BlueC
join:2009-11-26
Minneapolis, MN Reviews:
 ·Integra Telecom
 ·voip.ms
 ·T-Mobile US
| Powerboost Comcast has a huge footprint in the Twin Cities because Qwest is really their only worthy competitor, and Qwest rarely knows what's even going on. Easy competition for Comcast's standards....
Regardless, these speed tests don't take into consideration of consistent throughput. Our Comcast line in the office is a 12/2 line, but shows up around 20-23mbps on speed tests.
Try to download a large file and you'll see an average of 800kb/s-1100kb/s, which translates to around 6-9mbps.
HTTP tests are skewed because Comcast allows "powerboost" to make the results look nice. Which is fine, keeps customers happy I guess. |
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| BlueC,
That means something is consuming bandwidth when you are downloading files or SPI on your SMC gateway is enabled (which it is by default). I could take a look at it for you PM me I work in the Twin Cities market. Obviously if your connection can get 20-30Mb in PB it's capable of a steady 1500KB/s download. |
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BlueC
join:2009-11-26
Minneapolis, MN Reviews:
·Integra Telecom
·voip.ms
·T-Mobile US
| SPI is disabled. That "something" that's consuming bandwidth is other users consuming bandwidth on the shared DOCSIS 3.0 node.
I don't expect the connection to maintain 12/2 24x7. It's a $60/mo connection after all. But this whole powerboost thing that shows up on speed tests doesn't show the true performance long term.
IIRC, Comcast uses certain methods to prioritize packets over their network. So while you might see PB kick in on a speed test, a sustained throughput will more than likely see decreased priority. You really can't expect 200+ users sharing a node to all receive full throughput over an extended period of time. |
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