Speed Test, Kinda neat

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I am paying too much and only getting 1000 kbps or only 1/3 the kpbs that I should be getting. Repeated complaints to the ISP and they shrug it off and say it is because we have old telephone wiring and that is the best that it gets. There is no cable and I know the telephone wire was laid in 1998. A dish is much more expensive ($100/Mo.). 1,000 isn't very good but it is a heckuva lot better than dial up.

Question. Is there any way to improve these figures, different computer, more RAM etc?

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[stonewall56]

Comcast 3737 download, 1825 upload in Pugetropolis.

[VET70]

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Comcast does OK.

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

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And that's with comcast.

[Badger]

up 2778
Down 3783
And that's with comcast.

Hi John ...

If you're paying Comcast for the same level of service the other guys using them are and they're getting almost twice the performance, you should give customer service a call and have a serious chat .. .....

That is great UP performance though, as it's normally throttled low so people don't operate servers from their homes.

Regards,
Badger

[RayP.]

I am on dial up with the same dial up ISP that I started with about 8 or 9 yrs. ago,Kmart's "My Bluelight",it's up to $9 a mth. now,is a fast server anything like a fast woman?,if it is,I probably couldn't handle it anyway,I don't play videos,only a few times when some one posts one on the forum that I would be curious to watch. What's going to be the result of the new digital conversion thingy if it ever takes place?,will (cable) dial up get faster?I've had Comcast cable tv for yrs.,personally I think they want too much $'s for Internet service,have had Basic plus one step up tv for years,it's up to 5x's the cost it started out at and less programs,now what was the question?,yeah,am I getting the speed I'm paying for?,don't know,but a faster server would just allow me to make mistakes faster anyway.

RayP.

[Badger]

I am on dial up with the same dial up ISP that I started with about 8 or 9 yrs. ago,Kmart's "My Bluelight",it's up to $9 a mth.

46 kb/sec dial-up ...

Big salute Ray ....

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I think Ray deserves a medal, or at least to be a dedicated "Contributing Member" ...

To use that kind of low speed access and sit through the grinding slow speeds of any of these modern graphic based web environments and not whine about it, is certainly a sign of great patience, dedication and loyalty to any community ....

Thanks for the feedback Ray ..

Regards,
Badger

[Ramboueille]

46 kb/sec dial-up ...

Big salute Ray ....

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I think Ray deserves a medal, or at least to be a dedicated "Contributing Member" ...

To use that kind of low speed access and sit through the grinding slow speeds of any of these modern graphic based web environments and not whine about it, is certainly a sign of great patience, dedication and loyalty to any community ....

Thanks for the feedback Ray ..

Regards,
Badger

Yep, Ray is unique in that he doesn't complain, he works with what he has.

Ray, if your modem speeds were your blood pressure, you'd need a shot of adrenalin! Hang in there!

[RayP.]

It's never occured to me that it is slow because I never knew how fast/slow mine was against how fast/slow other people's isp's were so I had nothing to judge it against,on top of that it kind of doesn't occur to me that I'm waiting cause my mind wanders a lot and I spend the "wait time" chasing around trying to locate it and get it back,if I was using a computer for cooking it would probably take me 4min. to cook a 3min.egg.

RayP.

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That's with HughesNet satellite service (at $59.95/month).