On Jan 6, 2017 11:52 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? Maybe your router had already rebooted since the upgrades for other reasons and your tests are just showing the upgraded speeds? Bill _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug