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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Hmmm... said by b10010011  :Qwest DSL $39 for 1.5 megabit Comcast HSI $42 for 6 megabit Now I am not a cable fanboy but for the money cable is still the best deal. Besides I still can not get DSL but two blocks away can? I dunno. I have Comcast now, and quite frankly, I'm not terribly happy. The price just went up, and the service is pushing $50 with my privately owned cable modem.
I'm only getting about 3.3 megabit down, when they advertise 6.
For the most part, all I do at home anymore is surf the web, get e-mail, and the occasional iTunes download.
I plan on re wiring the cable coax in my house, since it is, admittedly, like a spaghetti diner and a rats nest rolled into one. I believe this will improve my modem's signal to noise ratio, and hopefully it's performance.
If not, Verizon's got a pretty good introductory rate for 768 dsl that I may look into.
Unless Comcast offered some sort of "lite" tier in the future.
Bottom line, Comcast is telling me how much faster they are, but they don't bring those speeds to the table  | |
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staticx57
join:2002-01-24
Toms River, NJ
clubs: | Re: Hmmm... Just remember though, it's never comcast's fualt. | |
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join:2005-05-26
Marietta, GA
| Re: Hmmm... said by staticx57 :Just remember though, it's never comcast's fualt. No doubt!!!!!! | |
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
 ·VOIPo
| said by N3OGH :said by b10010011 :Qwest DSL $39 for 1.5 megabit Comcast HSI $42 for 6 megabit Now I am not a cable fanboy but for the money cable is still the best deal. Besides I still can not get DSL but two blocks away can? I dunno. I have Comcast now, and quite frankly, I'm not terribly happy. The price just went up, and the service is pushing $50 with my privately owned cable modem. For the most part, all I do at home anymore is surf the web, get e-mail, and the occasional iTunes download. If not, Verizon's got a pretty good introductory rate for 768 dsl that I may look into. If all you do is surf the net, check e-mail and an occasional download, the DSL web page loading is faster than cable.
50 bucks is just too much to pay for Internet access.
With your cable modem, if your upstream transmit power is less than 45 and downstream less than 13, un-ratting the coax will not improve your speed. It might improve your S/N ratio but not enough to boost your speed.
I had cable for4 years and dumped it because of the 45 dollar charge and LOUSY throughput. | |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
·Verizon FIOS
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Hmmm... Well, I was willing to eat some crow on this one, but crow just aint on the menu this evening.
I attached my cable modem directly to the grounding block, and here are my results.
Direct Connection to grounding block
Downstream
Power .52 dBmV
Signal to noise ratio 34dB
Upstream
Power
39.25 dBmV
Speed test results were 3341 down, 348 up
Connected through my home's CATV wiring
Downstream
Power -3.09 dBmV
Signal to noise ration 34 dB
Upstream
Power 44.0 dBmV
Speed test results 3650 down, 348 up
Looks like the problem isn't the wiring. the 44 dBmV on the upstream isn't the best, but it's well within the limits, and I should be getting full speed with it.
Well, I'm getting PM'ed from the system, my trace route is in.... | |
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
·VOIPo
| Re: Hmmm... As long as your S/N ratios are within spec as well as your transmit and receive power levels are good, you usually do not see an increase or decrease in speed.
What tends to happen is that as the upstream transmit power approached 50+ you start to lose sync and it sometimes appears as slow speeds.
your 44 reading is fine. | |
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