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dontsleep33
Sonyphile
Joined: May 03, 2008
Posts: 742
From: MG,Brazil
 |  Posted: 2010-08-29 18:50
My personal best with residential Roadrunner wideband 50/5 tier.Queens NYC.
Wideband triple play. $160 a month
Go here and take the test then copy the image code for forums and paste it in your post.
Share your thoughts/opinions and list how much you pay per month please.
http://www.speedtest.net/
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If it sounds good... It is good! Even if it's not expensive.
[ This message was edited by: dontsleep33 on 2010-08-29 21:49 ]
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scott1019
Sonyphile
Joined: Aug 07, 2010
Posts: 543
From: USA>>Ohio
|  Posted: 2010-08-29 20:41
Here's a hyperlink for ya
TEST YOUR INTERNET SPEED HERE
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jehill
Sony Senior Advisor
Joined: Mar 13, 2003
Posts: 13791
From: Sewell, NJ
 | Posted: 2010-08-30 18:07
How do you copy the image code? The results that I got were 35.58 down, 9.35 up. I am a Comcast employee with the 22/5 tier. I only pay $6.40/mo as an employee. As you can see, the numbers appear to be inflated. The server was Comcast in Philadelphia.
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dontsleep33
Sonyphile
Joined: May 03, 2008
Posts: 742
From: MG,Brazil
| Posted: 2010-08-30 18:47
After the test is over you click copy forum link.
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jttar
Sony Master
Joined: Feb 28, 2003
Posts: 9156
From: Chicago,IL, USA
 | Posted: 2010-08-31 18:43
I agree John, the numbers could be inflated. I am paying for the Comcast 12/2 tier and here are my results using a "N" router with a 1.0 Gbps connection.
Joe
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dontsleep33
Sonyphile
Joined: May 03, 2008
Posts: 742
From: MG,Brazil
| Posted: 2010-08-31 18:46
How long have you had those plans?You might have gotten a silent upgrade.I know that happens with Time Warner all the time.
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jttar
Sony Master
Joined: Feb 28, 2003
Posts: 9156
From: Chicago,IL, USA
| Posted: 2010-08-31 19:22
Hi Tony,
I have had my plan for over ten years. For my ISP (Comcast) the next tier up wpuld be what John has which is the 22/5 tier. If they did upgrade me to that tier I should have better up and down speeds and I am sure that Comcast would want their $20 more per month.
Joe
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dontsleep33
Sonyphile
Joined: May 03, 2008
Posts: 742
From: MG,Brazil
| Posted: 2010-08-31 20:00
I can't fathom 22/5 being an option 10 years ago.Was it really?
Anyhow,I'm enjoying these speeds here now because when I leave for Brasil in a week it's back to the 1mb dsl line again lol!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrr...
[ This message was edited by: dontsleep33 on 2010-08-31 20:07 ]
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jttar
Sony Master
Joined: Feb 28, 2003
Posts: 9156
From: Chicago,IL, USA
| Posted: 2010-08-31 20:59
Tony,
Thought you were back in NYC to stay. You really will be slumming reducing your speed to a 1MB DSL connection. After what you have been accustom to it is going to feel like the old dial up connectoids. Safe trip my friend.
Joe
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dontsleep33
Sonyphile
Joined: May 03, 2008
Posts: 742
From: MG,Brazil
| Posted: 2010-09-01 15:09
This speedtest site is regarded as the best there is.
Having said that I think I know why you guys are seeing inflated speeds.Comcast offers a boost feature which increases bandwith for the first 5 - 10 seconds of a download and upload.
After that the speed goes down to your regular provisioned tier.
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scott1019
Sonyphile
Joined: Aug 07, 2010
Posts: 543
From: USA>>Ohio
| Posted: 2010-09-01 17:41
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sonyeslover
Sonyphile
Joined: Jul 13, 2007
Posts: 502
From: Montreal
 | Posted: 2010-09-01 20:15
Wow mine is slooooowwww compared to you guys!
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dontsleep33
Sonyphile
Joined: May 03, 2008
Posts: 742
From: MG,Brazil
| Posted: 2010-09-01 21:20
sonyeslover,
I had a 15/768 plan for years before the docsis 3 technology came to my area too.It was absolutely fine actually.I guess since it became available I had to have it.If I had to go back I wouldn't mind.
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jttar
Sony Master
Joined: Feb 28, 2003
Posts: 9156
From: Chicago,IL, USA
| Posted: 2010-09-01 21:27
On 2010-09-01 15:09, dontsleep33 wrote:
This speedtest site is regarded as the best there is.
Having said that I think I know why you guys are seeing inflated speeds.Comcast offers a boost feature which increases bandwith for the first 5 - 10 seconds of a download and upload.
After that the speed goes down to your regular provisioned tier.
Good call Tony, Comcast does use the "Boost" feature which could account for the inflated speed numbers.
Joe
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dontsleep33
Sonyphile
Joined: May 03, 2008
Posts: 742
From: MG,Brazil
| Posted: 2010-09-02 16:46
Heres my best yet.In Brasil I'll be crying with the 1/.30 connection!!!!
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sonyeslover
Sonyphile
Joined: Jul 13, 2007
Posts: 502
From: Montreal
| Posted: 2010-09-03 01:48
On 2010-09-01 21:20, dontsleep33 wrote:
sonyeslover,
I had a 15/768 plan for years before the docsis 3 technology came to my area too.It was absolutely fine actually.I guess since it became available I had to have it.If I had to go back I wouldn't mind.
Yeah, to be honest I find the DL speed fine, but it's the upload I don't like...
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dontsleep33
Sonyphile
Joined: May 03, 2008
Posts: 742
From: MG,Brazil
| Posted: 2010-09-07 14:03
Worse here than I thought lol!!!
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jttar
Sony Master
Joined: Feb 28, 2003
Posts: 9156
From: Chicago,IL, USA
| Posted: 2010-09-07 21:16
Tony,
Glad you can laugh at those speeds, it's either that or cry. It has to be painfully slow compared to what you are getting back in NYC.
Joe
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NiteHawk
Ultimate Sony Reviewer
Joined: Oct 25, 2001
Posts: 2596
From: Poughkeepsie, New York
 |  Posted: 2010-09-13 18:49
Chattanooga becomes home to 1Gbps internet service, just $350 per month
Gotta love GoodBytes comment. Click here for the details, and my dial-up (you got mail) is doing just fine .
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dontsleep33
Sonyphile
Joined: May 03, 2008
Posts: 742
From: MG,Brazil
| Posted: 2010-09-13 20:37
I would easily pay $350 for a gig a month.I'm an internet junkie!
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jttar
Sony Master
Joined: Feb 28, 2003
Posts: 9156
From: Chicago,IL, USA
| Posted: 2010-09-13 21:47
Tony,
If you are willing to shell out $350 a month you really are a internet junkie and have a lot deeper pockets then mine.  I would love to try that kind of speed to see what it is like though.
Joe
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dontsleep33
Sonyphile
Joined: May 03, 2008
Posts: 742
From: MG,Brazil
| Posted: 2010-09-14 18:35
My pockets aren't deep enough to do it and have the wife not kill me though.
I used to rent a quad core server and re-sell game servers on it from a datacenter in a NYC.I would control it remotely with a program called tcadmin or just enter to the dektop directly.Boy I had a lot of fun transferring whole hard drive images around with that 100mb full duplex connection!It only costed me about $180 a month.Right now I bet I could get one for $130 with better specs yet.
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