad at certain things.

Sheep

10gig range

Not gonna happen.

9 people in one domicile? Probably best to lease another 24mb line, though I'd recommend getting a high capacity router as well. Especially if you're running a Linksys.

Cisco E4200 or a D Link 4100.

Cisco E4200 is probably branded a Linksys E4200 now.

If you can find an old Cisco 831, I'd recommend that as well.

Ruckus

Assuming your AT&T service is ADSL, you could have additional lines added and run additional ADSL accounts on them. To make them all work on the same internal network you'll have to do some fancy configuration of the PC's, but with additional routers you could just divide up the residents onto specific connections.

If you have a cable provider, they can usually run multiple high bandwidth accounts off a single house connection, though actual performance is usually highly dependant on local node saturation. In my last place, we had two 25Mb/3Mb cable connections that we speed tested (concurrently, in off hours) to about 90% of advertised rate, which is basically exactly right.