Was that "25Mbps up" or "up to 25Mbps up"? Those two little syllables ...
On February 16, 2016 9:13:12 PM PST, John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net> wrote: >On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:43:43 -0800 >Jim Garrison <j...@jhmg.net> dijo: > >>On 2/16/2016 8:39 PM, Jim Garrison wrote: >>> On 2/16/2016 8:18 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >>>> And to repeat, I am paying Comcast for Performance-75 service, >>>> which is supposed to give me 50-75 Mbps down and 25 Mbps up. And >>>> until a couple weeks ago I used to see upload speeds of around 25 >>>> Mbps. >>> >>> Hmmm... I've never seen any Comcast service that offers 25Mbps >>> upload. In fact the plan descriptions list only download speeds and >>> not upload. They seem to have scrubbed the website of any mention of >>> upload speed. Maybe that is so they can mess with upload speeds at >>> will and not have to tell you? >>> >>> I'd suggest that if rebooting the modem doesn't fix the problem it's >>> time for a chat with Comcast support. Yes, I know a root canal >>> without anaesthetic would be less painful. Sorry. >>> >> >>Just FYI, my account page says I have "Pro 75" service. I just tested >>and got 89 Mbps down and 6.1 Mbps up, which is what I've been seeing >>consistently since the last bump a few months ago. > >Thanks for the observations. > >I did call them this morning, mostly to bitch about my bill, where they >had added $2 per month because I was not using the Cable TV box that >they sent me six months ago. During the conversation I asked what >service I had and they said 'Performance-75.' I asked what speed that >entitled me to and they said 50-75 Mbps down and 25 Mbps up. > >I don't usually need the full 25 Mbps up, but when I have just >downloaded the latest Ubuntus via torrent the uploads reach that >quickly, and I seed forever. I have definitely seen Ktorrent list the >total upload speed at 3 MBps (Ktorrent switches Mbps to MBps when >over 1024 Mbps). > >Considering that your test results are similar to mine, I wonder if >Comcast is doing the same thing to both of us. Also, the paranoid part >of my brain remembers when Comcast was shaping traffic to discourage >torrents. Makes me wonder. >_______________________________________________ >PLUG mailing list >PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
