is this really true about Comcast?

[MacOwner]

http://redd.it/19na4s

[Bruce Esquibel]

MacOwner <maco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://redd.it/19na4s

Yeah, appears to be.

Keep in mind it's for the upper two tiers of service, most people with the
bundled services aren't on those.

They started rolling that out on the east coast back in january, seems to
work as advertised.

I've seen some people on the lower services also say they got a slight bump
but I think it's more imagination than reality.

As far as I know, the 50mb service which doubled to 100mb with that, is
something like $90 a month on stand-alone.

-bruce
b...@ripco.com

[core]

On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:56:39 +0000 (UTC), Bruce Esquibel <b...@ripco.com> wrote:

>MacOwner <maco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://redd.it/19na4s
>
>Yeah, appears to be.
>
>Keep in mind it's for the upper two tiers of service, most people with the
>bundled services aren't on those.

Yeah. I got an email from them saying "Your internet speed has been
increased". Instructions to reboot the modem.

Did that, didn't make any difference... Bahhhh

I'm bundled

[MacOwner]

In article <1mhfj8h749b6i3fji...@4ax.com>,

thank god, it's kinda cold out there

[Bruce Esquibel]

core <core-...@spamless.spook.homeip.net> wrote:

> Yeah. I got an email from them saying "Your internet speed has been
> increased". Instructions to reboot the modem.

> Did that, didn't make any difference... Bahhhh

I didn't get any email but there are a couple things I noticed with people
saying they did and didn't see any difference after rebooting.

I really don't think the older 2.0 docsis modem/routers will work.

The other thing, if you are just on wifi, I think the max connection speed,
even with a 3.0, it's limited to 20mb for some reason. There is a way to
turn off that limiter in the admin menu, but it is on by default.

So if you are just using wifi, try using an ethernet cable and see if that
shows anything better with speedtest.net or whatever.

I can't say if there was a change or not but one machine around here I
noticed over the weekend (on hardwire) seemed to be bouncing around 25-27mb
where in the past 24mb was about the highest I've seen in the past.

Probably had more to do with the way the wind was blowing that day.

I'm on some service they don't even list anymore (like HSI) and was supposed
to be 12mb but the installer said it'll be closer to the 20-24mb range and
he was close.

-bruce
b...@ripco.com

[core]

On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:28:51 -0600, barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:

>
>
>On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, Bruce Esquibel wrote:
>
>> core <core-...@spamless.spook.homeip.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah. I got an email from them saying "Your internet speed has been
>>> increased". Instructions to reboot the modem.
>>
>>> Did that, didn't make any difference... Bahhhh
>>
>> I didn't get any email but there are a couple things I noticed with people
>> saying they did and didn't see any difference after rebooting.
>>
>> I really don't think the older 2.0 docsis modem/routers will work.
>>
>> The other thing, if you are just on wifi, I think the max connection speed,
>> even with a 3.0, it's limited to 20mb for some reason. There is a way to
>> turn off that limiter in the admin menu, but it is on by default.
>>
>> So if you are just using wifi, try using an ethernet cable and see if that
>> shows anything better with speedtest.net or whatever.
>>
>> I can't say if there was a change or not but one machine around here I
>> noticed over the weekend (on hardwire) seemed to be bouncing around 25-27mb
>> where in the past 24mb was about the highest I've seen in the past.
>

>what do you run to test speeds?

http://www.speedtest.net/

or

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

[core]

On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:41:05 +0000 (UTC), Bruce Esquibel <b...@ripco.com> wrote:

>core <core-...@spamless.spook.homeip.net> wrote:
>
>> Yeah. I got an email from them saying "Your internet speed has been
>> increased". Instructions to reboot the modem.
>
>> Did that, didn't make any difference... Bahhhh
>
>I didn't get any email but there are a couple things I noticed with people
>saying they did and didn't see any difference after rebooting.
>
>I really don't think the older 2.0 docsis modem/routers will work.
>
>The other thing, if you are just on wifi, I think the max connection speed,
>even with a 3.0, it's limited to 20mb for some reason. There is a way to
>turn off that limiter in the admin menu, but it is on by default.

The 5 Main computers are all wired (100speed). I actually get the same speeds
on the laptops and the tablet.

I've been getting 6 up and 6 down ever since they installed cable around 4
years ago.

