You might ask them "What else are you doing?"
-Denis On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 8:51 PM, Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com> wrote: > An email arrived this afternoon from xfinity (Comcast) telling me that > they are upping my speed from 75 Mbps to "up to 100 Mbps" after I > reboot. These are download speeds. They provided directions: > > > 1. > > Shut down your computer & > unplug your modem from the outlet > > 2. > > Wait 10 seconds, then plug your modem back in > > 3. > > Wait 30 seconds, then turn your computer back on > > > Before going through that process I ran the test at speedtest.net on two > machines in the house: > > Machine Ping Download Upload > Wife's Win97 17 ms 91.29 Mbps 6.1 Mbps > My Ubuntu 14.04 20 ms 119.02 Mbps 6.18 Mbps > > I ran mine a second time and got > > 9 ms 119.62 Mbps 9.19 Mbps > > > So, without shutting anything down I get better than promised speed on > my machine, and close to it on my wife's machine. > > Is there likely to be any change if I shut down my router, their cable > modem, and start them back up? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug