One can’t help but find it odd that after months of sub 3-5 Mbps connections, I suddenly am getting the best connection speeds of my life just days after writing about poor transfer rates.
I don’t keep my logs for long, but have a few recent test results available:
9/1/09 7:41 AM – 4.15 Down, 4.4 Up
9/7/09 6:58 PM – 4.6 Down, 6.06 Up
9/11/09 6:39 PM – 2.65 Down, 6.35 Up
Today, 9/13:
Touché Comcast. It’s hard to make a formal complaint about my usually pigeon-poor connection speeds when they “suddenly” are faster than what I’m even paying for:
I’m supposed to be getting “up to” 12 – not averaging 14. Heck these speeds aren’t simply not slow – they’re actually faster than the average:
I couldn’t prove, mind you, that Comcast did improve my service just to spite me, but it’s a strong possibility. If it keeps up, my dreams of owning a pigeon-based ISP may be at end…
Update: Two days and rates are still in the 15’s! I’m giving it a week before I declare anything offical, but its clear that something has actually changed, and for once, it’s for the better.
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They probably finally upgraded to doscis 3.0 i should be able to tell but my router sucks. Also powerboost affects speeds tests
Yeah I always thought it would – but it didn’t ever seem to in previous tests for months prior, I think my best was 5.5 about a month and a half ago, the rest were in the 3’s. But something is definitely new now, this speed isn’t going away, been this fast for about 24 hours now
Yea Comcast! knock on wood.