^^^ I was recently introduced to the Comcast speed site (by effing Comcast when I called to complain)... which likely gives a false sense of "ah... my intraweb isn't soooo slow after all" feeling.

Here's my wireless network speed from Comcast & Speedtest:

 

for some reason it says i live 1200 mi away from sin diego---strange....

 

that's mine at home

 

Lunchtime intraweb bogging down!

 

Called up the Comcast folks and told them to shove it and now I get...

 

What did they do?

 

They reset the router from their end. I was on the phone with them for about 10 minutes and my connection with from that 9 meg to 15Meg download so I told them it was good enough. 5 minutes later I got 25, so i'm not sure what they did.

 

Ah... they likely pushed a firmware update onto your router. Apparently it's a good idea to cycle the power (off/on) every few months because they will send out updates & it will only take the update on the next power up.

 

So I recently moved, and I'm getting my home network / wiring setup... yay for new connection!



EDIT... Comcast test (obviously "faster")

 

having major problems, less than half than what i used to get, theres serious line quality problems where i am at currently but i'll try the new place tommorow, moving back to where i used to live and it was much better.

kinda ghetto area now, they didnt bulid the node to handle alot of people since they didnt plan on the ghetto getting any thing other than cheap slow dsl.

also thinking of moving to a docsis 3.0 modem since charter has now made it that you HAVE to have 2.0 to use their services.....so i am no longer using the better protocol than every one else......IPv6 is a good thing

 

Well here's mine still running the same computer since the last test in 2007.

Also wanted to note...That I am multitasking; with my Itunes playing surfing the web, and loading my ipod all at the same time.

 

My new place sucks... it has always felt like slower than DSL speeds.
Yes, this is CABLE internet! I can't believe I'm paying money for this



2 years ago...

 

Have you called Comcast tech support? Usually they can tell you over the phone whether its your cable line or modem. If you pay for line insurance (~$.99/mo) they will come out for free and do a complete diagnostic.

Also, are you renting a modem from them, or do you have your own? They phase out modems all the freaking time, so if yours is more than a couple years old, it might need to be replaced (I faced this issue w/ my Linksys WCG200 a few years ago).

 

at work...



Pretty crappy but I think it's because it's a T1 connection that is using cat-5
strung across the states to Ohio with multiple wire splices along the way...


at home I get






Someday I will have internet at home again

 

Have you looked into Digis? It's about the most affordable high speed in Salt Lake. It's not FAST, but it comparable to dsl for about $20/mo.

 

It is a rented modem. I will contact Comcast this week. For the past few months I have just dealt with it but the time has come for something to be done.


seems to be a good day for internet at work

 

Its been faster, but this is much better than 0.66

Just changed to a different wireless router

 

Midnight intrawebnet speedz...

 

 

Thinking about jumping up to 50Mb's

 

Not bad for a residential service... Fiber FTW!

 

Speedtest.net by Ookla - My Results

So whaddya expect for $185 a month ?!? It's Comcast, dude!

 

LDub, that's insane man! Milk that!

zxguy, Do you have the "triple play"? $185 is steep! My Comcast internet and HD tv package is $82/mo. I use MagicJack+ for my home phone. I'm cancelling Comcast in Dec when my contract is up. I now have fiber in my neighborhood.

Been a while since I've tested...

 

No metering like Comcast's 250GB/month either. .tor is my friend...