[smr]

In article <alpine.DEB.2.02.1...@sghcrg.sghcrg.pbz>,
boo...@nosespam.com says...
>
> On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, barbie gee wrote:

> > hey!
> > is YER NAME "Bruce"????
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > I wondered what a Bruce would use, opposed to us regular folk.
> >
>
> oh and hey, I'm installing a new wireless router (or "ROOTER" as the
> cashier girl at the Best Buy called it...), but I'm betting that currently
> my anxient modem is probably gonna bottleneck me. I won't even post my
> numbers here because they are too embarassing.
>
> What can I do about getting a newer, better DSL modem? Call my ISP, or
> what?

Did you get it from them on lease? If so, yes, call and raise hell.

If not, go buy a new one.

--
smr

[Adam H. Kerman]

barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:

>what do you run to test speeds?

Find some big honkin' video on line and time how long it takes to download
then to re-upload elsewhere. Compare before and after the speed upgrade.

The speedtest sites are somewhat idealized circumstances.

[core]

On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:37:14 -0600, barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:

>
>
>On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, barbie gee wrote:

>> hey!
>> is YER NAME "Bruce"????
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> I wondered what a Bruce would use, opposed to us regular folk.
>>
>
>oh and hey, I'm installing a new wireless router (or "ROOTER" as the
>cashier girl at the Best Buy called it...), but I'm betting that currently
>my anxient modem is probably gonna bottleneck me. I won't even post my
>numbers here because they are too embarassing.
>
>What can I do about getting a newer, better DSL modem? Call my ISP, or
>what?

I've got a couple in the basement you can have.

[Bruce Esquibel]

barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:

> hey!
> is YER NAME "Bruce"????

> ;-)

> I wondered what a Bruce would use, opposed to us regular folk.

The same thing really, speedtest.net will give results that are close enough
for government work.

To roll your own, as Geoff brought up, you would have to download and
upload a bit and average it out. It's not really possible to come up with an
absolute value either way and speedtest is used by enough people for
a somewhat accurate reading.

I mean if you are paying for 6mb service and consistantly get readings
around 5.8mb, it's in the normal ballpark catagory. If you consistantly get
readings like 2.5mb, you probably have a problem.

As long as it comes close to getting what you are paying for, knowing the
exact value is meaningless.

-bruce
b...@ripco.com

[MacOwner]

In article <alpine.DEB.2.02.1...@sghcrg.sghcrg.pbz>,
barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:

> So what should I be paying for 2.5mb speeds, on DSL?

my ATT was 32 bucks a month.

[Bruce Esquibel]

barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:

> So what should I be paying for 2.5mb speeds, on DSL?

Well speedtest.net isn't going to help with that unless you are paying for
6mb service. In that case you can request being reduced to 3meg service.

But if you are paying for 3 and getting 2.5mb, sucks to be you. They
consider that acceptable.

As far costs, use a dartboard, they'll charge what you'll pay.

General rule of thumb, nearly all of them have the initial 14.95 to 19.95
for the first six months or year, then back to "the normal rate", which
before you ask, doesn't exist.

At that point you can usually threaten to leave which then they'll extend
the offer or kick it up a few bucks. Then in six months or a year, wash,
rinse and repeat.

A freind of mine on the at&t dsl (not the fake uverse) is paying $24.95 for
the 3.0mb service (he can't get 6mb). This was after the 12 months of 14.95
then it jumping to $34.95. One phone call later, they cut 10 bucks off.

For reference, another friend of mine who lives probably closer to the
Wisconsin boarder than downtown (meaning no clue on the taxes), got this
quote from Comcast for internet only service, no video, no phone...

$19.99 for 6 months 3Mbps then $39.99

$29.99 for 6 months 20Mbps then $44.99

Several more faster and costly plans...

$7/mo for the modem...or you can supply your own.

No cancellation penalty after 6 months.

This was from this past january, so somewhat fresh.

The $45 for the 20mb service is somewhat of a bargain because I think that
is around what at&t charges for the 6mb dsl/fake uverse service.

-bruce
b...@ripco.com

[Adam H. Kerman]

Bruce Esquibel <b...@ripco.com> wrote:
>barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:

>>So what should I be paying for 2.5mb speeds, on DSL?

>Well speedtest.net isn't going to help with that unless you are paying for
>6mb service. In that case you can request being reduced to 3meg service.

