Comcast's slug like speed
10-03-2006 | 07:24 AM
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Yeah that's the only other thing. I dont know how the seattle system is layed out (where the nodes are, what your tap levels are and so on) Just make sure your end is clean or they will charge you 49.99 service call. ( clean like using our cable not one from radio shack or where ever.) you can also pull the wall plate and check the fitting behind it. Make sure it's a compression fitting not a crimp fitting and the center Dielectric (the white part ) is flush with the bottom of the fitting, and there is no braiding hanging out of the bottom.
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10-03-2006 | 08:39 AM
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Pretty typical for my 'basic' 6M service from Earthlink, carried the 'last mile' on Comcast Cable:
That's through my modem, Linksys router, Airport WiFi to my iBook out here in the livingroom, 50 feet away. (Lots of other WiFi interference close by!)
Tomas
That's through my modem, Linksys router, Airport WiFi to my iBook out here in the livingroom, 50 feet away. (Lots of other WiFi interference close by!)
Tomas
10-03-2006 | 06:32 PM
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I am getting about 9.7mb this morning now ... I really don't get it. It seems to just crap out after 7pm in North Seattle. My friend near Ravenna has the same issues so I guess we are just screwed. I hope they are just upgrading something 
10-03-2006 | 07:40 PM
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difference between cable and dsl is that with cable your sharing the pipe up until the node and generally from there your on some sort of high speed network (OCx level).
DSL you have a dedicated line to your POP and depending on the POP it might be only connected by a T3 or dual T1s (the case with Speakeasy, used to work for them). So your really sharing the bandwidth at the POP with just as many people as you'd be in your neighborhood.
DSL you have a dedicated line to your POP and depending on the POP it might be only connected by a T3 or dual T1s (the case with Speakeasy, used to work for them). So your really sharing the bandwidth at the POP with just as many people as you'd be in your neighborhood.
10-03-2006 | 07:43 PM
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If I could afford it I would go with Speakeasy again. My latency while gaming was superb with the 768k line but its also far more expensive for less speed. I am suprised that Comcast HSI Seattle is dropping so low after 6pm until about 3am. This morning I am hitting on average 9.3mb down but during the evening it drops to about .4mb
10-03-2006 | 09:04 PM
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DSL is shared contrary to popular belief, so is Comcast cable, but they have a bigger pipe so it’s usually not an issue.
What you are noticing is common with Comcast in densely populated areas. That is why Seattle is slower than say Federal Way at the same time of day.
One thing you can try is to take baselines of the speed you are getting at different times of the day like you noticed in the morning it was working fine. This means that the equipment and the coax line that is run to your house is all working fine. So in the evening when it was running slow it was not anything on your end that was causing the problem. With that information you can then call Comcast at the slow time and be like what’s up. They have to provide you with a minimum level of service. This is referred to as SLA Service Level Agreement. What is probably going on is a few people in your area are downloading crap from peer to peer services, or there just may be too many people in your area subscribing to Comcast. Either way once you complain Comcast can either add more capacity to carry everyone’s traffic, or find the few users who are abusing the service. If you are getting 40-50% packet loss when you ping that is defiantly not acceptable.
Good Luck!!
What you are noticing is common with Comcast in densely populated areas. That is why Seattle is slower than say Federal Way at the same time of day.
One thing you can try is to take baselines of the speed you are getting at different times of the day like you noticed in the morning it was working fine. This means that the equipment and the coax line that is run to your house is all working fine. So in the evening when it was running slow it was not anything on your end that was causing the problem. With that information you can then call Comcast at the slow time and be like what’s up. They have to provide you with a minimum level of service. This is referred to as SLA Service Level Agreement. What is probably going on is a few people in your area are downloading crap from peer to peer services, or there just may be too many people in your area subscribing to Comcast. Either way once you complain Comcast can either add more capacity to carry everyone’s traffic, or find the few users who are abusing the service. If you are getting 40-50% packet loss when you ping that is defiantly not acceptable.
Good Luck!!
10-03-2006 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by milesm4
I have no idea what type of connection T1, T3 or whatever all I know is that my computer has to be able to communicate with all the other PC's from Alaska to California immediately.
A T3 is equal to 672 phone lines.
