Cincinnati Bell Fiber - Gigabit (not so much)

6/9/2016 Gigabit Internet Speed Test At Night

[@gmott2010]

Update 11/12/17 Over the past year, CB addressed a technical issue. Speed and reliability have increased quite well. I switched to the 300 Down/75 Up plan due to the higher cost of gigabit. Speed tests today showed 330 mbps down and 18 mbps up.

[@gmott2010]

After months of varying speeds (most of which never go over 300mbps download & average 50-100mbps) I have changed my subscription to the 300mbps plan. Might as well pay for the lower speed if that's all they are capable of providing.

[@mohdal-swar5879]

That's really bad, I was planning to have the same service but since its like that I'm not going to.

[@gmott2010]

The speed varies throughout the day. I might see a speed test @500 mb/s or 25 mb/s depending on the time of day. If you're looking for a TWC alternative it's not a horrible service. The drastic dips in speed are my main issue. Dropping from 700mb/s to 200mb/s is fine on occassion but dropping below 50mb/s gets annoying. The upload speed varies as well but it's almost always much faster than TWC's 5mb/s. If you use Plex to stream video it's a nice advantage.

[@randombytes]

You should contact CB and see whats going on. We have CB fiber with 100/20 (beta.speedtest.net/result/5693276311) and we plan on getting the gigabit plan. Also keep in mind about the modem they provide. I would suggest replacing the modem with a more high performance router because the one they provide may not be good/stable.

[@caseylyle1]

Thats either an issue with your pc or router. I have cincinnati bell and stay between 750-850 down and 250 up. Its crazy fast just wanted everyone watching to know. Its a great product and much fastee than this video says. It does how ever depend on you pc as well.

[@gmott2010]

After a couple weeks, other people in my area complained enough that we finally got a response from Cincinnati Bell. They had some hardware go down that was causing any traffic outside our local zone to drop dramatic speeds. Our speed tests to the CB servers were fast but anything outside of that was horrendous. They fixed the issue after a few weeks. Since then I have been pretty satisfied with my uploads and downloads.

[@derrick8386]

Im planning on getting Cincinatti bells 200/75 plan what zip code are you guys in im in 45215 i was told i can get fiber i just wanna make sure

[@chrisbreaktherules]

straight rip off