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10.6 megabits!!!! Charles Newman 02-15-2007
Posted by Andrew Rossmann on February 16, 2007, 4:59 pm
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chuck@backtalkradio.spammers.will.hung.by.the.neck.until.dead.backtalkra
dio.net says...
>
> One internet speed test from DSLReports say that
> my comcast service now has a download speed of
> 10.6 megabits. I guess Comcast want to outdo
> AT&T, now that their 6.0 meg DSL service is being
> rolled out to more areas.

Be careful. Comcast has 'PowerBoost' in many areas. When there is
capacity available, it will allow faster download speeds for a few
megabytes before throttling you back to your rated speed.

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Posted by Charles Newman on February 17, 2007, 4:13 pm
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> chuck@backtalkradio.spammers.will.hung.by.the.neck.until.dead.backtalkra
> dio.net says...
> >
> > One internet speed test from DSLReports say that
> > my comcast service now has a download speed of
> > 10.6 megabits. I guess Comcast want to outdo
> > AT&T, now that their 6.0 meg DSL service is being
> > rolled out to more areas.
>
> Be careful. Comcast has 'PowerBoost' in many areas. When there is
> capacity available, it will allow faster download speeds for a few
> megabytes before throttling you back to your rated speed.

Well, with AT&T 6 meg DSL servnice now
available out to much longer loop lengths (I am
aboiut 15000 feet loop length from the CO),
that will create more competition in more
areas, and Comcast has to stay on top of
that.



Posted by Andrew Rossmann on February 18, 2007, 9:39 am
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chuck@backtalkradio.spammers.will.hung.by.the.neck.until.dead.backtalkra
dio.net says...
>
> > chuck@backtalkradio.spammers.will.hung.by.the.neck.until.dead.backtalkra
> > dio.net says...
> > >
> > > One internet speed test from DSLReports say that
> > > my comcast service now has a download speed of
> > > 10.6 megabits. I guess Comcast want to outdo
> > > AT&T, now that their 6.0 meg DSL service is being
> > > rolled out to more areas.
> >
> > Be careful. Comcast has 'PowerBoost' in many areas. When there is
> > capacity available, it will allow faster download speeds for a few
> > megabytes before throttling you back to your rated speed.
>
> Well, with AT&T 6 meg DSL servnice now
> available out to much longer loop lengths (I am
> aboiut 15000 feet loop length from the CO),
> that will create more competition in more
> areas, and Comcast has to stay on top of
> that.

I wish that was true. I have DSL as a backup to my Comcast (I work from
home) and can only get 1500/384 (DSL Reports shows about 10.7Kft).

To be honest, I think speed is a bit overrated unless you download alot.
In normal usage, it's not very noticeable. Plus, the VPN I connect to
for work is capped at 768K at the source anyways.

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Posted by Charles Newman on February 23, 2007, 7:15 am
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> chuck@backtalkradio.spammers.will.hung.by.the.neck.until.dead.backtalkra
> dio.net says...
> >
> > >
chuck@backtalkradio.spammers.will.hung.by.the.neck.until.dead.backtalkra
> > > dio.net says...
> > > >
> > > > One internet speed test from DSLReports say that
> > > > my comcast service now has a download speed of
> > > > 10.6 megabits. I guess Comcast want to outdo
> > > > AT&T, now that their 6.0 meg DSL service is being
> > > > rolled out to more areas.
> > >
> > > Be careful. Comcast has 'PowerBoost' in many areas. When there is
> > > capacity available, it will allow faster download speeds for a few
> > > megabytes before throttling you back to your rated speed.
> >
> > Well, with AT&T 6 meg DSL servnice now
> > available out to much longer loop lengths (I am
> > aboiut 15000 feet loop length from the CO),
> > that will create more competition in more
> > areas, and Comcast has to stay on top of
> > that.
>
> I wish that was true. I have DSL as a backup to my Comcast (I work from
> home) and can only get 1500/384 (DSL Reports shows about 10.7Kft).

Well, the AT&T guys came around trying to hawk
6 meg DSL service, and told me it is now available
in my neighbourbood, and I am about 15,000 feet
from the CO. I got this from a bona fide phone
company employee.



Posted by Warren on February 23, 2007, 1:53 pm
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Charles Newman wrote:
> Well, the AT&T guys came around trying to hawk
> 6 meg DSL service, and told me it is now available
> in my neighbourbood, and I am about 15,000 feet
> from the CO. I got this from a bona fide phone
> company employee.
>

If they were door-to-door sales people, they weren't AT&T employees. They
were employees of an outsourcer hired to market the system, and the actual
sales people that the outsourcer employees may or may not know the
specifics for your pair of wires. Your neighborhood may bee about 15,000
feet from the CO, and the path that most of your neighbor's pairs take may
be fairly direct, but your pair, for some obscure reason, may divert
through another neighborhood before reaching the CO. The sales people in
the field aren't likely to know about any exceptional issues. They're also
paid by commission, and aren't so much concerned about whether your order
will need to be canceled sometime in the future because they will have
moved on.

So you may very well be able to get the 6MB service, but don't be fooled
into thinking that you were told this by a "bona fide phone company
employee."

--
Warren H.

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