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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 17:52:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: 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. :-) 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. |
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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. Our Comcast internet was out for a week. TV was fine. We used our 4G Hotspot until they arrived today and ran new cable to the house. They said it was long overdue and looked like birds or squirrels had chewed on it. |
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 20:55:24 -0400, Alex wrote:
Our Comcast internet was out for a week. TV was fine. We used our 4G Hotspot until they arrived today I thought about getting an air card for my travel laptop and using that to feed a router when we were suddenly made Amish. I just don't think it happens often enough to justify the expense. We also have a fairly new Samsung smart phone that my wife replaced that would work I suppose. |
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