Roadrunner offically 3Mbps downstream today?

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LikeLinus

Lifer
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Bah. It's also saying Comcast has upped it's speed also, which is not true. They did double their upload speed from 128kbps to 25kbps, but you still cannot download anything faster than 180kbps. They have a cap on download transfer rates. You can go to speeds sites and test your connection, which will be like 1000kbps, but you can't actually download anywhere near that. I'm happy with what I get for the most part..but I think it's a bit of false advertising.
 
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azev

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I think you get that wrong, if you're downloading at 180kbps that means you're only downloading at the speed of 25KB/S. I used comcast and I got about 180KB download speed at most of the time. which then equal to their advertised speed 1.5Mbps. Pay attention to the KB an kbps. 1KB = 8kbps
 
ebaycj

ebaycj

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yeah, i usually pull 1.7mbit/sec (~ 212kbyte/sec) download with comcast, even though my cap is technically 1.5mbit/sec. upload is max 32kbyte/sec or 256kbit/sec.

i'm hopin it will be 3mbit soon though :)

ebaycj
 
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wfbberzerker

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yup, i almost always used to get 2mbps with roadrunner, and in the past two weeks or so it went up to ~3mbps.
 
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Twista

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2003-10-01 21:03:59 EST: 1817 / 245
Your download speed : 1817453 bps, or 1817 kbps.
A 221.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 245218 bps, or 245 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!
 
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piku

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Yeah, I have Comcast and I routinely get a little over 200k from good connections, plus whatever my roommate may be getting at that time as well.
 
AgaBoogaBoo

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Lifer
Feb 16, 2003
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Time Warner - For me:
Your download speed : 1993993 bps, or 1993 kbps.
A 243.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 370473 bps, or 370 kbps.

That seems about what I've had for some time now. Hopefully I'll be at 3mbit soon though.....
 
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cavemanmoron

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Mar 13, 2001
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2003-10-01 21:33:45 Speed test (ec) 3299/370 kbps
2003-10-01 21:32:35 Speed test (ec) 3246/370 kbps
2003-09-24 19:14:59 Speed test (ec) 3200/372 kbps
2003-09-24 10:35:39 Speed test (ec) 3124/369 kbps



2003-07-10 21:15:39 Speed test (ec) 1894/351 kbps
 
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Excelsior

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May 30, 2002
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Originally posted by: SunnyD
DSL Reports says so in an article they had the other day.

I'm nearing the time where Verizon DSL is going away and Verizon telephone will be replaced with Vonage...
Click to expand...

I can officially vouch for that. I download stuff ALL the time and over the past few weeks my download speed has gone from an average sustained high of 260 KB/sec up to ~350 KB/sec. It kicks ass!
 
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Eli

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Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: fatkorean
Comcast is actually 1.8 so that you get 1.5 with overhead

-fk
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Around here they're 2.0 and I get ~1.7x with overhead.

Edit: Still hasn't been upgraded to 3.0 here in Portland, OR.

2003-10-01 21:49:06 EST: 1757 / 247
Your download speed : 1757963 bps, or 1757 kbps.
A 214.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247188 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!
 
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anno

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Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Time Warner - For me:
Your download speed : 1993993 bps, or 1993 kbps.
A 243.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 370473 bps, or 370 kbps.

That seems about what I've had for some time now. Hopefully I'll be at 3mbit soon though.....
Click to expand...

time warner for me..
Your download speed : 2506587 bps, or 2506 kbps.
A 305.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 359066 bps, or 359 kbps.

 
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Excelsior

Lifer
May 30, 2002
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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: fatkorean
Comcast is actually 1.8 so that you get 1.5 with overhead

-fk
Click to expand...
Around here they're 2.0 and I get ~1.7x with overhead.

Edit: Still hasn't been upgraded to 3.0 here in Portland, OR.

2003-10-01 21:49:06 EST: 1757 / 247
Your download speed : 1757963 bps, or 1757 kbps.
A 214.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247188 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!
Click to expand...

Maybe they are doing the east coast first.
 
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joeryu

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2003-10-01 22:20:21 EST: 3151 / 365
Your download speed : 3151123 bps, or 3151 kbps.
A 384.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 365230 bps, or 365 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!


This is roadrunner in San Diego, CA
 
ElFenix

ElFenix

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Mar 20, 2000
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Your download speed : 3208226 bps, or 3208 kbps.
A 391.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 342729 bps, or 342 kbps.
 
Mr.IncrediblyBored

Mr.IncrediblyBored

Lifer
Jun 18, 2000
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Test speed using our server at Speakeasy, CA, USA
2003-10-01 22:30:45 EST: 219 / 102
Your download speed : 219974 bps, or 219 kbps.
A 26.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 102564 bps, or 102 kbps.

:|


Test speed using our server at Megapath, CA, USA
Your download speed : 4805 bps, or 4 kbps.
A 0.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 80971 bps, or 80 kbps.

LOL! WTF?


Test speed using our server at LinkLine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2003-10-01 22:35:56 EST: 192 / 87
Your download speed : 192584 bps, or 192 kbps.
A 23.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 87815 bps, or 87 kbps.

rolleye.gif


Also with Road Runner in Northeast Ohio.
 
AgaBoogaBoo

AgaBoogaBoo

Lifer
Feb 16, 2003
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Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: fatkorean
Comcast is actually 1.8 so that you get 1.5 with overhead

-fk
Click to expand...
Around here they're 2.0 and I get ~1.7x with overhead.

Edit: Still hasn't been upgraded to 3.0 here in Portland, OR.

2003-10-01 21:49:06 EST: 1757 / 247
Your download speed : 1757963 bps, or 1757 kbps.
A 214.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247188 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!
Click to expand...

Maybe they are doing the east coast first.
Click to expand...

I'm one east coast still with 2mb connections. I'm going to call them up tomorrow and find out.
 
FoBoT

FoBoT

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Apr 30, 2001
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uh, it appears to be so

i am on RR in KC, MO

i just ran one of the tests from BBR

Your download speed : 2746804 bps, or 2746 kbps.
A 335.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 278357 bps, or 278 kbps.
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Anubis

Anubis

No Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
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sweet that means my mone connection is faster now.

i used to be round 2-2.5

dlsr and bandwithplace would giv eme 1.8-2.4 all the time. i wounder if my upload increased also that that woudl be better
 
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zixxer

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Jul 6, 2001
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2003-10-02 00:14:44 EST: 2974 / 268
Your download speed : 2974240 bps, or 2974 kbps.
A 363 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 268006 bps, or 268 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

with comcast atlanta
 
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Growltiger

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Oct 11, 1999
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2003-10-07 20:53:36 EST: 2554 / 320
Your download speed : 2554603 bps, or 2554 kbps.
A 311.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 320589 bps, or 320 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

TimeWarner midsouth
 
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