OT, but WOW!

[JimMc]

My cable provider has switched modems from COM21 to Terayon, so I went and picked one up. They said they had raised the DL/UL caps, so I cruised by Microsoft and downloaded some big files. My DL's used to max out at 200-210 KB's, just hit 680+ KB's consistently from MS.

 

[aiex]

@!#@%$

I'm luckey if i can get 4kb/s

Alex

 

[Megatomic]

And which cable provider is this? Can't be Cox....

 

[DarkMajiq]

:Q

 

[RaySun2Be]

WOW!

I used to get pretty good download speeds, but the last few months I'm lucky to get over 50KB/sec.

using Time Warner/Road Runner cable. A friend a few blocks away has digital cable, his new modem connects at 100mb instead of 10, and he is getting 250kb to 300kb a sec.

 

[SWScorch]

Whoa... I'm using RoadRunner/Time Warner, and when I first got it I saw 300KB/sec consistently. Now I see 150Kb/sec; every so often I get 250 or so. Still not bad at all!

 

[BigFatCow]

thats insane....which provider is this? and where do you live?

 

[Crazee]

I like my DSL connection. I get 1.5 Mbps down and 384 up

 

[Thyme]

That's over 5Mbps :Q They'd have to have 1 T3 for each 10 users or 1 OC-3 for each 30.

My DSL is now in envy.

See what you can get at dslreports.com

 

[JimMc]

It's Shaw Cable, I think they are Canucks, I'm in a suburb of Houston. They took over my local Cable service just as to the internet part.

 

[JimMc]

Just to rub it in a little more, I just downloaded Direct X 8.1 (11.5 MB) in 22 seconds and Intellipoint 4.01 (4.17 MB) in 7 seconds.

 

[lane42]

I just did the line test at DSLR and it was 662 Down, 287 up Kbps on my cable modem, is that good or bad.

 

[mboy]

I get around 5300kbps down/975 kbps up. Optimum Online cable rocks!

 

[JimMc]

I just got 5613 down , "only" 473 up on the Louisiana server.

 

[aiex]

You guys make me realise why i hate living in england dam BT, i am currently connected at 42.3Kbps, and because of the fact it is england that is the best i will be able to do (we don't get cable/adsl round here )


Alex

 

[Confused]

Alex, that's cos you live out in the sticks

My cable line on DSLReports speed test just got:

** Speed 563(down)/121(up) kbps **
(At least 11 times faster than a 56k modem)

Not bad for paying for 64(down)/32(up) kbps! but i am getting the 512(down)/128(up) kbps service, don't ask me how, but i'm definately not complaining!!

And on with the 56k software modem in the Athlon 1.2GHz sitting next to me (connected at 50.6kbps) i get:

** Speed 41(down)/26(up) kbps **
About modem speed!

And on the 56k external modem connected to my computer (at 42.0kbps) i get:

** Speed 35(down)/26(up) kbps **
About modem speed!

I'll stick to the cable modem thanks!

ConfusedBW

 

[aiex]

Ah that would be it garry, but all being well in 6months time it won't matter because i'll have uni download rates! (should be about 10mbs), and while i'm at it if i get into my first choice uni i'll be joining you lot in america for my second year! (feature of the course)


Alex

 

[Derango]

I'm using the same provider as scorch (actualy, I think we're on the same node) and I normaly hit 200-250k/s almost every download (unless I'm downloading from a realy slow server). Weird how that works

 

[Migroo]

alex and Scorch:

Which providers?

Why cant you get Blueyonder cable or something Alex? Its great (although I realise its not available everywhere - but Colchester?)

 

[Maggotry]

I use RoadRunner here in Houston. I get about 250KBs - 300KBs. I have a Motorola Surfboard SB3100.

 

[J3anyus]

<< @!#@%$

I'm luckey if i can get 4kb/s

Alex >>



Sounds like me, I'm stuck on a crappy 28.8.

 

[Sukhoi]

mboy, dang you and your OOL. I would have them currently if Adelphia hadn't bought out Cablevision in this area. But Adelphia has put us on their business backbone which currently isn't actually oversubscribed, and I'm getting 3000/128.

 

[micron]

I got 707 kbps down & 26 kbps up on DSL Reports' speed test with my DirecPC Satellite (down)/Modem (up) setup.

 

[dawks]

WOW, Shaw cable expanded to houston?

I use shaw cable, and its pretty fast, but not that fast.

They are a Canadian company based out of Calgary Alberta. Funny they would expand to houston, Calgary and houston have a lot in common. Big, Rich, Oil/Gas/Ranching cities.. (there is ranching around houston, not?)

Calgary is home to over 300 Oil and Gas company headquaters (at least Canadian headquaters of some companies). Its a VERY rich city.. at least on canadas level.

 

[Eponymous]

Hmm, I am going to have to complain to my ISP.

I would have figured a 100Mb connected to a 1Gb fiber to a OC3 line would have scored above

1502/65.