For some reason - Comcast upgrade me to Extreme internet today...
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The special I was on with Comcast was up and I switched from 50mb to 3mb. All I do is emailing, go to sites like this and stream Netflix. I can hardly tell a difference. Quality of the videos still good and see no difference in moving from one site to another. I guess you have to do more with the net for the higher speeds to come into play.
Uverse announced gig to SA yesterday, suck it nerds. Google is coming too, so they'll have to actually cut costs, though honestly I have 50 now and it's more than sufficient.
I agree. I don't really notice a difference. I think where you really notice is if you are an online gamer which I'm not.
I went from 50 mb to 100. When I was on 25 - I really didn't notice a difference going to 50.
I went from 50 mb to 100. When I was on 25 - I really didn't notice a difference going to 50.
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when we went from 3 to 15, I didn't notice any difference. When we went from 15 to 40, I didn't notice any difference.
Hell, Hulu and Netflix STILL occasionally randomly stall using 40mb speed- it is clearly not the advertised speed that is the issue.
That's because the providers intentionally slow netflix down. Net neutrality and all. For me 15Mbps is where I can tell the difference, below that and it bogs down some, above that and everything is pretty much fine. We will definitely need the higher throughput when UHD 4K broadcasts are everywhere, which is probably about 18 months out.
If I remember my networking class from the spring 2001 - cable internet is a token ring network where you are sharing bandwidth between a number of other users. So the more people using, your speeds will degrade.
I could have completely made up that sentence above
I could have completely made up that sentence above
How is the X1?
500 GB and you can record 6 shows at one time?
I need to call you to get the details on your deal..
You are a master of getting the most out of those bastards...
500 GB and you can record 6 shows at one time?
I need to call you to get the details on your deal..
You are a master of getting the most out of those bastards...
You’re sharing the bandwidth with all the people that are using the cable connection at a given time. That’s not the case with DSL.
Cable can become slow during peak hours. The more people use Cable, the slower it gets for all of them.
DSL is somewhat more consistent.
If we can ever get C-Spire Fiber to the home or Verizon FIOS, it will be better than cable. It only uses a shared line for every street block or two. However, the maximum capacity of the fiber is so much higher than that of the cable, that the number of neighbors online really won't affect speeds that much.
Cable can become slow during peak hours. The more people use Cable, the slower it gets for all of them.
DSL is somewhat more consistent.
If we can ever get C-Spire Fiber to the home or Verizon FIOS, it will be better than cable. It only uses a shared line for every street block or two. However, the maximum capacity of the fiber is so much higher than that of the cable, that the number of neighbors online really won't affect speeds that much.
I have Mediacom for internet- they swear they dont throttle
Who knows though. They are, like sweeping generalizations of most all services companies, raging dbags. They could be lying, but I would think that's even worse than just admitting to throttling.
Its sad that I can connect my roku to my cell phone's(sprint) hotspot and perfectly stream anything on 3g, yet 40mb speed buffers.
I don't hashtag, but this would be a time to tag my first world problem.
Who knows though. They are, like sweeping generalizations of most all services companies, raging dbags. They could be lying, but I would think that's even worse than just admitting to throttling.
Its sad that I can connect my roku to my cell phone's(sprint) hotspot and perfectly stream anything on 3g, yet 40mb speed buffers.
I don't hashtag, but this would be a time to tag my first world problem.
Anyone tech savvy have a solution....
For a guy like me that lives out in the sticks. Actually, I'm on a main road but our local ISP (CableOne) has decided the hundreds of houses around me do not need high speed internet...even though they have lines run very nearby. I'm stuck with AT&T DSL with a blistering fast 3 mb download speed...they don't even offer UVerse in my area for whatever dumbass reason.
Anyone have any legitimate suggestions?
For a guy like me that lives out in the sticks. Actually, I'm on a main road but our local ISP (CableOne) has decided the hundreds of houses around me do not need high speed internet...even though they have lines run very nearby. I'm stuck with AT&T DSL with a blistering fast 3 mb download speed...they don't even offer UVerse in my area for whatever dumbass reason.
Anyone have any legitimate suggestions?
Most impressive part to me is the ping, or latency, of 13 ms.... Download and upload speed are important but latency might be more important... At least for online gaming, skype calls, and streaming video. In Costa Rica I pay $92 a month for 10mbs down and I think 2 and maybe 3 up. But my ping is usually at about 180ms.
Just like speed test you have ping test dot net. You can run packet loss tests and latency. Will give you a score for online gaming and skype calls, and that sort of thing.
Just like speed test you have ping test dot net. You can run packet loss tests and latency. Will give you a score for online gaming and skype calls, and that sort of thing.
The installation of new Dslams to run uVerse at the site costs them between $15-30k depending -- before considering the cost of equipment. Then they have to add v-rads every mile(ish) fed by fiber. Basically, uVerse installation is a $100k-$250k investment for AT&T on top of the existing equipment -- and in most cases, they only do it where there's a good chance they break even within a couple of years. As such, I don't really see uVerse ever being a rural solution. Just too expensive to launch. This is IMO one of the reasons they are buying direcTV. Makes more sense to look to the sky and see what tech you can foster wirelessly. With them paying well over actual value for DTV, you can bet they've got something big in mind IMO.
I'm not sure exactly what goes into turning cable lines into high speed, but I bet the process is pretty similar. Although you'd think that cable companies would be doing everything in their power to retain their customer base. FiOS and uVerse are taking a nice bite out of that and will continue to do so. They are superior overall products. Especially FiOS with it's almost universal FTTP(meaning you've got fiber all the way to your house) protocol, while uVerse in 98% FTTN(meaning it's copper from the site to your house)