[GRLUG] anyone else seeing crazy speeds from Comcast?

Kyle Smith kylewesleysmith at gmail.com
Sat Aug 9 11:10:58 EDT 2008


I've been getting faster than usual speeds lately.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/306960713.png

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Rich Nagel <networkman at triton.net> wrote:
> Since I have AT&T's 6mb DSL, I can't comment on what Comcast may be
> currently doing.  But I too have been getting a bunch of advertising about
> AT&Ts "U-Verse" but it's still not available in my area. :(
>
> As for Comcast, I had them years ago, but had to ditch it, because latency
> was such a problem.  Web-surfing and downloads may be fine with a latency of
> 300 to 500 ms, but trying to VPN into the office for on-call support is not!
>
> Rich
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john-thomas richards" <jtr at jrichards.org>
> To: <grlug at grlug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 10:09 AM
> Subject: [GRLUG] anyone else seeing crazy speeds from Comcast?
>
>
>> This morning I am getting amazing speed from Comcast.  My download
>> speed is 12,640kbps and upload is 1,827kbps.  See here:
>> http://www.speedtest.net/result/306938487.png.
>>
>> Man, oh, man, I hope this continues.  I wonder if Comcast is feeling
>> much pressure from AT&T's U-Verse service.  I have had a number of
>> sales reps knock on my door about it.
>> --
>> john-thomas
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