I am quoting my old post with numbers dating back to 2008.
At this point we have 1Mbps upload and 13Mbps download. Do not recall when then bumped the download speed 2x. These days the speed problems seem be due to slow web and file servers.
In August of 2008 my numbers I posted on this thread were
1273 and 405
We have changed ISP packages a few times since then, upgraded to the 6Mps package today. The new numbers are
run between 6.22 and 7.12Mbps for download and .97 and 1.Mbps for upload.
Hi,
I have found my internet speed.Its uploading speed is 0.342Mbps and downloading speed is 3.423Mbps.I used the site ScanmySpeed.com .To know the speed of my internet.
11.14 Mbps down, 3.46 Mbps up, FIOS, Armstrong, tested with Speakeasy to Chicago. Armstrong's speed is a function of subscriber level. I subscribe at the old-man level.
@eTech, looks to me like you need to upgrade to Chrome for more speed.
Very impressive. Question is, how much are you paying? Comcast has a habit of overcharging their customers, and there have been many known issues with their service. How has your experience been with them as a whole?
Thanks all. Comcast has been catastrophically awful for nearly a decade, and I agree 100% with your comments. They are better today thanks to competition from FiOS and recently, Google. I have Comcast when I'm in the mainland.
I would not have them today if not for constant negotiations for a better deal. What you see is an experimental network that I pay $50 for, includes basic cable, that I got in 2011. The price is not way off, Google's experimental deal is 1Gbs for ~ $100/mo.
Essentially I'm testing bonded channels on a DOCSIS 3.0 protocol using IPv6 shared between > 10 others, we are all on 100 Mbs accounts. When the others are idle I get their unused speed. It only engages during the test mode, but they test quite a bit between 4-7am, and sometimes during the weekend days. They allowed test because my engineering background, I do all my own tech support, and start my day at 4am.
The benefit of DOCSIS is that users do not need new cabling infrastructure, all you need is new modem firmware. The problem is the backbone, if such a tier existed for the general public, the Comcast backbone may not have the bandwidth to support many accounts.
Very impressive. Question is, how much are you paying? Comcast has a habit of overcharging their customers, and there have been many known issues with their service. How has your experience been with them as a whole?
My current ISP is upgrading the free (included in rent) 2Mb to 50Mb this week..
Now my speed is 2.44 down and 44.52 up.. lets see how the upgrade affects.
I opened this thread by clicking 3 time because of having 2 disconnect (Try Again!) notification. It took me 7kb/30 seconds.
Can you imagine, once it was exactly smooth 1 kbps the fastest speed and in that opportunity I downloaded 37MB antivirus!! Imagine the time.
My friend recently downloaded Windows 8 from his more faster connection successfully and proved his bravery because he did it within 5 days! (Do not ask my location...... It's our most secret!)