siwek
join:2003-11-29
Boxford, MA
| reply to sortofageek
My speed Jumped
I'm on the Northshore of Boston on CmCast Cable HSI. Had standard 3Mbps since 1997. Been nearly flawless. Got the auto bump to 6Mbps and then paid the extra $8 - 10 to get 8. Never got there however. I chalked it up to heavy use on our node. Didn't realize that service was bumped to 16 Mbps aut6omatically about 2 months ago!
Signal got unstable two weeks ago so I ran 20 or so DSLReports line qualities and found that the final local server was dropping 50% of packets! Reported to ComCast, they confirned it and LISTENED to me((???Wow.)
Hooked up to the cable directly I started getting 16 Mbps...scarey fast. Hooked to my Linksys BEFSR41 router and 24 port ChipCom hub and bumpbbump bump 6 Mbps again..
Rather than try a firmware updates (both pieces 12 years old), got a NEW FAST ETHERNET router (BEFSR41 Vr 4.2) and a 12 port hub. Hooked into the house lan and Blamo 16 Mbps.
Now I'm waiting for FIOS now that ComCast has bumped cost by 20% (now $53 /month). |
