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not to bad at all and thats with 2 laptops running right now

Interesting how they fluctuate(Obviously using different server/time of day/users etc..) :



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I called Charter yesterday to clarify some questions about my bill, and they told me that everyone who has signed up for 10mbps internet service have been upgraded to 15mbps. The baseline service plan is now 8mbps (before was 5, and the upgraded internet is 15 instead of 10.)

Interesting, thanks for the info. I pay for 5mbps.

They have ads on TV now saying they upped the speed for free across the board.

I actually upgraded my internet a few months ago to the 10, because in the little community I live in has some bandwidth problems. When I talked to them yesterday, I added an extended cable plan with two HD boxes for a total of $85 a month. That's not too bad if you ask me. What are you guys paying?

I think I already posted here that I'm paying $110 for one HD DVR, HBO and Cinemax, and "10 Mb" internet. After 12 months it goes up to like $160 but I'll just renegotiate (like I always do) or switch. What keeps me with Charter is the fast internet (with no BW caps) and no dish/wires to deal with. I also like the ability to hook up a TV in any room to the cable connection in the wall and it works without a box. I wouldn't mind another DVR for the bedroom though.

I have the older Moxi with only DVI and component out. I guess the newer ones don't let you connect an external USB drive but does anyone know if they have better picture quality? The picture quality sucks on mine for two reasons. HD looks fine until there is a lot of movement...then it pixelates and SD sometimes has a vertical line in the middle of the screen that comes and goes.

So is Charter going to send me letters when I "download" stuff.

so far SBC hasn't said a peep.

I'm thinking about locking in their $29.99 deal for 8mbps 2 year contract.

Also does anyone have a cable modem?

I just recently downgraded (was paying $170 for the "biggest bundle", but would be much higher after 24 months). Now I'm also paying roughly $110 with their slowest internet speed, one HD DVR and one HD box, and no premium channels. Going to just stream Netflix through the PS3 and get Blu-Rays/DVDs on the side.

I was told the speeds they offer are actually now 15Mbps (although some other customer service reps may say 5 or 10 as their lowest), 25, and 60Mbps. I'm also getting around 20Mbps with their slowest speed.

You should trade in the old Moxi and get their newer Motorola HD DVR (model DCX3400). There is significantly less pixelation when displaying fast moving pictures. Plus it has HDMI out.

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Great info! Thanks!

Anyone heard anything about the "Scientific Atlanta" HD DVR that Charter has? I called them this weekend to ask about alternative DVR's and she said that the main office (By IGT) may or may not have them available. You have to go there to find out and going down there with my existing DVR to find out they don't have what I want is not sounding great.

:lol: About 6 yrs ago, I got one of them letters from Charter regarding the Downloading of a Tyler Perry Movie.

I might go through the trouble just to get rid of this crappy motorola dch3416, I hate this thing.

Yes, I'm here on the weekend, supposedly working on a publication.

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Looks like a DS3, OC1 or similar. Nice Symmetrical bandwidth. I'd almost bet it is faster, but their is a bottleneck somewhere in the middle or at the far end of your test.

Charter bumped everyone's speeds again. There's a thread on slickdeals.net about it. Just power cycle your modem if you aren't seeing it yet.

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Damn, we're not seeing those numbers on Charter..I'll try later tonight and see.

I'm still at 16 down/2.5 up, but didn't cycle my modem.

you guys are lucky! U-verse sucks!
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I just cycled my modem and got the same old result
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Damn Emo, Uverse is weak. I almost get that speed on my AT&T SGSII
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Your upload is at 4, which is the newer speed. Your download speed could be limited by traffic or location.

Regarding your 3G speed, you're lucky. I only get 150-400Kbps with Sprint on their version of the SGSII.

I don't know if it matters but I tested it on my laptop over wi-fi draft N? I don't have any torrents or anything running, just typing a stupid paper for school in Word (and browsing the web).

Ya, Uverse is by far the worst internet I've ever had. When downloading torrents, I peak at 350kb/s. When I had Charter, I would hit 2mb/s regularly. Now downloading movies takes like an hour haha.

Should be fine. I get the same results over N on my laptop as I do on my PC which is wired. But you could try it wired to be sure.

I think I need a new modem. Mine's a 5 year old rental.

