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I speed test at 20-25mbps/1mbps, but maximum sustained download is 1-1.3 MB/s. Might be some sort of powerboost in the speed test? TWC.

Either way, pretty satisfied with those speeds for $38.95/mo. 12-18 months ago it was only 5mbps/384kbps. Everything since then has been a free upgrade.
 
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Check out my blazing speeds.
 
InflatableBuddha said:
Standard high speed (lowest broadband tier).
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That's pretty good then! I've got Extreme-I (2nd tier) and it's only 6 mbp/s faster. I wish each tier was twice as fast as the one before it.... Scratch that I wish I lived in Japan 100mbps for less than we're paying for this!
 
These must not use a whole lot of speed boost for us 50/10 connections, because I can sustain 6-8MB/s on downloads, and 1.5-2MB/s when uploading files to my servers...for 30+ minutes.
 
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I'm going to miss this when I graduate. I save most of my big downloads for this ridiculously boring lecture I'm sitting in

(Not torrents though - the U traffic shapes and eventually kills your connection if it goes for more than a minute or so)
 
alevasseur14 said:
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I'm going to miss this when I graduate. I save most of my big downloads for this ridiculously boring lecture I'm sitting in

(Not torrents though - the U traffic shapes and eventually kills your connection if it goes for more than a minute or so)
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Yeah, the U has some pretty big pipes...if I recall, they have a much larger backbone that students don't have access to. try doing a speedtest to chicago, it should be better.
 
ViviTheMage said:
Yeah, the U has some pretty big pipes...if I recall, they have a much larger backbone that students don't have access to. try doing a speedtest to chicago, it should be better.
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I remember back in '04 when the whole university switched to 1Gbps. I bought a GigE card for my computer a month before the switch. During that time there was something like Napter that you could only access on the U's LAN. I can't tell you how much useless crap I downloaded just because it was so fast. LOL.

I tried Chicago as well but it was actually slower both times. Maybe it was just a fluke... twice. I'll give it another shot.
 
alevasseur14 said:
I remember back in '04 when the whole university switched to 1Gbps. I bought a GigE card for my computer a month before the switch. During that time there was something like Napter that you could only access on the U's LAN. I can't tell you how much useless crap I downloaded just because it was so fast. LOL.

I tried Chicago as well but it was actually slower both times. Maybe it was just a fluke... twice. I'll give it another shot.
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I always have the best luck with chicago, everytime I try SD, it's significantly lower.

I was a part of the U's upgrade to GigE...that was fun, lots of old 3550's being 'tossed' out....wish I could have taken a few home!

ElFenix said:
doesn't that speed test use speed boost? kinda lame...
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I've sustained those speeds on long downloads, or uploads via FTP.
 
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Not much of a difference. Obviously not something you'll notice during "I'm bored and on Facebook" surfing.

I'm sure in terms of institutions in Minnesota, the U has probably got the biggest backbones in the state. I'm not complaining!
 
alevasseur14 said:
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I'm sure in terms of institutions in Minnesota, the U has probably got the biggest backbones in the state. I'm not complaining!
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If I recall, they own, or have a huge stake in a lot of the fiber around all the highways, along side MNDoT....I envy the U of M - TC's network, it's insanely huge, but very well kept.

Last I heard was the U was working with 'internet2' and paying huge sums of money to get involved with it...but were reaching insane speeds to other campuses across the US, with low-minimal latency...something like 12MS to campuses in California....something crazy like that. I was never involved in that project though.
 
I was also pleasantly surprised that the U adopted 802.11n at some point during my 3 year hiatus.

Vivi, I'm assuming you worked for the U's IT department at some point? I think the APs I've looked at have a Cisco logo on them. Do you know if they'll be upgradeable to the final spec? The card in my MBP can only do 144 Mbit/s. I don't really care one way or the other because I'll be gone long before they are upgraded, I'm just curious.
 
alevasseur14 said:
I was also pleasantly surprised that the U adopted 802.11n at some point during my 3 year hiatus.

Vivi, I'm assuming you worked for the U's IT department at some point? I think the APs I've looked at have a Cisco logo on them. Do you know if they'll be upgradeable to the final spec? The card in my MBP can only do 144 Mbit/s. I don't really care one way or the other because I'll be gone long before they are upgraded, I'm just curious.
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Yeah, I worked in the IT department there, but when I was there, they never even upgraded to N, they were at A/B/G AP's still. Do you recall the model numbers on the AP's you saw? They might upgrade, they've been known to stay near the top with technology, and get some hefty discounts, with the bulk they purchase in.
 
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