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Wall9
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join:2002-06-25
Dupo, IL

To Be Truly Business Friendly

Open a business account. Bitching and moaning about residential broadband when you're using it for business is about asinine.

Having said that, have you tried running a tracert to see where the lag is coming from? The problem might not even be with Charter.

TheSaint

join:2002-01-25
Hanover Park, IL
clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
·Comcast

Re: To Be Truly Business Friendly

Home users could also benefit from additional upload speeds. An average throughput of 8kb per second on the upload is paltry even for home use unless you are just doing granny web surfing and email. Will it really kill Charter's resources if they bump the upload up to 256k? I'm not asking for 2mb down AND up, but any improvements would be very much appreciated.
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Wall9
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Dupo, IL

Re: To Be Truly Business Friendly

Must be the area that you're in. I have 256k up. Well, it's actually 285 here in St. Louis. But AFAIK, Charter boosted upload to 256k nationwide, with exception to a few areas.

You're positive that you only get 128 up?

TheSaint

join:2002-01-25
Hanover Park, IL
clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
·Comcast

Re: To Be Truly Business Friendly

2004-03-06 21:53:43 Speed test @ dslreports.linkline.com 1958/115 kbps

2004-03-06 22:18:09 Speed test @ dslr-west1.megapath.net 1921/120 kbps

Right at what I'm paying for, its really reliable also.

Now, if they could only boost that upload up a notch, it would cut down on the uploading time for large files to remote servers quite a bit. Even 256k up would be a great improvement.
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stridr69

join:2003-05-19
San Luis Obispo, CA

Re: To Be Truly Business Friendly

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.0f
click START to begin
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 130.86Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.75Mb/s

Typical download speeds if one lives in the city of San Luis Obispo during the evening. Daytime speeds run between 1925-1980Kbs.

F.Y.I., Paul

Wall9
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join:2002-06-25
Dupo, IL
I see. After reading tonight, it seems that there are more places without the 256 upload than I thought.

TheSaint

join:2002-01-25
Hanover Park, IL
clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
·Comcast

Re: To Be Truly Business Friendly

Lol, I had no incentive to you lie to you. No offense taken, hopefully an upgrade is in store sooner or later.

The speeds for San Luis (just south of Atascadero) are slower than mine on the download, but faster on the upload it appears. (If I'm reading stridr's post correctly, I'm guessing he has the same package.)
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.--- Edmund Burke

Wall9
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Dupo, IL

Re: To Be Truly Business Friendly

No..I didn't think you were lying. I just came across some reads over in the Charter forum. People are having cows because they're testing 3meg down in MI and some are still at 1.5.

Eh.. (shrugs)

cork1958
Cork

join:2000-02-26
Fruitport, MI
·Verizon Online DSL
·Charter Pipeline


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I got raised to the 3000/256 on about 3-6. Was never notified. Again! Still don't know what their intentions are on the prices. Have e-mailed them several times with no eply. Can't believe they are going to leave it at the same price I was paying for the 768/128.

cork1958
Cork

join:2000-02-26
Fruitport, MI
·Verizon Online DSL
·Charter Pipeline

Glad to hear it

Almost always nervous about reading reviews from CA.

Charters been awesome for me for over 4 years now. Sure do wish they'd up the upload also though.
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stridr69

join:2003-05-19
San Luis Obispo, CA


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Update

"Perhaps the DSL CO will be less than 15k feet away and will give Charter a run for the money in terms of speed/price/value. Other than these few odd ramblings, Charter has remained solid for the past few months."
Jeeze, "The Saint", where about do you live "over the grade" in Atascadero? There's a SBC RT available in Atascadero for your use-not that it's going to give you Charter speeds by the way.
Oh, well, at least your node there isn't overloaded like us folks in the city of S.L.O.

P.S. I have no problems with DNS issues-I use 4.4.4.2 or 4.4.4.3 most of the time-wireless router supplies the rest. Do you use a router where you live?
P.P.S. to CORK 1958 Us folks here in San Luis Obispo County have NONE of the major issues affecting Southern California-totally different Level3 access here fortunately.

TheSaint

join:2002-01-25
Hanover Park, IL
clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
·Comcast

Re: Update

I'm about 12k away from CO ATA11:

»/coinfo/···TSCCA11/

I've called repeatedly telling SBC that they might have a customer if they reduce the distance to more of us folks who are outside the central Atascadero area. Given El Camino's long drawn out nature, I can see how this would be a logistical issue for them.

In answer to your question, I live off of San Benito about a mile east of K-Mart. Once again, Charter has been reliable for the most part and to me that is a good reason to stick with them despite any shortcomings.

If you have any further questions/comments, please feel free to voice them.
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cork1958
Cork

join:2000-02-26
Fruitport, MI
·Verizon Online DSL
·Charter Pipeline

good review

Good overall review. Thanks for keeping it updated.

To stridr69:
P.P.S. to CORK 1958 Us folks here in San Luis Obispo County have NONE of the major issues affecting Southern California-totally different Level3 access here fortunately.

Aren't you one of the lucky ones?!!
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TheSaint

join:2002-01-25
Hanover Park, IL
clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
·Comcast

Re: good review

No problem on the updates. Companies change a lot over time. Just tyring to keep folks in the loop. Don't forget to do likewise for your reviews or post a new one if you haven't rated your current service!
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. --- Edmund Burke
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