Remember my Verizon Wireless rant?

[White97Jimmy]

You also have to go by the fine print that Comcast (and probably every other ISP) has right on their website.

"Actual speeds vary and are not guaranteed."

[rizzle]

Question: How do you know how many megs you are downloading at? Is that the connection speed?

[shilala]

Originally Posted by rizzle

Question: How do you know how many megs you are downloading at? Is that the connection speed?

Yes, it's the connection speed. How fast you can upload and download.
You can check all sorts of places, but I use Comcast's own speed checker right here.

[alley00p]

Originally Posted by shilala

Yes, it's the connection speed. How fast you can upload and download.
You can check all sorts of places, but I use Comcast's own speed checker right here.

According to Comcast's speedchecker, my AT&T DSL is getting 1.313 mbps down and 0.315 mbps up. Not bad for a 6 year old DSL cable modem and testing from my netbook in the MMC, 40' away from the wireless router.

Thanks for the link, Scott! I'll have to try it when the boys are both online with their PS3's...

[shilala]

Originally Posted by alley00p

According to Comcast's speedchecker, my AT&T DSL is getting 1.313 mbps down and 0.315 mbps up. Not bad for a 6 year old DSL cable modem and testing from my netbook in the MMC, 40' away from the wireless router.

Thanks for the link, Scott! I'll have to try it when the boys are both online with their PS3's...

You're getting a little better than me down, but mine does a little better up.
I'm paying $27.95 for that.
What are you paying for your dsl? I don't have a phone line so it doesn't matter, I can't get it. Just wondering.

[alley00p]

Originally Posted by shilala

You're getting a little better than me down, but mine does a little better up.
I'm paying $27.95 for that.
What are you paying for your dsl? I don't have a phone line so it doesn't matter, I can't get it. Just wondering.

$26 / month, piggybacked on my voice line. I know that a lot of people are using VOIP for their home service, but as an old Bell System retiree, I like having an old-fashioned land-line for my house service. We use our cell phones for long-distance calls to avoid being raped by AT&T long distance charges.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by alley00p

$26 / month, piggybacked on my voice line. I know that a lot of people are using VOIP for their home service, but as an old Bell System retiree, I like having an old-fashioned land-line for my house service. We use our cell phones for long-distance calls to avoid being raped by AT&T long distance charges.

Yup. I figured it at about the same price.
I used to have a land-line, but I never used it.
Then I got voip with my comcast and never plugged a phone into it. I couldn't figure out how to get it to work with the fax machine either, so I just left it unplugged.
So I can't get dsl at all. It's pretty bad in this area though, so it's okay by me.

Based on the Comcast test I am getting 5.114 Mbps Download and .640 Mbps Upload

SBC DSL (AT&T) - $34.99 Month

Chas

[shilala]

Originally Posted by White97Jimmy

You also have to go by the fine print that Comcast (and probably every other ISP) has right on their website.

"Actual speeds vary and are not guaranteed."

I understand that.
My download speed is physically capped at 1 meg down by the programming in my modem.
I was sold 1 1/2 to 2 megs down.
Therefore I can NEVER reach over 1 meg, as dictated by the programming that Comcast placed on my modem.
It's the same as going to the store, seeing the sign that says "2 cigars for a dollar", paying a dollar, and they hand you one cigar.
Then you say "it says two". And then the guy behind the counter says "I don't know why it says that, you only get one, and I already have your money. Have a nice day."