BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| Difficult to measure If the router runs its own tests, the ISP can easily screw around with it, and who knows if there is a bottleneck somewhere else that isn't the ISP's fault. When I run Speedtests in CA they are a lot slower than in NYC, as I live in CT.
It's hard to test with PowerBoost too, as it bumps the speed WAY up.
If it is just monitoring people's traffic, then it's inaccurate as well, as the server at the other end could be slow, AND most networks can't handle the full 12mbps (or whatever your local cableco can pump out). The wireless side of mine chokes around 5mbps, while the router itself chokes on the PowerBoost portion of it, but can sustain the full 12mbps down.
I have never had an issue with Comcast, HSI is about the only thing they can do right, their cable sucks, but HSI is amazing. It's consistently 100kbps ABOVE what they advertise on the downband, within 100kbps of the advertised upband. |