>But if you are paying for 3 and getting 2.5mb, sucks to be you. They
>consider that acceptable.

>As far costs, use a dartboard, they'll charge what you'll pay.

>General rule of thumb, nearly all of them have the initial 14.95 to 19.95
>for the first six months or year, then back to "the normal rate", which
>before you ask, doesn't exist.

>At that point you can usually threaten to leave which then they'll extend
>the offer or kick it up a few bucks. Then in six months or a year, wash,
>rinse and repeat.

>A freind of mine on the at&t dsl (not the fake uverse) is paying $24.95 for
>the 3.0mb service (he can't get 6mb). This was after the 12 months of 14.95
>then it jumping to $34.95. One phone call later, they cut 10 bucks off.

barb, just so you know, what Bruce and I have called fake U-verse has
to do with AT&T refusing to provision DSL to new subscribers, except as
U-verse, in certain U-verse areas in which they haven't provisioned any
television service. That's what I've got.

It's still DSL, but it's done in a completely different way to it didn't
work with the DSL modem I'd already bought from them.

[core]

>how old is the newest one?
>;-)
>
probably 5 years or so :)

[MacOwner]

In article <khfon8$vuk$1...@news.albasani.net>,

did you just cock block bruce?

"bruce and I"

wtf?

[Cydrome Leader]

haha

I've got the blow molded kid's swimming pool sized uverse data only modem.
It's 12Mb down (for real too) for $29.95 a month for 6 months, then it
jumps up a bit.

it's pretty solid, for a consumer type service. If I had complaints about
it when I got it, I forgot them already.

[MacOwner]

In article <khgqe7$25f$2...@reader2.panix.com>,

ummm. It's Sat. night.

you ok?

what's going on tonight?

join us on the greatNWside at:

http://reddit.com/r/greatNWside

we have a secret nwside MILF portal. there's momma's looking for fun on
weekends.

I kid you not.

[Michele]

On 3/9/2013 9:26 PM, barbie gee wrote:

> for what it's worth, I have Earthlink, and I've had it for like ever.
> After the intro rate, I got bumped up and it's stayed at $39.95 forever.
> I looked at their website, and wehn I investigated their "high speed"
> DSL, it looks like they think that's what I have. If "high speed" is
> 2.5Mbps.... sigh.
>
> I hate calling, I hate fussing and trying to chew (okay, yeah, "jew")
> them down... But it's all a damned ripoff, and I really often think I
> might be better off with a mobile hotspot kinda thing instead. I just
> figure I'm already paying what I'm paying, and I'm not going to switch
> unless I will pay LESS, not more.


If you decide to go with a wireless hotspot, don't do a USB receiver.
Get one the hockey puck kind that you can move around in case you find a
dead spot with the signal.

I've had a portable hotspot from Clear for going on three years, and
have had nothing but excellent service from it/them.

[Bruce Esquibel]

barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:

> I hate calling, I hate fussing and trying to chew (okay, yeah, "jew") them
> down... But it's all a damned ripoff, and I really often think I might be
> better off with a mobile hotspot kinda thing instead. I just figure I'm
> already paying what I'm paying, and I'm not going to switch unless I will
> pay LESS, not more.

If you want to dive into uncharted waters...

http://www.freedompop.com

I'm not recommending them because I don't know anyone who signed up yet but
they have one of those portable wifi boxes (mifi I guess) which you pay for
then pick one of these:

1.5mb with 1GB a month (free)
1.5mb with 10GB a month (9.99)
3.0mb with 10GB a month (14.99)
8.0mb with 10GB a month (18.99)

If you aren't streaming porn all day, the 10GB cap may not be a problem.

On the other hand, I beleive the box is refundable, I only brought it up
because although the 1GB isn't much, you could get the box, try email for a
while for free (which should fit) and see if it's any good. If not, just
quit.

I'm pretty sure Clear, Cricket and another one I can't think of all have the
portable mobile service, but you really have to examine the data rates and
volumes, some of them are really weak (small).

-bruce
b...@ripco.com

[Cydrome Leader]

I was doing laundry.

>
> join us on the greatNWside at:
>
> http://reddit.com/r/greatNWside

I looked at this link. it's just a bunch of ramdom nonsense that makes
less sense than twittard. I still can't figure out what it's for.

> we have a secret nwside MILF portal. there's momma's looking for fun on
> weekends.
>
> I kid you not.

that sounds uh, really really exciting.

