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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
What is fucked up is the cable company. Apparently they can set the speed where they want it. They probably want to set up speed tiers in order to allow a tiered pricing structure.
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I am in generally the same area (Sherwood), and have a cable with AT&T as well. You should seriously call them though on 20-30kb/sec , even if its 20-30kB(once again B=bytes,b=bits 8 bits = 1 byte) you should call them. If they can tell you that its normal for you to be getting 20-30kB/sec .........
(which is equivalent to 160-240kb/sec -
dialup modem=56kb/sec
ISDN=128kb/sec
DSL=200-1500++kb/sec
Cable=900-1.8++kb/sec
T1=1.54Mb/sec)
...... then I would look into DSL. If you are getting 20-30kB/sec (which is the number that you see when downloading files, etc.) with your cable modem at ~$49.95/mo. you are getting screwed. A cable modem is definatly capable of 10 times those speeds, under decent conditions. It sure sounds like there may be an issue with some of your hardware/router/switch/etc. Either that or maybe the cable company offers a cheap $10 / month or so 200kb/sec package. I am no network expert but I would be more than happy to help out over icq if you call the cable company and they say its on your end. Or maybe your happy with 20-30k/sec, which honestly isnt that bad for email/websurfing. If you do need any help send me an icq at 5220296 and I will see if I can help.
Rory
