gtojim
join:2002-03-18
Concord, CA
 ·VOIPo
| 50mb download 5mb upload coming soon
Last week I went into my local Astound/Wave office in Concord Ca to pick up a DVR and noticed a sign advertising 50mb/5mb coming soon.
I asked about pricing and when it would be offered? They didn't know.
For the past month my speeds have been really good during evening hours. |
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drew
Reformation
Premium
join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
clubs: | I'm happy for you. They obviously picked up some more bandwidth to the nodes or through their peering. |
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madcowusa
join:2005-03-09
Port Orchard, WA | reply to gtojim
Interesting. This may draw me back to paying for the top tier once again, assuming it's not priced at $109.00/month with 300gb cappage. |
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skyhawk21
join:2001-11-08
Lacey, WA | reply to gtojim
go look at my msg thread... they cant even provide 18mbps down and 2mbps up let alone 50mbps..
im sick of paying 50 dollars for 1/3 speed i get every day and night.. |
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gtojim
join:2002-03-18
Concord, CA
·VOIPo
| skyhawk21
I understand what your dealing with. I've been in the same boat for a very long time. A year or two ago I downgraded my service from 10mb down to 6mb down. It wasn't unusual for 1mb download evening download speeds with either plan.
They must have done some upgrades in this area because my evening speeds have been great for the past month or so.
My thinking was the 50/5 service level is good news, meaning they would be doing some system upgrades in order to offer that much speed. But what do I know?
Included are a couple of speed tests from August. Speed is much better right now. |
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ga
join:2009-11-09
Folsom, CA | what kind of modem are you using. |
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Badluckguy
join:2001-02-07
Silverdale, WA | reply to gtojim
Hey, why not sell 50/5 when they provide 18/2 with this kind of mid-day service....
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gtojim
join:2002-03-18
Concord, CA | reply to ga
Modem is a WebStar by Scientific Atlanta |
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gtojim
join:2002-03-18
Concord, CA
·VOIPo
| reply to Badluckguy
Knock on wood I will have good speed for a long while. As I posted above my speed hasn't been good during the evenings.
Speed test done just now. |
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Badluckguy
join:2001-02-07
Silverdale, WA
| Damn!! Congrats on the connection. Mine is usually pretty good but lately it has been pretty spotty at best. Sometimes it cruises, then it will crap out. Right now, it seems pretty good. I just hope that they can get back to the consistency they had a while back (at least in my area). |
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astempak dsl
@wavecable.com | reply to gtojim
If it's 50mbps then actually it might be 6mbps with 12up???
I have 6/1 and get anywere from 500k to about 4sometimes rarely and 2up? |
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gtojim
join:2002-03-18
Concord, CA
·VOIPo
| All I know is what I read on the sign in the Astound store.
After reading 50mb down and 5mb up is coming soon I decided to bump up my service to the fastest speed currently being offered which is 18/2. My upload speed has been testing faster then 2mb up. How long this will last, who knows. |
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gtojim
join:2002-03-18
Concord, CA
·VOIPo
| Just ran a speed test. Wave seems to be generous right now, not sure this will last. I have 18/2 service. |
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skyhawk21
join:2001-11-08
Lacey, WA | reply to gtojim
must be nice to actually have the network that can support your speeds, up here in WA everyone is using the same fiber backbone and its slowing down to a crawl like 2night its going from 3mbs to 5mbs when i have the 18/2 service. wave is unreliable! |
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