[MacOwner]

In article <khj6e6$omm$2...@reader2.panix.com>,

Cydrome Leader <pres...@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:

> I looked at this link. it's just a bunch of ramdom nonsense that makes
> less sense than twittard. I still can't figure out what it's for.

it's for people who care about the news from over by here and to foster
"neighborly" kinda things over by here.

When EB went dark we created it, and have kept the conversation going
amongst the EB folks and have snagged a bunch of other NWsiders to
communicate and keep connected. r/chicago has a different culture, so we
created our own.

Join in.

[Cydrome Leader]

if you want a forum or whatever that heap of text is supposed to be, just
run some forum software.

random snippets of shit randomly moving all around that require 900 clicks
to try to figure out before you just say "fuck it" makes no fucking sense.

usenet works fine, and there's no netnanny asshole nonsense here to kick
me off when I start to hurt feelings.

[MacOwner]

In article <khl3nd$aoe$2...@reader2.panix.com>,

i see you aren't a redditor. not sure what to say.

rock on, with your pineapple self

maybe see you on the flipside?

[Bruce Esquibel]

Cydrome Leader <pres...@mungepanix.com> wrote:

> random snippets of shit randomly moving all around that require 900 clicks
> to try to figure out before you just say "fuck it" makes no fucking sense.

I came to the conclusion last time he sent me a link to there (which didn't
seem to go anywhere again) that the popularity of reddit probably comes from
catering to the dim-witted, low intellegence crowd that just likes to click
on shit, because you can.

Sort of like playing Tetris with a mouse.

Hours o' mindless entertainment.

-bruce
b...@ripco.com

[MacOwner]

In article <khn47f$2sd$1...@remote5bge0.ripco.com>,

C+ on the bait.

http://reddit.com/r/greatNWside/new

There's a few of us from here on that subreddit

[Cydrome Leader]

MacOwner <maco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <khl3nd$aoe$2...@reader2.panix.com>,
> Cydrome Leader <pres...@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
>
>> MacOwner <maco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > In article <khj6e6$omm$2...@reader2.panix.com>,
>> > Cydrome Leader <pres...@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I looked at this link. it's just a bunch of ramdom nonsense that makes
>> >> less sense than twittard. I still can't figure out what it's for.
>> >
>> > it's for people who care about the news from over by here and to foster
>> > "neighborly" kinda things over by here.
>> >
>> > When EB went dark we created it, and have kept the conversation going
>> > amongst the EB folks and have snagged a bunch of other NWsiders to
>> > communicate and keep connected. r/chicago has a different culture, so we
>> > created our own.
>> >
>> > Join in.
>>
>> if you want a forum or whatever that heap of text is supposed to be, just
>> run some forum software.
>>
>> random snippets of shit randomly moving all around that require 900 clicks
>> to try to figure out before you just say "fuck it" makes no fucking sense.
>>
>> usenet works fine, and there's no netnanny asshole nonsense here to kick
>> me off when I start to hurt feelings.
>
> i see you aren't a redditor. not sure what to say.

not being a redditor is a good thing.

> rock on, with your pineapple self
>
> maybe see you on the flipside?

am I supposed to "mod" your comments up and down so you can't find them if
you look away from your screen for 45 seconds?

[Cydrome Leader]

redditor, subreddit.

that's some clever stuff there.

are there

redopedos & redofeds?
redoreaders?
redorooters?
redopostlings?
redosubmodsysops?
subredoeveryblockpostclosuremodpros?
redditmodsubnetcops?

[smr]

In article <khnfg3$old$3...@reader2.panix.com>, pres...@MUNGEpanix.com
says...

Every redditor is a sexual predator targeting children, basically. It's a
horrible place.

--
smr

[Cydrome Leader]

nelson and his church must be on there then.

and his homosexual son.

[MacOwner]

In article <khnfg3$old$3...@reader2.panix.com>,

Cydrome Leader <pres...@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:

> >
> > http://reddit.com/r/greatNWside/new
> >
> > There's a few of us from here on that subreddit
>
> redditor, subreddit.
>
> that's some clever stuff there.
>
> are there
>
> redopedos & redofeds?
> redoreaders?
> redorooters?
> redopostlings?
> redosubmodsysops?
> subredoeveryblockpostclosuremodpros?
> redditmodsubnetcops?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_news

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit

"The site is a collection of entries submitted by its registered users,
essentially a bulletin board system. The entries are organized into
areas of interest called "reddits". Historically, the front page was the
main reddit, and other areas were "subreddits". There is now no main
reddit, but the term subreddit persists as an informal name for an area
of interest."

