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Mr. Luddite[_4_]

On 3/17/2018 5:07 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:43:18 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 3/17/2018 4:24 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 13:01:36 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Apparently Comcast here had a promotion for providing a higher speed
package. I wasn't aware of it because I have my Comcast bill paid
automatically so I don't pay too much attention to their email
announcements.

My latest bill went up by $13 a month for the WiFi Internet. Didn't
know you had to "opt out" of the speed upgrade. But, I think I'll keep
it. My original service was the basic 25Mbs service which worked fine
but I noticed a couple of weeks ago when I was comparing Comcast to the
AT&T service that Comcast was much faster.

So, I just did a speed test from my computer. Over 100Mbps download and
20Mbs upload. Worth an extra $13/mo I think.

Only if you can actually exploit it to your advantage. Otherwise it is
like owning a Lamborghini. You know it will do 180 but the speed limit
is 55 or less everywhere you drive. It may make you feel better but
you paid a lot for performance you will never use.

I think the faster speed is primarily for having more devices on the
system at the same time without it bogging down but I can see quite a
difference with only 3 devices on it. My computer is connected via
Ethernet cable to the modem so it's only two cell phones on the WiFi.
It's definitely faster browsing or looking up stuff via Google though.
No delay at all opening a website. It just snaps. Mikey likes it.

Like golf clubs, fishing lures and marital aids, if you think it
works, it works ;-)
The biggest complaint with Comcast here is reliability. Zero bps is
still zero, no matter how fast they say it is when it is working. My
board president called me yesterday to get an Email out to the board
because Comcast was down. I asked her who did she think would get it?
It turned out the DSL and 4G (phone) people.

As previously mentioned we don't seem to have your Comcast problem up
here. Even in the last two high wind snowstorms and power outages, the
Comcast service was only out very briefly and I was able to watch TV
powering it and the cable box with the generator. Maybe cables like
cold, windy snowstorms instead of warm, 80 degree sunshine. :-)

As for speed, I don't have to "think" it's faster. I did several speed
tests using different test providers. It *is* faster now, with the
average download speed between 92 and 110 Mbps. It's noticeable on the
computer that I use 90 percent of the time to connect to the Internet.