Re: Connection Speed

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/2/2012 3:58 PM, Vern Hamberg wrote:
> David
>
> I'm not sure about Max vs guaranteed - at home I have a higher speed
> Comcast Internet service - Ultra! 22Mbps is what it's called,
> guaranteed, so far as I know. It says up to 30Mbps on the bill. We
> typically get 33Mbps down. And I'm on a 100Mbps network connection at
> home, not gigabit.
>
> At work we just got all the developers on gigabit, and we have Comcast
> Business - here's my results - nasty fasty!!
>
> *http://tinyurl.com/6uplrfg
>
> I mean, 50Mbps is obscene! What seems odd is the high ping time - at
> home it's typically no more than 20ms.
>
> Later - or earlier, at these speeds!

Don't count on those speeds.  I have the middle-of-the-road Comcast home 
service and I get 15MB down on a good day.  On a bad day I'm lucky to 
get 5MB.   It really does depend on the load.  Right now, I'm getting 
good solid high speed about 60% of the time.  The rest of the time 
slopes downward from there all the way to horrible (usually when I need 
to get something done).

Joe