*sigh*

[wee96]

Seems every new modem we swap out now here in Detroit (Comcast@home) @home is throttling their bandwidth to 128kbps upstream and 3mbps downstream. Seems kinda strange, they claimed they'd never cap the downstream, kinda reminds me of RR.

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[IndyOST]

Yeah, I knew that the upload caps would happen, but I had also gotten wind of some downstream caps for us here to happen in the near future as well...not really looking forward to that either...

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[Kip Patterson]

Have you tried measuring the download using a UDP as opposed to TCP? I believe that 3mbits is as fast as you can go with a 128k upstream and a TCP client that acknowledges every packet.

Thanks,

Kip Patterson

[wee96]

Somethin to think about, thanks Kip.

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"you better tell em to come reshingle the roof, just keep feedin me free drinks till i puke"

[fanta]

I swaped out my old Motorola CyberSurfer Wave for a GI SurBoard 3100
I get better speeds and ping times now...
I usually ping around 10 ms or under to my gateway constantly.
Its wierd but I'm glad my speeds are stable now http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/smile.gif

[HalfLifer]

And Im one of those unlucky modem swapped d00ds that got the cap http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/frown.gif