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CrzyCrakr
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join:2005-06-24
Edgewater, MD

Re: Keep it!

said by dadkins See Profile :

Give me some more Upstream and keep the 16mbps!

I have *LEGIT* uses for upstream, 768k is painful! The only real reasin I am paying for the Gold speeds is for the upload(although, downloading demos at 1MB/sec is great!).

Try backing up 15GB+ over 768k.
I just hope that someday I(we) will see some ISP finally get it.
Verizon gets it with FIOS. That is why I left Comcast. Unfortunately FIOS is not available to a large number of people yet. I think that is sad. Now just so you know, I was a happy Comcast customer. It was always a very solid connection. The only real major issue was when they switched to CRAN. A modem swap fixed that problem. I just see FIOS as more in line with what I need, now and in the future.

As far as the bursting goes, I think that Comcast does it just to screw with speed tests so that it makes it harder for people to complain about not getting their advertised speeds. I like how they made it look like an added bonus to your service. LOL
permalink · 2006-06-12 11:45:56 · Print · Reply to this

Ebolla

join:2005-09-28
Dracut, MA

Re: Keep it!

it only triggers when doing a larger download, a speed test shouldnt trigger it. And even if it does your advetized speeds are "Up to Xmb" you are never guaranteed through most providers a set speed minimum. Mind you not saying that getting low speeds is good, just that it can/does happen.
permalink · 2006-06-12 18:23:56 · Reply to this

CrzyCrakr
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join:2005-06-24
Edgewater, MD

Re: Keep it!

True but I have found that for an accurate speed test you should download a large file. I also agree that you aren't guaranteed your speeds but you should be getting 75% to 80% at least. If you aren't getting that then you need to look into it cuz you aren't getting your money's worth. Now when I was with Comcast I was hitting the caps.
permalink · 2006-06-12 21:06:19 · Reply to this
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