holy fast internet batman!!

[Aharami]

Just got comcast installed in my new house and just fired up the internet speed test to see what i get here

very pleasantly surprised considering at my old place (comcast) I used to get 5000 kbps down and 900 kbps up

new speeds

 

[ElFenix]

speedboost

 

[Baked]

Bandwidth cap + BT filter = fail

 

[OCGuy]

Yep my Time Warner pegs the test @ 28 down or so. Definatly some sort of speed boost.

 

[Newbian]

Now get some torrents going and see how long it will last.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Newbian
Now get some torrents going and see how long it will last.

let me enjoy it

actually bittorrent has been running a lot faster recently (at my old place). I recall hearing that Comcast got in trouble for throttling bittorrent. maybe it has something to do with that.

 

[Muadib]

I thought this was going to be a Fios thread.:thumbsdown:

Did you see if it was in your area?

 

[Aharami]

just tried downloading a 20 meg file from my website (largest i had available) and I was getting 1.2 megs per sec. Im sure powerboost has something to with it. I need to find a larger file later on. Unfortunately I cant surf around too much as this is my work laptop

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Muadib
I thought this was going to be a Fios thread.:thumbsdown:

Did you see if it was in your area?

yea i checked. not available. But if I even get 10 mbps consistently from comcast, I'll be happy

 

[Twista]

slow.. my comcast is faster and i live in the HOOD/ghetto

http://www.speedtest.net/result/356164649.png

edit: Okay, okay i dont live in the ghetto, but in the city lol

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Twista
slow.. my comcast is faster and i live in the HOOD/ghetto

http://www.speedtest.net/result/356164649.png

edit: Okay, okay i dont live in the ghetto, but in the city lol

Isnt comcast rolling out Docsis 3.0 in chicago area?

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: Twista
slow.. my comcast is faster and i live in the HOOD/ghetto

http://www.speedtest.net/result/356164649.png

edit: Okay, okay i dont live in the ghetto, but in the city lol

Isnt comcast rolling out Docsis 3.0 in chicago area?

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/comcast

 

[lifeobry]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
speedboost

exactly. if only those were normal speeds. it is nice though to be able to download a 3 megabyte file in like a second

 

[Kadarin]

What good is it all if they have bandwidth caps (and may still be throttling BT)?

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
What good is it all if they have bandwidth caps (and may still be throttling BT)?

Huh? You can still benefit from fast internet even without pirating 250GB per month. Get over it.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
What good is it all if they have bandwidth caps (and may still be throttling BT)?

I dont think I'll ever hit that cap. But i'm against caps in principal.

 

[ScottyB]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: Kadarin
What good is it all if they have bandwidth caps (and may still be throttling BT)?

I dont think I'll ever hit that cap. But i'm against caps in principal.

I only get 5000 MB combined per week

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: Ocguy31

Originally posted by: Kadarin
What good is it all if they have bandwidth caps (and may still be throttling BT)?

Huh? You can still benefit from fast internet even without pirating 250GB per month. Get over it.

hay buddy! maybe these people are, doing... 250 gigs of... legitimate torrents a month.Maybe they're seeding educational shareware software to kids in Kenya. Bandwidth caps would means these children might not be able to get the software they need to learn.

Bandwidth Caps only hurt these children, it's a sad fucking day I tell you.

 

[Newbian]

Screw the children in Kenya... let them get their own torrents going like the rest of us.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: Ocguy31

Originally posted by: Kadarin
What good is it all if they have bandwidth caps (and may still be throttling BT)?

Huh? You can still benefit from fast internet even without pirating 250GB per month. Get over it.

hay buddy! maybe these people are, doing... 250 gigs of... legitimate torrents a month.Maybe they're seeding educational shareware software to kids in Kenya. Bandwidth caps would means these children might not be able to get the software they need to learn.

Bandwidth Caps only hurt these children, it's a sad fucking day I tell you.

Ummm...no. *Sarcasm meter.....malfuntioning?*

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: ScottyB

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: Kadarin
What good is it all if they have bandwidth caps (and may still be throttling BT)?

I dont think I'll ever hit that cap. But i'm against caps in principal.

I only get 5000 MB combined per week

Are you serious? ONE HD movie rental on the PS3 store is like 6GB. That is awful man.

 

[olds]

I find this interesting. Never has my speed increased (or decreased) because of the house I lived in. Does it have a metal roof or something?

 

[Schfifty Five]

My cable (Time Warner) maxes out at like 6.5Mbps...sucks =(

 

[Megatomic]

We just got our internet set up last weekend, wife chose roadrunner. She got their cheapest package and I'm getting about 5Mbps down and 360Kbps up. I'm pretty happy considering I had AT&T DSL in TX and only got 1.5Mbps down there for the same price.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: Kadarin
What good is it all if they have bandwidth caps (and may still be throttling BT)?

I dont think I'll ever hit that cap. But i'm against caps in principal.

<Spidey07> Stop whining! If you want uncapped bandwidth, pony up for the business class service! </Spidey07>

I figured that I'd save him the trouble of posting