Oops they did it again. Comcast

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Originally Posted by Mr Cherry

Hmm, haven't got my speed boost, still at 4mbps. :(

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Don't forget to power cycle your modem.

Test at ......... http://www.computers4sure.com/speed.asp?

From work:

Your Speed is: 3002.2 Kbps :eek:

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Originally Posted by hongsc

I had the same problem and after a couple of lengthy phone calls to convince them failed I had to fax the receipt to them. Another time they stole my modem and replaced it with an old used one and after several calls assuring me I would get a call about it. Well guess what I never got a call but they finally credited me for the modem. Another problem....

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Ermm, they stole your modem? I'm a little lost :confused: Here I was thinking about moving to Comcast, but if they are gonna' be busting into my house to steal my modem, forget it. :p

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Originally Posted by Nemesys

Earlier this year Comcast went from 3Mbps to 4Mbps.
Now they have added another 2Mbps for a speed of 6Mbps.
My speed is 6334Kbps on Windows XP, but for some unknown reason I can only get 3700kbps max on Windows 2000.

Now $45 is starting to yield some justification.

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Have you tried DrTCP on BOTH and view/compare the settings for each ?
it doesn't make sense b/c I can get 5mbps using win98

Awesome, people talking about broadband speeds. There's nothing better than living on a good college campus for Internet speed. Highest I've done on a speed test here was about 23Mbps, and the reason it wasn't higher is because the test servers for the most part are slower than my connection. I've downloaded things around 5 to 6 megabytes per second before on good servers :D :D That translates to close to 50Mbps. I'll miss this when I graduate...

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Originally Posted by I4one

Have you tried DrTCP on BOTH and view/compare the settings for each ?
it doesn't make sense b/c I can get 5mbps using win98

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DrTCP came up with blank windows in both 2000 and XP so there is nothing to view/compare. The only thing it detected was my network card.

It appears that I can hit the 6Mbps mark in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, but I can only hit 3700-3800 Kbps in Windows 2000 and in Windows 98SE it's even less at 1800Kbps.

I suspect it's the cable modem. I never had these issues with my previous cable modem, just this Motorola.

I tried several recommended tweaks from several of the broadband sites and all of them cut my speed even more dramatically.

I'm through playing with the Registry. Every tweak just makes it worse.
It is what it is, I'm done.

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Originally Posted by AMD_Man

Muhaha..Canada rocks.... 6mbps for $40 CDN!!!

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I have you beat there. 8MB/s for $40 (including tax). It's 1MB up. :p

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Originally Posted by I4one

holy crap - you're out in the boondocks
http://www.city-data.com/city/Endicott-New-York.html
no wonder you're pissed...

move closer to ppl son ;) - but not too close - we all need our space

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word. ENY represent.

just kidding, but yeah, im out there

not to mention that river in the picture is the most polluted river in the country

what does 5Mbps translate to? i get 550k/sec with RR. is that more than 3Mbps?

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Originally Posted by Kero-chan

what does 5Mbps translate to? i get 550k/sec with RR. is that more than 3Mbps?

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i'm assuming you mean 550 kilobytes per second, which translates to 4.4 megabits per second.

just multiply or divide by 8. pretty easy.

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Originally Posted by eshbach

i'm assuming you mean 550 kilobytes per second, which translates to 4.4 megabits per second.

just multiply or divide by 8. pretty easy.

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Your Speed is: 4927.5 Kbps

off that speed site that was mentioned. :) :)

My speed is still 4.3mbps, but so far the problem with Comcast increasing it's latency in the middle of the day has stopped. So that's a pretty good thing.

First of all - what in HELL is this thread doing in the General Hardware forum ?

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Originally Posted by Nemesys

DrTCP came up with blank windows in both 2000 and XP so there is nothing to view/compare. The only thing it detected was my network card.

It appears that I can hit the 6Mbps mark in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, but I can only hit 3700-3800 Kbps in Windows 2000 and in Windows 98SE it's even less at 1800Kbps.

I suspect it's the cable modem. I never had these issues with my previous cable modem, just this Motorola.

I tried several recommended tweaks from several of the broadband sites and all of them cut my speed even more dramatically.

I'm through playing with the Registry. Every tweak just makes it worse.
It is what it is, I'm done.

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:frown: :sad: :confused: :frustrated:
ooops - maybe it's not for 2K/XP then ...hmmm

DrTCP is a Registry tweaking tool (but GUI ;) ) for all those various settings you see - so it's much faster (except for the reboots for settings to take affect)

Use/Try these settings for 98;
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...rone/DrTCP.png

I too have a Motorola modem (Surfboard) - and here's a recent Test D/l and I'm getting 719KB/sec ;)
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../SpeedTest.png
PM me ...if you want the access code from browser to view the modem settings/config/tests/status

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Originally Posted by Russell

I have you beat there. 8MB/s for $40 (including tax). It's 1MB up. :p

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...erm - unless you're on some kind of college/university welfare program.... that's 8mbps son - the CAPITAL B = MegaBYTE -
Lowercase b = Megabit (8 bits to 1 BYTE).....though usually both [MB] is used for megabyte -- and [mbps] is used for megabit

note - not too shabby at all though, 8mbps translates to 1000KB/sec download - compared to my 5mbps or ~612KB/sec down

My speed is 5674.5 Kbps, and the good news is I pay roughly $45.00 CAD to get it.

Ive had Comcast's 6mb/768kb line for around 2 years and have been pleased. I wish they raised the upload to a full 1.5mb, but the download speeds are great, on fast servers i can expect 600KB+ per second.