Gryyphyn
join:2006-02-16
Royal Oak, MI
 ·Comcast
| Comcast needs some work
I agree with you. I'm having similar problems, though not so bad. I'm hovering around the 300k mark right now, though I should be at 3000/150. The only time I see an improvement is if I hook a good torrent on Azureus and have time to optimize my settings for it. I've peaked at about 3114 on a bitchin torrent that had a lot of hosts to hook, but I shouldn't have to wait for a great torrent to get the speeds I need to see if I'm doing some major downloading.
My only suggestion to everyone is check your lines, both your coax and your CAT5. I was having problems initially because the crap in my walls is older than I am, and that's a feat. My CAT was impeccable but the biggest slowdown was my house lines and Comcast's repeater/amplifier. Their amp hadn't been serviced for over two years and it was 3hz off sync. Once they fixed that everybody's reception and carrier signal improved.
One last tip for all the Comcast users using Comcast cable modems: find the IP for your modem and punch it in to your favorite browser. Run through the sys settings and find the syslog whenever you have a tech come out. Show them the log, especially if it is an intermitent problem. That's how they figured out the problem with the amp and sent a line tech.
Gryyphyn, Section-9/The Wired
"What I thought I'd do was I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn't have to have any more goddamn stupid useless conversations with anybody." |
