[GRLUG] anyone else seeing crazy speeds from Comcast?

[john-thomas richards]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 01:34:11PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 10:09 AM, john-thomas richards <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I pay for their 6Mbit service, and I've seen speeds like that.
> Usually only lasts a few seconds, before my rated speeds kick in.  I
> think its their advertised "SpeedBoost".

If 6Mbit service is their "regular" service, that is what I have, also.

> Actually, I think it's just that their throttling software doesn't
> kick in as early as they'd like.

That makes me wonder if they are increasing their bandwidth again.  I
seriously doubt they expect me to download at ~12,000kbps, but I'll
take it.
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john-thomas
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