My d/l rates with Comcast have been fairly consistent over the years. It's rare that I find a large d/l much below the advertised 6 MB rate, unless it's a server I know to throttle their outbound bandwidth.
> -----Original Message----- > I have never seen any DSL connection speed presented as an "average" > rate. It is usually presented as an "up to" rate, which is consistent > with what you are observing. In practice, I've observed that the DSL > provider caps the rate at slightly above the rate they specify. > > In my experience DSL rates are fairly constant. You get what you pay > for, > no more and no less. > > In contrast cable rates are all over the place. Use it in the middle of > the night and you have the whole wire to yourself. Use it at rush hour > and the speed is poor. As more people get network-fed DVRs I expect > that > the overnight performance of cable will get worse as more people > download > video. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