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Maybe. I just got my DVR and modem upgraded when my DVR died recently. Now I've got one of those fancy Motorola Surfboard modems or whatever they're called. Also the tech said Stead has some of the fastest internet in town for some reason.

That reason is known as "demographics." :lol: You have like a 30% occupancy rate in the newer homes, and the people who have to go out there for the cheaper apartments don't buy high speed internet for the most part.

Haha, I was thinking something along the same lines. I'm joining that statistic. Looks like my shortsale is going through so I'm looking for a rental closer to my work, downtown. I have to move in under a month.

I thought you were going to keep renting your house from the new owner?

That was the plan, until we got the paperwork. Chase had been telling my Realtor all along that I could, which she kind of doubted. The paperwork stipulates that I can't own, rent, or otherwise live there after the 9th. She's trying to get them to change it, but she said not to count on it. God I have so much shit. I need to have a garage sale.

That's dumb. Maybe not the part about you owning it again, just so you can't short sell it to your friend, then have him short sell it right back to you. But you should be able to rent it from the new owner... that's an agreement between you and him and it's got nothing to do with the bank.

In fact, what the hell can they do to enforce you not renting the place from the new owner?

According to my realtor and a lawyer I consulted with about it, they can come after me for the difference between what I owe and what they're getting paid by the sale...which is a lot of money. It's like a breach of contract kinda thing I guess.

Oh look, I wonder if we got the upgrade.

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Shenanigans. That's unpossible. And/or I'm moving to your house/office.

So that's for the whole school to share?

That's through the school wired network from my office machine after 5pm. I'm not convinced that the new gigabit hardware in the building is working properly though. That's what I get in the office during lower-traffic times, I would think that IT has throttling in place for individual connections.

The actual connection to the internet for the schools is pretty fast as I recall. Router-to-router speeds from my remote network tie points in eastern Nevada back to campus are in the 90 MB up and down range.

Now all I need to do it put some WISP radios up and tunnel from home.

Since the IP is noted on the print, I figured nobody would fall for it.

New DOCSIS3.0 modem:

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Ironically, running the test on my iPhone WiFi got me 6.42 Mbps upload. :lol:

Scott, or others.

Got an old cable modem they want to unload? School teacher friend is still getting raped by Charter for a "leased" one.

DOCSIS 2.0 w/100mbit Ethernet Please. I have an early 2.0 lying around but it is only 10baseT for no apparent reason.

Sure, you can have my old rental. Let me find out how much Charter will charge me to replace a "lost" modem and I'll sell it to you for that much. Probably in the $500 to $600 range, if I know Charter.





;)

Seeing faster speeds at my new place in NW Reno.

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DUDE! What package do you have?

I thought you'd never ask, Joel. lol

I don't know what it's called. It's the one that used to be ~20 meg that they just increased to ~40 meg.

Well I was looking at their website and, what are all these crap fees for a router and then I need to add wireless??

I am paying $35 a month with Uverse right now for 12meg. I would totally switch but I also read that charter has a 100gb monthly cap and that they will throttle you if you are using serious bandwidth.

Tell me your experience.

They will lease you a modem and they have an option for a wireless modem/router. But if you have your own network gear there's no need.

My Charter gets turned on Monday: 15meg/$20/mo. Gave up on AT&T DSL. Picked up a Motorola 5120 DOCSIS 3.0 modem for under $50 and will just cut my entire network over with one cable move. They will try and charge you $50 for "installation, but if you chat with a rep and whine a lot, they will drop it to $35 and then $9.95...

Leasing equipment probably only makes sense if you plan on moving/switching in a year or less. Wireless routers are cheap. if you don't have a server and need uber internal network speed, any 802.11g router is fine unless you get > 50mbit internet.

I don't monitor it, but I imagine I've exceeded 100GB/month at least a few times and never had a problem.

3mb/384kb to this... I now have more up than I used to have down, no little blue pills required. :)

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For $15/mo X 12, that's awesome.

Is that the promotional price or is it permanent?

Promo, but what I actually got was even cheaper for the first 6/12 months. It averages out to $20 over 24 months really. I'll just threaten to go to u-verse if it breaks $20 and they will likely extend it.

AT&T offered me there fastest DSL for $19 to not leave.

Do you have any additional Charter services, or is this standalone?