Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-11-02 Thread Tom Piwowar
Yep, I wonder what is up with that. This is a Mac computer wired directly into the hub with about thirty feet of cat Cat5- Could the Cat 5 be it? Not likely. Cat-5 is 10 Mbps. Way above what you are looking at. And a bad wire would limit you equally in both directions.

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-11-01 Thread gerald
on the wva sites i show 9.8 2.1 on the internet frog i showed 8.2 2.78. big ratio difference. maybe the way the sites look at things and connect. there are troubleshooting guides and software adjustments buried in here: http://www.dslreports.com/tools along with reference to 385 test

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-11-01 Thread Robert
On Cox cable (I'm the one considering switching to Verizon fios) the InternetFrog shows download speed 4.45 Mbps and upload 2.29. gerald wrote: on the wva sites i show 9.8 2.1 on the internet frog i showed 8.2 2.78. big ratio difference. maybe the way the sites look at things and

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-11-01 Thread Robert
P.S., I tried the InternetFrog a second time with Cox cable, and got these results: download 6.76 Mbps, upload 2.36 Mbps. Actually, after several repeats of the test, these numbers are more typical of these tests than the earlier one that I originally posted. So happens on the first post,

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-10-31 Thread gerald
the upload does not sound fast enough At 04:17 PM 10/31/2008, you wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:10 PM, gerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: up does not sound correct. i show 7.93/2.59mbps. Oh yeah I pay $10 for faster speed. Forgot about that - I just got 10.9/1.75 but my wife is working on

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-10-31 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:50 PM, gerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the upload does not sound fast enough Yep, I wonder what is up with that. This is a Mac computer wired directly into the hub with about thirty feet of cat Cat5- Could the Cat 5 be it? -- John Duncan Yoyo

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-10-31 Thread mike
If it's bad cat 5. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:04 PM, John Duncan Yoyo [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:50 PM, gerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the upload does not sound fast enough Yep, I wonder what is up with that. This is a Mac computer wired directly into the hub

[CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-10-30 Thread Robert
A door-to-door salesman showed up at my hovel today to sell me Verizon's internet, TV, and phone package using FIOS. I know FIOS transmission is supposed to be quicker than cable, but I don't know if I would actually benefit from getting it. To ask those who know, what improvement (if any)

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-10-30 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
Verizon is offering package deals for TV/Internet/phone of $104/month. Check Verizon's web page to see what sort of deal it gives you. I wouldn't be shocked if it is better than the guy walking the neighborhood. The picture is good, they have plenty of bandwidth so they compress less than