needforspeed59Cruise Ship Just Passing Through join:2001-05-02 La Place, LA |
Value IndexWill the value index include temporary discounts (even if they are for a year) or the actual rate card that all end up paying eventually? How will it account for bundling? | |
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| FFH5 Premium Member join:2002-03-03 Tavistock NJ
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FFH5
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2010-Jul-27 10:15 am
Re: Value Indexsaid by needforspeed59:Will the value index include temporary discounts (even if they are for a year) or the actual rate card that all end up paying eventually? How will it account for bundling? I am sure it will use the statistical mean for all of those who responded and replied what they were paying. So it would include those who are getting discounts and those who aren't. | |
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where's North America in all thatmakes me want to move to South Korea | |
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EricthornIt only hurts when I laugh Premium Member join:2001-08-10 Paragould, AR |
More ammo?/rant on
I wish I could use this as ammo to get my ISP off their lazy asses. In April they finalized a deal to get 150mbs of additional b/w from AT&T. Rather that letting the network be, so that those of us paying for their highest tier (59.99/mo for 2mb down/512k up) might actually see an improvement in speeds during the evening hours when the oversold and underprovisioned network is at it's worst, they instead bump the tiers and raise the prices. Now I'm at 62.95 for a 4mb down/1mb up, and of course it's rarely above 1mb down between 3pm-12am. I've sent them pics of Netflix messages about our connection being too slow and pausing, at 10:30pm at night. Now, I see my town is ranked 32 out of 32 coming in at 1.92mbs. When talking to their support and customer service, I'm always told they don't guarantee any speed, can't control congestion outside of their network, and that if I'm not happy I can try the competition. That consists of the lowest AT&T DSL at 768k, or satellite at even worse.
Maybe I just need to move...
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Re: More ammo?well someone's gotta pay for that new line. You will since you're a customer, and since their a muni provider, everyone else will pay too and you'll get shitty sevice! gotta love muni providers right? | |
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| | WhatNow Premium Member join:2009-05-06 Charlotte, NC |
WhatNow
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2010-Jul-27 6:36 pm
Re: More ammo?I thought muni providers were the best thing since sliced bread. | |
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Re: More ammo?only people on here think so. | |
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.This is great data - hopefully this, plus the CRTC wanting to know what WE think, gets our stagnant ISP's off of their asses.
Although I doubt it will.... | |
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FFH5 Premium Member join:2002-03-03 Tavistock NJ 2 edits |
FFH5
Premium Member
2010-Jul-27 10:00 am
Some detailed info top 15: Speed & line qualityThe download speeds:
The star ratings are what customers are rating their ISP when taking the tests. Where is AT&T in download speed? Not even in top 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . The line quality index: » www.flukenetworks.com/fn ··· ctor.htm80-100 is desirable and all major US leading ISPs fit in that category | |
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| 56403739 (banned)Less than 5 months left join:2006-03-08 Naples, FL |
56403739 (banned)
Member
2010-Jul-27 2:16 pm
Re: Some detailed info top 15: Speed & line qualityWhile it would be nice to have 100 MB symmetrical for $25, this gets the job done for $39 and is rock-solid: I can't run the tests from my Florida line at the moment or I'd post that too... Speed is nice, but usability and stability is just as important. Some of those high-ranking speedsters fail there. | |
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DSLR Speed TestsWhat is wrong with the speed tests on this site? Why are they so different than other speed test servers? | |
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Re: DSLR Speed TestsThere is nothing wrong with the speed tests here as far as I know but its like you said they all use different servers. Just like Im testing to different servers than you do. | |
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28619103 (banned)
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2010-Jul-27 6:28 pm
Re: DSLR Speed Testssaid by FLATLINE:There is nothing wrong with the speed tests here as far as I know but its like you said they all use different servers. Just like Im testing to different servers than you do. Most of the DSLR speed tests are under neglect and not configured to test speeds above basic DSL. Once you get into the higher broadband speeds you really need Ookla servers configured to run maximum streams. Currently the DSLR ones are giving questionable data vs external ones like speedtest.net which are managed and optimized for speed. The comparison of data sets speaks for itself. | |
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Powerboost?do they take into account many ISPs speed boost. I bet that inflates the number for some.
Getting an extra 5 megs for at the start really jacks up those speed tests | |
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OldGrayWolf_
Anon
2010-Jul-27 8:36 pm
Re: Powerboost?Speed boost obviously is not taken into account based on what I actually get, and what is shown on the site for my ISP in my City. If I download a large enough file so that speed boost is not a significant factor, I get 1/3 less bandwidth than the numbers published on that site. | |
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FreedomBuildWell done is better than well said Premium Member join:2004-10-08 Rockford, IL |
Marketing propagandaI am sure they are getting their pockets greased for promoting a favorable 'value for the money' Their speedtests are inaccurate. A lot of big ISP's use their servers and or software for their own tests which display inaccurate data too. Ping times results are no where near real time.... Wasn't the FCC duped into using them at the beginning also.
I put no confidence or credibility in their results. | |
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