"Its popularity has enabled users to take unprecedented advantage of
such a large community. Its innovative socially ranked rating and
sorting system drives a method that is useful for fulfilling certain
goals of viewership or simply finding answers to interesting questions.
User sentiments about the website's function and structure include
feelings about the breadth and depth of the discussions on Reddit and
how the site makes it easy to discover new and interesting items. Almost
all of the user reviews on Alexa.com, which rates Reddit's monthly
unique traffic rating 125th in the United States, mention Reddit's "good
content" as a likable quality. However, others raise the negative
aspects of the potential for Reddit's communities to possess a "hive
mind" of sorts,[61] embodying some negative aspects of group interaction
theories like crowd psychology and collective consciousness."

[MacOwner]

In article <MPG.2ba90280f...@news.ftupet.com>,

Becca Martin is on our reddit.

[MacOwner]

In article <khnf7c$old$2...@reader2.panix.com>,

Doesn't happen to me. I view reddits using "new" for sorting.

[Cydrome Leader]

nothing as exciting as having to sort shit on a website so you can
actually follow it.

F-

[Cydrome Leader]

whoah, an alexa ranking.

that's one of those things I take even more seriously than the gardner
Magic Square.

> unique traffic rating 125th in the United States, mention Reddit's "good
> content" as a likable quality. However, others raise the negative
> aspects of the potential for Reddit's communities to possess a "hive
> mind" of sorts,[61] embodying some negative aspects of group interaction
> theories like crowd psychology and collective consciousness."

whatever it is, it's harder to wade through than the thousands of comments
on cnn.com for each store.

shitty BBS software makes more sense.


Again, whatever redit is, it scores a F- for execution.

India is a pretty popular place, if you rank it by number of users. I'm
still not moving there.

[core]

On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:40:31 +0000 (UTC), Bruce Esquibel <b...@ripco.com>
wrote:

>Cydrome Leader <pres...@mungepanix.com> wrote:
>
>> random snippets of shit randomly moving all around that require 900 clicks
>> to try to figure out before you just say "fuck it" makes no fucking sense.
>
>I came to the conclusion last time he sent me a link to there (which didn't
>seem to go anywhere again) that the popularity of reddit probably comes from
>catering to the dim-witted, low intellegence crowd that just likes to click
>on shit, because you can.

Sorta like AOL users.

[MacOwner]

In article <khntn7$653$3...@reader2.panix.com>,

See you there!

http://reddit.com/r/greatNWside

Let us the moderators know you are there by using anything racist.

Post NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER and I'll know it's you.

[MacOwner]

In article <khntv1$653$4...@reader2.panix.com>,

wut?

TL;DR

[Michele]

Is that the real Becca Martin? Thought it was someones sockpuppet.

[Cydrome Leader]

Is it rassist to shout nigger nigger nigger if you're on the back of the
bus, chugging grape drank and throwing hot chip bags and chicken wings
bones all over?

Can week old immigrants from Kenya shout nigger at each other?

I'm vague on the rules for this.

[Cydrome Leader]

kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> In article <khqg96$655$2...@reader2.panix.com>,

no, I don't mean on your closed oprah chat system.

I mean in general.

>
> There's very few and sparse Reddit.com system-wide rules.
>
> http://www.reddit.com/rules

wow, what a bunch of pussies

"Is posting personal information ok?

NO. reddit is a pretty open and free speech place, but it is not ok to
post someone's personal information, or post links to personal
information. This includes links to public Facebook pages and screenshots
of Facebook pages with the names still legible."

a link to shitbook will get you banned?

wow

a place of free speech for sure.

[Cydrome Leader]

kenji <k...@everyblock.com> wrote:
> In article <alpine.DEB.2.02.1...@sghcrg.sghcrg.pbz>,
> barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:

>> given how sloppily it's written, I'm not sure if they mean posting your
>> own info, or someone elses, with or without their consent.
>>
>> if it's the latter, it's just stupid.
>
> yer all up into the reddits already

I'm what?

