Cable Modem Speed

[Fuzz]

I recently upgraded my MediaCom cable modem from the 128k plan to the 'high-speed' internet plan... I was about to go mental on the current plan b/c everything was going drastically slow.

Now that I am on the new plan... Everything is noticably faster... but I'm not sure if I am getting the proper speeds still. I was wondering if anyone else had a high-speed cable modem plan, and if so... what speeds to you recieve? You can test your bandwidth speed here:

http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/Bandwidth.asp

I have been testing an average of about 1000 kb/s... which I hear is the min. speed of a high-speed cable modem. I was expecting atleast 2000.

[Omega]

I am running a sad dial up 56 K connect at the mo, until I get my high speed dsl back, probably a big reason why I'm not online that much yet. However I was wondering, I always thought that DSL was a faster connection than Cable. Is it, or am I wrong here, because DSL never really disconnects, but a Cable connection can.

I'll test my speed once I get my DSL back.

[Fuzz]

Ah, temp. running the 'ole 56k modem... I bet you can't wait until you get your DSL back.

I'm not too sure on the noticable differences of the 2, but I think DSL may be a little better in regard to connectivity levels and constant bandwidth speeds. It also depends on who the service providers are. MediaCOM sucks, but I have to use them b/c they are the only providers in my area.

Yeah, let me know your speed once you get it back, I'm just curious.

[Sean]

Charter Highspeed Cable, St. Louis Based company, here were my test results.

Download Bandwidth Test Results
Download speed: 2747 kilobits per second

Test details: 3354 kilobytes downloaded in 9.766 seconds.
Receive buffer size: Not available

[Toph Bei Fong]

I'll have to test my bandwidth when I get home as well. I don't know my speed, hehe.
I think it's pretty fast though. And actually, my cable only disconnects if I go past my bandwidth limit, I think...

And DSL does infact disconnect. It's from your phoneline, so if something happens and your phoneline dies, it infact dies as well. And I have a friend who has DSL, and he gets a lot of disconnects.

Edit: I did the test, here are the results:
Download Bandwidth Test Results
Download speed: 1692 kilobits per second

Test details: 3354 kilobytes downloaded in 15.86 seconds.
Receive buffer size: Not available

[Malevolence]

Cablevision Optimum Online High-Speed Cable, soon to be upgraded (for free I hope) to fiber-optic connection @ 15mb/s

Download speed: 3548 kilobits per second

Test details: 3354 kilobytes downloaded in 7.563 seconds.
Receive buffer size: Not available

pwn3d

[Fuzz]

wow, it looks like everyone has killer speeds compared to what I am getting... I scheduled for a TECH to come out to my apartment and test the cable line, I'm hoping they can find something wrong. Also, I would suggest everyone to d/l TCP Optimizer and run it. It takes 2 seconds and it sets all your TCP configurations and other network settings to the optimal setting... I saw noticable differences after I rebooted. Here is the link:

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

[Toph Bei Fong]

I downloaded the TCP Optimizer, and I don't really see any differences. Then again I haven't downloaded anything on bittorrent yet, so we'll see.

[SOLDIER #819]

Download speed: 1016 kilobits per second

Test details: 1204 kilobytes downloaded in 9.485 seconds.

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I despise Verizon...So much.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by SOLDIER #819

Download speed: 1016 kilobits per second

Welcome to the slow cable company club man... Despite 2 calls to MediaCom's customer care and tweaking with some config files, I'm still getting the 1000 - 1300 range...

[Psiko]

Running Mediacom Cable in Des Moines, Iowa:

2119 kilobits per second
Test details: 1204 kilobytes downloaded in 4.547 seconds.

I hardly ever have poor performance speed unless I'm running Kazaa for a good while. Got to load up on great Video Game Remixes, no?

[Sean]

I ran that "optimizer" and after running the test again on that night, I had nearly the same results, after running the optimizer I'm getting

Download speed: 690 kilobits per second

Test details: 402 kilobytes downloaded in 4.656 seconds.
Receive buffer size: Not available

Wonderful.

[Toph Bei Fong]

I ran the test again. =P
I am on a new comp, afterall, so yeah. Here it is.

Download speed: 2258 kilobits per second
Test details: 1204 kilobytes downloaded in 4.266 seconds.