Dan, How are you measuring your speed? Are you using something like SpeedTest?
Thanks, Debbie ________________________________ From: Dan <[email protected]> To: Refresh Austin <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 12:58 PM Subject: [Refresh Austin: 6187] Internet speed question When I visit coffeehouses, restaurants, and co-working places around town, I measure much higher Internet speed than I get at home. At home I get between 1 Mbps and 1.7 Mbps. This has been true for several years as I have used TW Cable, Clear, and now AT&T DSL. In places with public WiFi, though, I get at least 2.5 Mbps, and sometimes over 7. This is when there are other people in the building using the same WiFi network. My question is: how can I get these higher rates on home internet service? Do these establishments get them because they tell the ISPs they are businesses and I tell them I am a residence? The ISPs don't seem to offer different levels of service. When I recently signed up for AT&T DSL, I was given the choice of three speeds: Basic, Express, and Pro. They had different downstream speeds of "up to". They were all the same price. I chose the supposedly fastest one, of course, with downstream speed of "up to 3.0 Mbps". But there is no promise that the downstream speed will be that high. It is "up to" that high. I can't really go to AT&T and say "you aren't as fast as you promised", because they don't really promise anything. I think Clear was the same way. -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
