Cable Modem Speed Increase!

kygardenkygarden Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
edited November 22, 2006 in The Big Picture
My cable company gave all it's subscribers to it's base high speed internet a HUGE boost in download and upload speeds! For free! They claim 10Mb downloads and 1Mb uploads. So I went out to Speakeasy and ran the speed test. They were right! Smoking fast!....

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  • OwenOwen Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2006
    Wow. You're lucky.

    I get 1096kbps/down and 406kbps/up.
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited November 20, 2006
    I've not seen speeds like that at home, either.
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  • kygardenkygarden Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    I couldn't believe they did it. The letter came in the mail about a week ago and I ran the speed test just a few days ago. We have a 45Mb internet feed at work (ok, I know that's bigger than my home connection), and we pay thousands of dollars per month for that! I'm only paying about $35 per month after my multi-service discount.
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  • patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    That's nice and fast. I get about 2900 down and 300 up. I feel so slow. :cry :D
  • rdlugoszrdlugosz Registered Users Posts: 277 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    kygarden wrote:
    I couldn't believe they did it. The letter came in the mail about a week ago and I ran the speed test just a few days ago. We have a 45Mb internet feed at work (ok, I know that's bigger than my home connection), and we pay thousands of dollars per month for that! I'm only paying about $35 per month after my multi-service discount.
    Hm... I'm in the Cincinnati area too - who is your provider?

    edit: since you said "cable", I guess it's Time Warner / Roadrunner. I need to call them, since I certainly didn't get a boost! Any more details you can provide regarding this deal? Did the upgrade have a "name" or anything?
  • kygardenkygarden Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    rdlugosz wrote:
    Hm... I'm in the Cincinnati area too - who is your provider?

    edit: since you said "cable", I guess it's Time Warner / Roadrunner. I need to call them, since I certainly didn't get a boost! Any more details you can provide regarding this deal? Did the upgrade have a "name" or anything?

    Nope ;) I actually live in northern KY.... It's Insight Communications. I've always been very impressed with them.

    By the way, nice bridge shots. Did you know Roebling also built the Brooklyn bridge? Cool :)
    http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/roebling/roebling.htm

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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    Yeah, that's a pretty good speed....I guess...

    Last Result:
    Download Speed: 18471 kbps (2308.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
    Upload Speed: 15790 kbps (1973.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
    :D
    (I couldn't figure out how to link to the result like you did...yes, that's 15,790kbps upload)
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  • rdlugoszrdlugosz Registered Users Posts: 277 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    kygarden wrote:
    Nope ;) I actually live in northern KY.... It's Insight Communications. I've always been very impressed with them.

    By the way, nice bridge shots. Did you know Roebling also built the Brooklyn bridge? Cool :)
    http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/roebling/roebling.htm

    .

    I did, actually. I researched him a bit when I took the shots (mainly because I wanted to spell his name correctly!). Thanks for the compliment on the shots!

    Too bad you're not on RR! I'm getting absolutely terrible upload speeds...
  • JohnRJohnR Registered Users Posts: 732 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    Insightbb here too. I had to get a new modem, but it was definately worth it.
  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    marlinspike wrote:
    Yeah, that's a pretty good speed....I guess...

    Last Result:
    Download Speed: 18471 kbps (2308.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
    Upload Speed: 15790 kbps (1973.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
    :D
    (I couldn't figure out how to link to the result like you did...yes, that's 15,790kbps upload)

    How pedestrian! mwink.gif

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    That is from work though...
    Chris
  • kygardenkygarden Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    rdlugosz wrote:
    I did, actually. I researched him a bit when I took the shots (mainly because I wanted to spell his name correctly!). Thanks for the compliment on the shots!

    Too bad you're not on RR! I'm getting absolutely terrible upload speeds...

    I've heard other people at work complain about RR too. The thing is, in my area the cable network if fairly new. I didn't even have cable available until about 5 or 6 years ago. They seem to be doing upgrades pretty often too..I don't know. I just know it's always been very fast where I am.
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    ChrisJ wrote:
    How pedestrian! mwink.gif

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    That is from work though...

    HOLY!!! Well...it's Thanksgiving break and most people have already left. I'm gonna try it late tonight see what I get.
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited November 22, 2006
    marlinspike wrote:
    HOLY!!! Well...it's Thanksgiving break and most people have already left. I'm gonna try it late tonight see what I get.

    Heh heh... the advantages of high speed education network...

    Here's my speed from home, much more reasonable...

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    kygarden has some a nice home connection! Especially the 1 MB/s upload is great!
    Chris
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