Comcast faster?

[David Harper]

Has anyone else seeing faster speeds for Comcast Houston? I just did a few
speed tests at: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

It showed:

Download speed: 7400 kbps
Upload speed: 1000 kbps

Previoys typical speeds:

Download speed: 5900 kbps
Upload speed: 360 kbps

I am in near-northwest Houston.

Also, are there speed tests better than the above that are not as affected
by speed-boost stuff?

- David Harper

[Ron]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:11:04 -0500, "David Harper"

Post by David Harper
Has anyone else seeing faster speeds for Comcast Houston? I just did a few
speed tests at: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Download speed: 7400 kbps
Upload speed: 1000 kbps
Download speed: 5900 kbps
Upload speed: 360 kbps
I am in near-northwest Houston.
Also, are there speed tests better than the above that are not as affected
by speed-boost stuff?
- David Harper

You do know that you cant use all that speed cause Comcast has secret
caps on amount you can download?

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/comcast-tests-a-new-bandwidth-black-list/

[Pirate]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:11:04 -0500, "David Harper"

Post by David Harper
Has anyone else seeing faster speeds for Comcast Houston? I just did a few
speed tests at: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Download speed: 7400 kbps
Upload speed: 1000 kbps
Download speed: 5900 kbps
Upload speed: 360 kbps
I am in near-northwest Houston.
Also, are there speed tests better than the above that are not as affected
by speed-boost stuff?
- David Harper

My speeds have been about the same, but been reading some blurbs about
their customer service and stuff... plus I know ComCast is cleaning
house over in their Houston office.. I know of 3 people who were fired
for bs on their HR record (unprofessionalisms). They were not laid off
so they can collect un-employment, but rather fired for "code of
conduct violations" which denied them the unemployemet.

Makes sense that CC is cleaning house, they have been in charge now
for 1 year... which means all the old TW people have had 1 full year
to show their worth, which in my friend's case did no good.. on one of
them his record showed the unprofessionalism was 3 years old and he
said he was a good tech.

I am thinking that CC is going to purge over there and start fresh.

[brhtx]

Using that site and testing to Dallas, I get:

Download Speed: 31080 kbps (3885 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2606 kbps (325.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Post by Ron
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:11:04 -0500, "David Harper"

Post by David Harper
Has anyone else seeing faster speeds for Comcast Houston? I just did a few
speed tests at: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Download speed: 7400 kbps
Upload speed: 1000 kbps
Download speed: 5900 kbps
Upload speed: 360 kbps
I am in near-northwest Houston.
Also, are there speed tests better than the above that are not as affected
by speed-boost stuff?
- David Harper

My speeds have been about the same, but been reading some blurbs about
their customer service and stuff... plus I know ComCast is cleaning
house over in their Houston office.. I know of 3 people who were fired
for bs on their HR record (unprofessionalisms). They were not laid off
so they can collect un-employment, but rather fired for "code of
conduct violations" which denied them the unemployemet.
Makes sense that CC is cleaning house, they have been in charge now
for 1 year... which means all the old TW people have had 1 full year
to show their worth, which in my friend's case did no good.. on one of
them his record showed the unprofessionalism was 3 years old and he
said he was a good tech.
I am thinking that CC is going to purge over there and start fresh.