[GRLUG] Testing Comcast vs AT&T

[Bob Kline]

Why the big discrepancy in advertised
and actual speed?  Seems unlikely that
Comcast will not address this in a negative
fashion at some point....

   -- Bob


On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm paying for 20Mb/s down, 2Mb/s up. A family member of mine remarked
> that when he upgraded to a DOCSIS 3 modem, he started seeing better
> than 10-20Mb/s, when he's only paying for 6Mb/s.
>
> Modem is a Motorola Surfboard SB6120, so DOCSIS 3. It's one of only
> two DOCSIS 3 modems approved by Comcast at the moment, and the only
> one that you don't have to rent from them.
>
> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 27.63 Mbps?  What Comcast service
> > is that?  The fastest recently available
> > was 16 Mbps.
> > What kind of modem?  DOCSIS 2 or 3?
> > The 5:46AM test time is telling - typically
> > the sweet spot of the day, just as Sunday
> > is typically the best day of the week.
> >    -- Bob
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've got data on three speed tests.
> >>
> >> AT&T, 11:28PM on July 8: 4.98Mb/s down, 0.64Mb/s up, ping time of 33ms
> >> http://www.speedtest.net/result/1377611643.png
> >>
> >> Comcast, 4:41PM on July 8: 19.03Mb/s down, 5.45Mb/s up, ping time of
> 42ms
> >> http://www.speedtest.net/result/1377260620.png
> >>
> >> Comcast, 5:46AM on July 9: 27.63Mb/s down, 5.25Mb/s up, ping time of
> 38ms
> >> http://www.speedtest.net/result/1377920393.png
> >>
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