[GRLUG] anyone else seeing crazy speeds from Comcast?

[Rich Nagel]

When I signed up for AT&T service, there were seperate levels for (down) 
768k, 3Meg, and 6Meg.  I opted for the 6Meg, as the price difference was 
only like $10 more per month.

Rich

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john-thomas richards" <jtr at jrichards.org>
To: <grlug at grlug.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] anyone else seeing crazy speeds from Comcast?


> 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.
> -- 
> john-thomas
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