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Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:55:06 EDT

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Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:12:26 EDT

anon posted : I don't know about charter, but the DOCSIS 3.1 spec is showing a new modulation called 4096QAM which will enable cable providers to deliver higher speeds using existing plant. Who said coax was dead...

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Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 06:50:37 EDT

cork1958 posted :

said by whoaru99:

None of those short tests are any good.

The only consistent result I get is by starting several large downloads simultaneously then adding the speeds or monitoring it in my firewall/router.

Totally agree that is the BEST way to test, but most people just want a quick check like any speed test site does.

That testmy.net site is about as inaccurate most of the time as any flash test also. Totally depends on time of day and what browser you're using there.
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Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:06:34 EDT

compuguybna posted : I WISH!!!! Flash based tests are so inaccurate.

Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:34:27 EDT

cooldude9919 posted :

said by tscotty:

This morning I ran a speed test and it's faster than usual. I was wondering if charter was doing speed upgrades. Here is the test I just ran. I'm on the ultra100 plan.

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Ill reset my modem and run some tests tonight to see if i see anything similar. Im on ultra100 and everything here runs off of st.louis so if they are doing something i would think id see it too.

Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:54:38 EDT

Flak posted : Not to mention the speed tests on speedtest.net are greatly affected by what site you are choosing. For instance, running multiple speedtests from all the locations in my state and the next nearest big city you get huge variations. A couple sites will never go above 40mb, one will give me the same results as speedtest.charter.com and the rest will be between 40 and whatever I'm getting at speedtest.charter.com at that time.

Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:39:56 EDT

whoaru99 posted : At a general level, unless they push a new config file to the modem the modem only does whatever the config file allows or the pipe can feed, whichever is lower.

So, if you're consistently faster than before and haven't subscribed to a faster tier, most likely I think is perhaps some capacity has been added to your area/congestion relieved.

Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:26:55 EDT

Metatron2008 posted : charte was supposed to add a 300 mbit tier to compete with comcast and fios....

Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:35:24 EDT

KoRnGtL15 posted : Its not powerboost. The ultra service tier does not use it. If you don't believe me. Ask Charter and they will tell you the same. Only the other tiers use it. I still would like to see better upload speeds instead and bonding for the upload.

Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:29:50 EDT

DaSneaky1D posted : Highly doubt it. Something may be in the works.

Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:27:26 EDT

TheTechGuru posted : I thought PowerBoost went away for residential?

Is it making a come back now?
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Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:08:08 EDT

whoaru99 posted : None of those short tests are any good.

The only consistent result I get is by starting several large downloads simultaneously then adding the speeds or monitoring it in my firewall/router.

Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:29:54 EDT

tscotty posted : Thank you. I just ran a test at testmy.net and received the results below.

Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:03:21 EDT

cork1958 posted : Not to mention those flash based speed tests are about as inaccurate as heck!!

:::.. Internet Speed Test Results ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 32727 Kbps or 32.7 Mbps
Download Speed Test Size:: 25 MB or 25600 kB or 26214400 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 4091 kB/s or 4.1 MB/s
Upload Connection Speed:: 3535 Kbps or 3.5 Mbps
Upload Speed Test Size:: 1.8 MB or 1792 kB or 1835008 bytes
Upload Binary File Transfer Speed:: 442 kB/s
Tested At:: »TestMy.net Version 13
Test Time:: 2012-11-09 07:06:00 Local Time
Validation:: »testmy.net/db/MehYRIW.xSZvyMG
More Stats:: »testmy.net/compID/688974046967
User Agent:: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1) Presto/2.12.388 Version/12.10 [!]

»testmy.net/

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Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:02:43 EDT

tscotty posted : I was hoping. I ran it again and got 108 down so you're probably right. I was under the impression that the ultra100 didn't use powerboost though.

Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:01:44 EDT

compuguybna posted : ***********************************************
this is on the 30/4 plan...
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Re: [HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:00:41 EDT

compuguybna posted : Its POWERBOOST, since speedtest only last for a short duration, the test is in that stage when you run it.

i'm on the 30/4. I get 66mbps.

So, don't get excited, its not an upgrade! LOL

said by tscotty:

This morning I ran a speed test and it's faster than usual. I was wondering if charter was doing speed upgrades. Here is the test I just ran. I'm on the ultra100 plan.

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[HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:42:50 EDT

tscotty posted : This morning I ran a speed test and it's faster than usual. I was wondering if charter was doing speed upgrades. Here is the test I just ran. I'm on the ultra100 plan.

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