Cable Internet Speeds

[Clocker]

I have a middle of the road package with my ISP and I just got a $20 discount on my package (with a speed bump to boot). What type of speeds are you guys getting nowadays?

 

[Handruin]

Base comcast package for cable internet:

My upload sucks compared to yours.

 

[CougTek]

Slower than my previous plan, but unlimited download/upload amount. 40$/month, business account. Enough for my needs.

 

[Handruin]

^^^I'd say that's pretty good deal for the money. What's that, like $7.95 USD?

 

[Piyono]

Wow... I'm having a bad night. My speeds usually measure closer to what Clocker's results were.

Piyono

 

[Piyono]

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Yeah, it's going back up.

Of course, I used a different data center for each test.

Piyono

 

[LunarMist]

I'm not sure what software you are using, but I'd not bother to test speeds. I have the slowest, cheapest DSLR internet. At least it is reliable compared to the cable company that has mysterious outages at inopportune times, sometimes for several hours.

 

[e_dawg]

 

[Stereodude]

Yawn:

The wireless and encryption probably had something do with with the low download numbers. On my desktop I usually have no problems getting the whole 6Mbit/sec.

 

[jtr1962]

I've gotten over 9400Kbps on occasion but I guess the lines are slow today.

 

[mubs]

I paid $150 for 6 months of use (prepaid), bandwidth of 6GB for the 6 months. Package expires on reaching bandwidth limit or 6 months, whichever occurs first. Lucky, ain't I? :dunno:

 

[mubs]

Forgot to add, my rated speed is supposed to 1 Mb, I think (or maybe 2 Mb). The paper is somewhere.

 

[ddrueding]

I have the cheapest Comcast Cable there is, but I am only 7 miles from the test server (14ms latency)

 

[P5-133XL]

Standard Comcast ...

 

[jtr1962]

Retest under more favorable conditions:

 

[Clocker]

Doesn't Comcast offer 'speed boost' or something?

 

[Handruin]

They do...I thought it came with the higher priced packages.

 

[CougTek]

40$/month, business account.

What's that, like $7.95 USD?

I don't live in Mexico, I live in Québec. Our dollar is worth 95¢ US. So my 40$ is like ~38U$. Where did you get that convertion?

 

[Newtun]

Doesn't Comcast offer 'speed boost' or something?

Basic Comcast, from Richmond, VA, closest dslreports.com sites:

;

closest speedtest.net site:

 

[e_dawg]

I don't live in Mexico, I live in Québec. Our dollar is worth 95¢ US. So my 40$ is like ~38U$. Where did you get that convertion?

LOL... he was joking, Coug. Back when it was 1 CAD = 0.63 USD, it felt like we were using pesos whenever we had to order anything from the states.

 

[Piyono]

This is about normal.


Piyono

 

[Howell]

The most cheap Comcast internet package available. Latency in the mid 30ms.

 

[ddrueding]

Wow Howell, those are some amazing UL numbers. That is with the basic plan? Did you do anything erm, special, with your modem?

I'm concerned that my UL has been capped in some way due to the fact that I use most of it most of the time. I don't even know if this is possible with cable modem tech.

 

[Handruin]

Coug it was a joke. I know the Canadan dollar is much better these days compared to the USD.

Howell, those are some fantastic upload numbers as ddrueding mentioned!

 

[Howell]

I've done nothing to the modem. To the Palo Alto test site:

Warning: ISP upload compression was detected. Your upload speeds may be inaccurate.

*shrug*

 

[Stereodude]

More what I was expecting: (taking wireless out of the loop)

 

[Fushigi]

Also standard Comcrap.

The only good thing is that while it costs $57.95 a month, work reimburses me.

 

[Stereodude]

Feel the burn of my work connection...

 

[Deadwood]

 

[Bozo]

 

[CougTek]

Trully outstanding post Bozo. Congrats!

 

[Stereodude]

Trully outstanding post Bozo. Congrats!

I don't see anything in his post. Am I missing something, or is that the joke?

 

[ddrueding]

I don't see anything in his post. Am I missing something, or is that the joke?

I think you got it.

 

[Adcadet]

3 MBps down, 256k up. Usually comes in at 2.8 MBps down. $20/month for the first 6 months, then jumps to $53/month. At that point I'll probably spend the extra $3/month for the 5 MBps service.

 

[Bozo]

Trully outstanding post Bozo. Congrats!

I'll try harder next time :-D

Download 12.89mbps Up 1492kbps

Comcast

Bozo :joker:

 

[Clocker]

Those speeds are really nice. How long do those extra speed bursts last with Comcast's 'speedboost'? How much does it cost?

My price guaranteed until 2010 is about $125 per month (including modem) but that includes my internet, unlimited phone with caller-id on the tv & digital cable TV with digital DVR box, an additional analog box, HBO, Starz and Encore.

 

[Will Rickards]

I was also downloading a torrent at the same time. a naruto anime episode.
RCN Cable - their cheapest internet. I'm not sure what it is rated at.

 

[Stereodude]

Those speeds are really nice. How long do those extra speed bursts last with Comcast's 'speedboost'? How much does it cost?

The boost is maybe 10-15 seconds. Where I live it seems to boost to about 20-25Mbit/sec Speedboost is included in the standard Comcast HSI.

 

[Bozo]

Those speeds are really nice. How long do those extra speed bursts last with Comcast's 'speedboost'? How much does it cost?

My price guaranteed until 2010 is about $125 per month (including modem) but that includes my internet, unlimited phone with caller-id on the tv & digital cable TV with digital DVR box, an additional analog box, HBO, Starz and Encore.

Standard Comcast home cable. About $45 a month. The Speedboost doesn't help much when the sending server is slow. I tried 5-6 sites to download Ubuntu and all were pathetic at about 125k-200k or less.

What is it about Linux downloads that make then pathetically slow? Every 'Nix flavour I have ever downloaded was agonizingly slow.

Bozo :joker:

 

[Stereodude]

What is it about Linux downloads that make then pathetically slow? Every 'Nix flavour I have ever downloaded was agonizingly slow.

Bozo :joker:

Use the torrent instead, or use all 5 or 6 servers at once.