bbenso1
join:2004-11-28
Baltimore, MD
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Re: Why Not
I agree with most of your points above except you say that AT&T's 3MB service is actually 2.5 because of overhead and their 6MB service is actually 5.1MB because of overhead. More or less true. But then you claim that your Comcast connection is actually 6MB (12MB with powerboost). So you're saying that Comcast has somehow magically eliminated the network overhead and you actually get 6MB on your connection? How does that work? |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
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| Every cable connection i've ever had, whether it was with RoadRunner or my current provider, I've always received the advertised speeds.
Apparently they configure their caps to allow for the overhead. Actually, I believe that my download caps now are about 500MB higher than what they advertise to allow for the net to be where it should be.
This appears to be different than the way most, if not all DSL providers sell their service.
I have yet to see a 6MB DSL customer actually receive that.
Because DSL is also distance limited, that eats away at it as well.
The bottom line is I think that if you visit any cable forum, you'll see that their customers generally receive what is advertised on their speed tests, while dsl customers generally receive that amount less the overhead.
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
 ·Embarq
| That may be true for some, but Embarq set me up twice at well above the tier speed so as to obtain the rated speed. The first time downstream was set well above 1700 for a 1500 line.
the settings are currently:
WAN Port Statistics:
Link Status: Up
Upstream Speed: 576 kbps
Downstream Speed: 3520 kbps
after being upgraded to a 3000/512 line.
I think that easily covers the overhead.
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