anonAUGUSTA
@sprintlink.net
| How's everyone's speeds been lately?
I chose to go with knology about a month ago (att dsl and comcast are also available in my area- Augusta, GA).
When I first got knology there was a problem with "my tap" it barely worked, if at all. After that was corrected, the download speeds seemed to be all over the map varying anywhere between 2.5Mbps to 5.5Mbps.
A week or so after going with Knology I discovered usenet and all its glory. (Hopefully knology doesnt discontinue this service like almost all other ISPs already have).
Over the past week I've noticed my downloads have been very stable at a constant 799KB/s ~ 6.5Mbps.
How's everyone's speeds been lately?
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zpm
join:2009-03-23
Columbus, GA
 ·Knology
2 edits | same problem, my tap, the rf spectrum reversed yet again, a maintenance guy came out and adjusted the the tap, yet i've still got problem at night... and if i see it again tonight, i'll be reporting it....
daytime = good...
nighttime = variable rate..... |
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KnolSD
@bhfc.net
| Knology has been a living nightmare for us. Their speeds are all over the place, and competition here offers faster residential speeds than Knology offers it's business lineup. |
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goober22
Resident Duh-Huh Member
join:2001-12-28
Panama City, FL
1 edit | reply to anonAUGUSTA
For several months they were pretty bad. Speeds have been up/down ever since they rolled out 6Mbps. They were pretty solid back in the 4.5Mbps days. Most recently there was a lot of documentation in this thread:
»Knology IS the worst cable ISP period!
However, the past couple of months have been pretty solid on the city side of Panama City. BiGdUsTy has a good view of the beach side. Speeds have been just fine on the 'net and usenet. I can hit solid 6's on usenet - I was getting 2.5-3.4Mbps most times before with the occasional hit at 6.
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zpm
join:2009-03-23
Columbus, GA
·Knology
3 edits | just waiting for docsis 3.0+..... and according to a tech that came out... they are testing it somewhere in my area as he said one customer was pulling 80 MBPS DOWN! not far from my house.....
but his upload was like crap..... which is part of the problem...
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BiGdUsTy
join:2005-10-20
Panama City Beach, FL | reply to anonAUGUSTA
According to today's q2 earnings report 3 markets will be getting 50Mbps DOCSIS 3 by year end.
I hope PCB is one of them.  |
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anonAUGUSTA
@knology.net
| Roger that, I'd gladly accept DOCSIS 3.0 in augusta.
2.5 MB/s - 5MB/s usenet transfers would be nice, and maybe enough upstream bandwidth to host the occasional game server.
But if the 6Mpbs upgrade was bumpy, i wonder what knology's real world speeds on DOCSIS 3 is going to be like. |
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marcusm88
join:2009-06-29
| Does anyone know which markets knology competes with another cable providers? ie comcast... and if which of those has comcast already rolled out DOCSIS 3...
Knology previously stated they would only roll out DOCSIS 3 in areas where competition had already done so. I'm wondering if that's the case with these 3 markets they're rolling out. |
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zpm
join:2009-03-23
Columbus, GA | mediacom in my area has 8MBps + i think... so, this area should be one of them... columbus... closet biggest ity to west point... auburn doesn't count as knology not in auburn... |
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Vertickle
join:2003-08-05
Madison, AL
·Knology
| reply to anonAUGUSTA
The speed DOCSIS 3 will bring is nice and all but my biggest complaint with Knology is the high pings. I hope DOCSIS 3 will help them out otherwise I'm ready to jump ship. I've been with Knology since 2002 and it's getting really really REALLY old... |
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goober22
Resident Duh-Huh Member
join:2001-12-28
Panama City, FL
| reply to marcusm88
In the Panama City/PC Beach, FL area they compete head on with Comcast. MediaCom is in some of the outlying areas but I think they are more competition to Comcast as I don't believe Knology has built out that far. AT&T is also here but I don't believe they offer TV yet.
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BiGdUsTy
join:2005-10-20
Panama City Beach, FL
·Knology
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Look' s like Comcast is making the push for DOCSIS 3 here in PCB/PC as today they moved around a lot of there channels and from what I've heard nuked most if not all of there analog channels.
»www.wjhg.com has a video news story about it.
So it looks like Comcast customers will soon be able to hit there 250 gigabyte cap faster and for more money. |
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marcusm88
join:2009-06-29
| said by BiGdUsTy :
So it looks like Comcast customers will soon be able to hit there 250 gigabyte cap faster and for more money.
lol... yep. I was talking a friend a week or two ago. He was basically saying "no one needs to download more than 250GB per month" (he's obviously never used usenet).
I found an article stating the cap still applies to the DOCSIS 3 connections... then calculated how long it would take to go over the limit on their fastest speed:
50 megabits per second = 6.25 megabytes per second
250 gigabytes = 256,000 megabytes
256,000 / 6.25 = 40960 seconds
40,960 seconds = 11.3777778 hours
So the 50M connection downloading at top speed constantly would reach the 250GB limit in about 11 and half hours. |
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DJ
Premium
join:2001-06-13
Columbus, GA
·Knology
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said by zpm  :mediacom in my area has 8MBps + i think... so, this area should be one of them... columbus... closet biggest ity to west point... auburn doesn't count as knology not in auburn... Front page DSLR news states Mediacom will be increasing their standard tier from 8/512 to 12/1, which is double Knology's. Definitely looks like Columbus should be a prime market for being one of if not the first to go live with DOCSIS 3.0. We can only hope!
I'd switch, but Mediacom has had SERIOUS issues with their internet reliability for the last couple of years. Knology's uptime has been superb. |
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zpm
join:2009-03-23
Columbus, GA | Agreed, had mediacom cable before and was awful and still 10 bucks says is awful....
i believe it's in the works. |
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Vertickle
join:2003-08-05
Madison, AL | reply to anonAUGUSTA
Again the speeds aren't to bad its the ping that sucks.
Across the country:
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goober22
Resident Duh-Huh Member
join:2001-12-28
Panama City, FL
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Vertickle
join:2003-08-05
Madison, AL
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zpm
join:2009-03-23
Columbus, GA | 
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BiGdUsTy
join:2005-10-20
Panama City Beach, FL | reply to anonAUGUSTA
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