I seem to be getting what I am paying for according to that site. I have 6 Mbps service and I am getting 11.53 down. This is pretty consistent with Comcast's Speedboost.<br clear="all">--<br>Dave<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Bob Kline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/" target="_blank">http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/</a><div><br></div><div>The FCC is starting to look at the US </div>
<div>broadband situation. Pretty clearly,</div><div>most of us get about 50% of the bandwidth</div><div>we think we are paying for. The key </div><div>concept seems to be the ISP's cavaet </div><div>"up to." More like "up yours," it seems to</div>
<div>mean that only at about 5:30AM, on a </div><div>Sunday morning, will you ever see the</div><div>"up to" value that you pay for.</div><div><br></div><div>So, in effect, broadband is a lot more </div><div>expensive than it superficially appears</div>
<div>to be. <a href="http://speedtest.net" target="_blank">speedtest.net</a> is also looking in to</div><div>the issue. But I've found the FCC test to</div><div>be more in line with what I pay for. So</div><div>I'm wondering whether the speed testing</div>
<div>services of many sites are overwhelmed.</div><div>I'm tempted to hope that they would</div><div>surely know this.</div><div><br></div><div>Try <a href="http://speedtest.net" target="_blank">speedtest.net</a>, and find the Grand</div>
<div>Rapids test site. Even with no distance</div><div>involved, I find the download rate to be</div><div>way off. Most test sites seem to do</div><div>better on the upload rates.</div><div><br></div><div>But of course this is the issue. There</div>
<div>is a great deal of confusion out there,</div><div>and ISPs can hide behind this, while</div><div>charging for speeds that mostly a</div><div>fiction.</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div> -- Bob</div><div>
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