[dye]

In article <khht0g$6pe$1...@remote5bge0.ripco.com>,
Bruce Esquibel <b...@ripco.com> wrote:
>barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
>
>> I hate calling, I hate fussing and trying to chew (okay, yeah, "jew") them
>> down... But it's all a damned ripoff, and I really often think I might be
>> better off with a mobile hotspot kinda thing instead. I just figure I'm
>> already paying what I'm paying, and I'm not going to switch unless I will
>> pay LESS, not more.
>
>
>If you want to dive into uncharted waters...
>
>http://www.freedompop.com
>
>I'm not recommending them because I don't know anyone who signed up yet but
>they have one of those portable wifi boxes (mifi I guess) which you pay for
>then pick one of these:
>
>1.5mb with 1GB a month (free)
>1.5mb with 10GB a month (9.99)
>3.0mb with 10GB a month (14.99)
>8.0mb with 10GB a month (18.99)
>
>If you aren't streaming porn all day, the 10GB cap may not be a problem.
>
>On the other hand, I beleive the box is refundable, I only brought it up
>because although the 1GB isn't much, you could get the box, try email for a
>while for free (which should fit) and see if it's any good. If not, just
>quit.
>
>I'm pretty sure Clear, Cricket and another one I can't think of all have the
>portable mobile service, but you really have to examine the data rates and
>volumes, some of them are really weak (small).

Be sure to check the coverage maps for freedompop, clear and cricket,
they all use WIMAX which can be OK, but don't plan on it getting
better....it is at the end of its life, so no new towers or improvements
in service will be made. It is not available in quite a few major
cities and zero coverage in the sticks.

I recently switched from AT*T wireless (55 buck a month, no internets,
had to pay $5 200 text messages) to Virgin Mobile $38 for 300 minutes,
unlimited 4G WiMAX (slowdown to 3G after you hit 2.5G). I waited
till they got a decent 4G phone (samsung), and service is OK but
seems to have problems with 4G while moving around in a car, lots
of dropouts when moving from tower to another.

Of course, a couple of months after buying this phone, they come
out with another one that does 4Glte (Sprint, whose service virgin
resells, is curtailing WIMAX and making their own 4Glte netwok).

--Ken

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In article <alpine.DEB.2.02.1...@sghcrg.sghcrg.pbz>,
barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
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>

>On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, barbie gee wrote:
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>>
>> On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, core wrote:
>>> On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:28:51 -0600, barbie gee <boo...@nosespam.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, Bruce Esquibel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> core <core-...@spamless.spook.homeip.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah. I got an email from them saying "Your internet speed has been
>>>>>> increased". Instructions to reboot the modem.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Did that, didn't make any difference... Bahhhh
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't get any email but there are a couple things I noticed with
>>>>> people
>>>>> saying they did and didn't see any difference after rebooting.
>>>>>
>>>>> I really don't think the older 2.0 docsis modem/routers will work.
>>>>>
>>>>> The other thing, if you are just on wifi, I think the max connection
>>>>> speed,
>>>>> even with a 3.0, it's limited to 20mb for some reason. There is a way to
>>>>> turn off that limiter in the admin menu, but it is on by default.
>>>>>
>>>>> So if you are just using wifi, try using an ethernet cable and see if
>>>>> that
>>>>> shows anything better with speedtest.net or whatever.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't say if there was a change or not but one machine around here I
>>>>> noticed over the weekend (on hardwire) seemed to be bouncing around
>>>>> 25-27mb
>>>>> where in the past 24mb was about the highest I've seen in the past.
>>>>
>>>> what do you run to test speeds?
>>>
>>> http://www.speedtest.net/
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
>>
>> hey!
>> is YER NAME "Bruce"????
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> I wondered what a Bruce would use, opposed to us regular folk.
>>
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>oh and hey, I'm installing a new wireless router (or "ROOTER" as the
>cashier girl at the Best Buy called it...), but I'm betting that currently
>my anxient modem is probably gonna bottleneck me. I won't even post my
>numbers here because they are too embarassing.
>
>What can I do about getting a newer, better DSL modem? Call my ISP, or
>what?

I can loan you a couple of different Westell or Efficent ones but
my guess your speed is restricted by the ATM sync rate, which is
dictated by the quality and length of the copper run from your
modem to the CO.

I don't know what you are currently using but it probably has
either a Texas Instruments or Broadcom chipset that are in the
two I could loan you.