[GRLUG] Comcast 50% faster

[Kyle Smith]

I heard about it a while ago, but I haven't seen a speed increase yet.
I've had 8 mbps for the past year now.

On 2/9/07, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>  I've been noticing for a week or so that
>  download bit rates on Comcast have been
>  faster.   Checking the Comcast web page,
>  it has indeed made a change.  A somewhat
>  odd one.  The larger the file you are
>  downloading,  the more bandwidth you get.
>  Why the distinction between large and small
>  is unclear.
>
>  I used http://speedtest.net/  to test the rates,
>  and got:
>
>   Up:  720 Kbps     -  same as before.
>
>  Down:  12.55 Mbps  - 50% increase over a year ago.
>
>  I've seen about the same rates from some other
>  sites,  so these rates are quite plausible.  Using
>  slower sites,  I can use multiple FTP sessions,
>  and see essentially the same rates - save that
>  the up rate is closer to 800 Kbps.
>
>      -Bob
>
>
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