Re: [CGUYS] Comcast even faster?
But yeah, the speed tests are showing higher bandwidth since I lasted tested some months ago, but I suppose that *could* be thrown off by bursting, not so sure about caching. There are all sorts of tricks the ISP can use to make it look like your connection is faster. They could be caching pages, especially those known to be used for speed tests. Years ago some video card manufacturers were caught programming their cards to detect the use of speed test software and respond with pre-calculated results. Doing something similar is not beyond the capabilities of Comcast. Last month were not these bozos telling us that bandwidth was in short supply and needed to be rationed, with higher charges for anyone who downloads too much? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Comcast even faster?
Eric, can you give any insight as to Verizon's long-term plan for FiOS? Is it going to be everywhere? Urban/dense suburban only? No clue? Everywhere eventually, except where local regulations prevent it. To provide the TV part we have to have regulatory approval in the form of a franchise agreement with the local government, which could be as small as a city or county government. The last numbers I saw (this was over a year ago) were forecasting that by 2012 we will have passed half our subscriber base, nationwide. Passed means that fiber is deployed and lit, not that a particular subscriber is a FiOS customer, although they could be. Since we began the deployment in 2004, in theory the network will be fully built out by 2020, best case scenario. This is a best guess on my part, not the official position of Verizon, of course. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Comcast even faster?
I'm pretty sure these services are rated in megabits/sec, not megabyte/sec. Yep. See http://myspeed.visualware.com/ . That site seems to be pretty accurate. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Comcast even faster?
On Sun, 11 May 2008, Jeff Wright wrote: That's what I wrote earlier. When d/l'ing the 133 MB file, I was consistently getting well over, around 9-10 mbs, the advertised speeds (6 mbs). At the last time I saw it advertised. Alas, that's not a global thing. I downloaded the same 133MB file over my Comcast connection (just outside Manassas) and got 6.103Mbps. -- Vicky Staubly http://www.steeds.com/vicky/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Comcast even faster?
I have the FiOS 15 up/15 down plan for $50 per month. I am showing 15.2 down and 14.4 up using the below test. Mason On May 11, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote: I'm pretty sure these services are rated in megabits/sec, not megabyte/sec. Yep. See http://myspeed.visualware.com/ . That site seems to be pretty accurate. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Comcast even faster?
My downloads always start immediately. I really notice it when I had real high speed access instead of what Qwest calls high speed. I've got a friend with Cox who regularly gets 20mbit plus...most times his downloads are over half done before he even decides where he wants it. Mike On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, whatever they want to call it, the caching is a mixed blessing. Anyway, I'm averaging 6.5 mbs (800KBs). I dunno if we have our M's and B's straight. I'm trying to use Netmeter and it even offers kibobytes (KiB). Anyway, these are unremarkable speeds and I don't think coming from any cache for me. Interesting thing I noticed is the download started immediately and didn't wait for me to presssave to disk. I guess it's always been that way, but I never noticed it before. On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Jeff Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought power boost was only for the first 12 MB? http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/thedarkknight/trailer_3/DKTRL3_1080.wmv.z ip See what you get; it's 133 MB file. I was consistently getting over 1 MB/sec. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Comcast even faster?
I was using 1 megabyte/sec (MBs) below. The speed tests I've run later today when traffic should have been heavier didn't seem to dampen my results: 12.9 mbs (1.6 MBs) down, 1.5 mbs (187 KBs) up. This is unparalleled on my circuit up to now. Maybe it's caching, but I'm not convinced. I suspect the arrival of FIoS in my neighborhood is behind this. You have to love what little competition there is; doesn't do much to price, but at least we're getting more bang for (a lotta) buck(s). -Original Message- Well, whatever they want to call it, the caching is a mixed blessing. Anyway, I'm averaging 6.5 mbs (800KBs). I dunno if we have our M's and B's straight. I'm trying to use Netmeter and it even offers kibobytes (KiB). Anyway, these are unremarkable speeds and I don't think coming from any cache for me. Interesting thing I noticed is the download started immediately and didn't wait for me to presssave to disk. I guess it's always been that way, but I never noticed it before. On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Jeff Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought power boost was only for the first 12 MB? http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/thedarkknight/trailer_3/DKTRL3_1080. wmv.z ip See what you get; it's 133 MB file. I was consistently getting over 1 MB/sec. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
