BoatBanter.com - Comcast

On 3/18/2018 5:08 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:57:07 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 10:20:35 -0400, Keyser Soze
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On 3/17/18 7:33 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 17:52:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
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On 3/17/2018 5:07 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:43:18 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
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On 3/17/2018 4:24 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 13:01:36 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
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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. :-)

Our problem is Comcast refuses to upgrade the hardware. I am not sure
if they are waiting for some new technology (all fiber or something)
or they just know they have no real competition so screw you.

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.

I have no doubt it is faster, I just wonder how that really helps
unless you have a dozen people steaming movies at the same time.
I can support 2 movie streams and browse at 10 meg.
My net response doesn't really change in any noticeable way whether I
have those streams going or not and it is not unlike my FIL's Comcast
connection. For some reason the net seldom ever "snaps" here whether
you are on Comcast or DSL. I was actually surprised because he brags
about what his speed is supposed to be and he has a machine on W/10.
(so Harry can't blame the CP/M machine I am supposed to be running)
We must have some kind of choke point upstream somewhere.
I know there is a speed bump at Giganews because a big download from
them goes about the same speed whether I have one going or 3. If I am
downloading music I will start 3 instances of Agent and get one going
on each. Per song, it stays the same but I am getting 3 at a time.

You upgraded to CP/M? Congrats!

There are "choke points" everywhere along the line on cable because
cab;e internet is shared within a neighborhood. All ISPs use shared
bandwidth, even fiber.

That is one advantage of DSL. You own that whole channel, all the way
back to the fiber backbone so you usually get all you pay for, no
matter how badly your neighbors are pounding the connection. Cable
shares that channel with everyone on your node. (granted a much faster
channel)

Comcast is still running on copper here and once I get to the
distribution box at the end of the street my DSL is fiber. It is all
underground. Comcast is up on the pole suffering the slings and arrows
of outrageous weather.

Both still share that problem that they need to power the distribution
boxes

When I had DSL, seemed as if was dead in the evenings. Figured more than
me were on the channel.

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It depends where you are and on how the DSL back haul is configured.

I am sure DSL must be much improved since we had it in Florida. Back
then (2000-2004) there were some periods of the day that it wasn't worth
trying to get on. Even up here in 2009 when I had the guitar shop
and DSL it worked ok for the most part but as I have mentioned before
I stopped trying to update the shop website using it. Took too long
and sometimes dropped out right in the middle of the upload and I'd have
to start all over. Made it a practice of doing it from home on the
cable service.

But, DSL sure was an improvement over the original, dial-up I had back
in the early 90's.