Do my parents have the worst DSL in the history of DSL?

[aphex]

They pay for a 3mb connection, yet things seemed a little slow to me tonight while I'm home visiting.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/316143563.png



Even my dog said "Woof. Damn thats slow."

 

[jlee]

heh..that sucks.

 

[Shawn]

they are getting ripped.

 

[Baked]

You sure old dad isn't running BT on a computer hidden in the attic?

 

[TonyB]

probably the neighbor using the line to d/l porn torrents

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Baked
You sure old dad isn't running BT on a computer hidden in the attic?

My dad would never understand Bit Torrent, ever.

My mom bought a DVD last week and tried to play it in the cd player in her car. She called me when it wasn't working and I had to give her the bad news. Amazingly BB took it back and let her purchase the CD instead

 

[Flammable]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Baked
You sure old dad isn't running BT on a computer hidden in the attic?

My dad would never understand Bit Torrent, ever.

My mom bought a DVD last week and tried to play it in the cd player in her car. She called me when it wasn't working and I had to give her the bad news. Amazingly BB took it back and let her purchase the CD instead

haha at least she got the CD

 

[alkemyst]

they throttled your connection because they don't want porn in their home.

 

[LemonHead]

Originally posted by: Baked
You sure old dad isn't running BT on a computer hidden in the attic?

LOL...I can picture it now..."Earl, are you up there again?!"

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Check the Wireless settings, maybe they're sharing and someone is leeching or maybe they're torrenting.

 

[ric1287]

this is what comcast considers "options" for broadband. Good ol' monopolies.

 

[frostedflakes]

Malware sucking up bandwidth? And as others pointed out, if they have a wireless router, make sure nobody is leeching off them. If you're sure it's nothing on their end, I'd call up their ISP and give them an earful. Those speeds are ridiculous.

 

[pyonir]

my parents' is worse. last i checked dl was around 115.

 

[manowar821]

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
Malware sucking up bandwidth? And as others pointed out, if they have a wireless router, make sure nobody is leeching off them. If you're sure it's nothing on their end, I'd call up their ISP and give them an earful. Those speeds are ridiculous.

At the end of the Dial-Up reign, I could manage those speeds on phone-lines. That's absolutely TOO SLOW for DSL.