On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 08:51:35PM -0800, Dick Steffens wrote: > An email arrived this afternoon from xfinity (Comcast) telling me > that they are upping my speed from 75 Mbps to "up to 100 Mbps" after > I reboot. These are download speeds. They provided directions: ... > My Ubuntu 14.04 20 ms 119.02 Mbps 6.18 Mbps ... > Is there likely to be any change if I shut down my router, their > cable modem, and start them back up?
Just for grins, try a speed test TO SOMEPLACE BESIDES THE USUAL SPEED TEST SITES (say an ubuntu DVD image from a known fast server, but find a download source that you usually download from anyway) and see how fast that moves, BEFORE "netflix-pig primetime". Then try again DURING primetime, then reboot/replug and try again after that. I presume they treat speed tests to known test sites as higher priority than other traffic. Makes their service look better. So try moving stuff that matters to you. I presume the upgrade moves you to a different switch at their end, that they actually are trying to deliver more bandwidth to you when the network is saturated, and that new the switch connects better to the sites you want, not just the sites that Joe Q. Couchpotato wants. There is a small but nonzero chance that they are evil bastards, and are moving you to a slower switch with more NSA spy hardware attached. Unlikely, I hope ... In any case, get some data that matters to you. Then try again in a few months. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
