Comcast increases speed..holy crap!!
polycounter lvl 18
These people continue to blow me away. When I originally subscribed I had a down speed of about 1,700 kbps and up @ 128. I got another increase a year ago of 256 up. Now they "give" me a new down towards 4 mbps and I measured the up at 370 kbps. I luv these people. 
Mind you I only pay $59 + tax a mo. including my tee vee hook-up (no premium channels). Ain't that sumpin'? I just wanted to share my joyeeeeee. 
Mind you I only pay $59 + tax a mo. including my tee vee hook-up (no premium channels). Ain't that sumpin'? I just wanted to share my joyeeeeee.
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i get 1700 kbps down but it's like 30 bucks a month. 4mbps down would be so awesome.
and WOOO!
but I live in the middle of north hollywood:P
Alex
Their upload BLOWS and thats just how it is. I also have connectivity issues typically on the weekends *or* right when im in the middle of some online game...serious pissed me off last night when the fucking POS went out *again*.
FUCK YOU COMCAST and your fucking bullshit about not "supporting" home networks and making people pay $5 extra for a 'second' computer (IP addy)...
...Download is nice i'll admit. ;/
I use this to test my speed
http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp
dslreports.com Tests
2005-01-29 23:55:32 EST: 2498 / 193
Your download speed : 2558412 bps, or 2498 kbps.
A 312.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 197990 bps, or 193 kbps.
Not bad, but not great either.
2005-01-30 03:08:22 EST: 4035 / 498
Your download speed : 4132419 bps, or 4035 kbps.
A 504.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 510484 bps, or 498 kbps.
viva la COX! full cable and 5mb cable for 80 a month.
Their upload BLOWS and thats just how it is. I also have connectivity issues typically on the weekends *or* right when im in the middle of some online game...serious pissed me off last night when the fucking POS went out *again*.
FUCK YOU COMCAST and your fucking bullshit about not "supporting" home networks and making people pay $5 extra for a 'second' computer (IP addy)..."
I had Comcast when I lived in Seattle, and I routinely had problems with my home network. One night I eventually I got a tid bit of information from the tech guy after talking to him for about 15 minutes. He eventually told me that the problem was my router cloning the wrong ip address. The service was originally set up on a mac which I later connected to a router and added other computers.
What was happening was that when the mac was off and the pcs were restarted the router was cloning itself to one of the pc ethernet addresses. The solution was to either turn on the mac and restart the router with the pcs disconnected or (the easier solution I discovered) was to disconnect the pc ethernet cables and reboot the router which solved the problem.
It took a long time fo rme to find out what the problem was. The frustrating thing for me was that I had @home, ATTBI, which later became Comcast for several years. When I first signed up under excite @home they supported home networks, it wasn't until Comcast purchased them that they stopped support. It's the same exact service so the change in policy has more to do with them not wanting to spend the time on tech support than any change in technology that prevents home networks from working.
You can have a home network on Comcast without having to spend the extra money per PC, it's just that they won't help you if you run into problems.
4137kbps down
1605kbps up
Wahoo!