Anybody else have uber fast internet all of the sudden?
 

I thought it seemed faster. Anyone else with Ch@rter in the same boat? I used this test. It's usually only 10 down 1 up.

They must have done work near you or something. Or a massive number of people near you switched to DSL.

Ummm,yeah. WOW!!

Last Result:
Download Speed: 21864 kbps
Upload Speed: 2101 kbps

All of the sudden! :P

Mine's almost that fast now too.

We have Ch@rter Business at work and we're only getting the normal 10 down 1.5 up.

I'm sure they will find the mistake, fix it, and charge us accordingly.

Cody, expect your bill to be twice as much now. And expect them to tell you "we're sorry we only offer the new superhighspeed service at this new price now, we can't give you your old plan any longer. We don't care if you don't want or need so much throughput since we desperately need an excuse to raise your rates".

My Charter is still 8k and 1k.

That would suck. It's still 20 down, 2 up.

Me too, Normally 10~14 down.

Same here. 19k down, 1k up. I am sure we;re not paying for more than the 5 or 8 meg service. Yet. :unamused:

Could it be that you're getting more bandwidth due to numbers of other Charter users who weren't on at that time, due to lost power?
http://www.rgj.com/article/20100221/NEWS15/100221012

Seems unlikely. There aren't that many people without power today I don't think. We haven't had any outages around here anyway, AFAIK.

my SBC is still solid, lol:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/725917952.png

Here is mine(Charter):
http://www.speedtest.net/result/725947256.png

Here is mine on WIMI (also with charter):

Download Speed: 11489 kbps (1436.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1045 kbps (130.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

2.5/0.421 for my DSL using Cody's test. Take that Tyson. :)

I get this on the speedtest.net test
http://www.speedtest.net/result/725990794.png
When I do the http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ I get
Last Result:
Download Speed: 21786 kbps (2723.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2120 kbps (265 KB/sec transfer rate)
Why are they so different? or is my KB/MB translation wrong.




edit: I had a torrent open while doing the speed test

Interesting

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726001128.png

It seems to vary a bit. Still fast though.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726010676.png

Cody's test gave me 21768kbps down/ 2080kbps, 50ms ping

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726052609.png
Hrm... it is fast. Not sure what I'd use that for... except streaming netflix I guess.

You said it!!

Well, as long as the movie isn't skipping, it's not like having more bandwidth is going to let me watch the movie faster.

I could really care less about "speed test" results. Cody, what download speed are you getting with your torrent program?

http://www.finalgear.com/shows/topgear/

1.7 mbps or so. I think a 700 MB file took under 10 minutes at one point.

That's pretty awesome. The best I have gotten with my 6mb uverse service is about 750kb/sec. It would be pretty sweet if they never mentioned anything and the speed continued. What charter speed are you actually signed up for?

I "pay" for 10, but they actually lowered my monthly bill when I upgraded from 5...locked in for 12 months...

I pay ~$110/mo for internet and TV with DVR, HD, and two premium channels. I want to find out if they offer a better DVR though (1080p instead of 1080i and a faster/better interface).

Last time I checked, I couldn't get Uverse, but I would consider it.

Go IGT!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726672246.png

Edit, ran it again, just to be sure...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726673992.png

No wonder it takes 10 minutes to watch a 2 minute long video on YouTube.

Ha, faster upload than download. It's probably a T3 with more Download load than upload load or something.

No, it's probably the 1000 people listening to Pandora. :unamused:

That's what I said. :)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726734323.png

That can't be accurate..

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726738684.png

Wait, what?

And this, from the wireless net:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726742965.png

Runing these tests from networks with active users (as you and Sperry are doing) is going to indicate the speeds that you have available to you, not what the network is actively capable of, as a whole. If you were to run the test at 4am, you'd likely see a different story.

Starting with a symetrical connection like T1/T3's and then adding users who compete for, primarily, download speed is going to cause the test to indicate a faster upload than download.

Oh, I know. I just thought that my blazing upload capability when compared to prime traffic download time was funny.

I've been here on holidays and clocked some unreal download speeds.

I bet. That is a crazy fast upload speed.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726779394.png
Bam!

Getting better....ppl must be at lunch.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726890309.png

Around 5pm here, the network suddenly gets awesome. Sometimes I specifically wait 'til then to download logs from our server or check-in a bunch of changes to source control. It's the difference between waiting 90 minutes and waiting 5 minutes.

Damn... here's results from Sierra 102 at TMCC.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726947457.png

Take 2:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/726948583.png

Oh yeah!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/726995551.png

I don't suppose the server in New Zealand has anything to do with it? :lol:

It's nice to be here after 5pm.....weeeeeeeeeeeee

http://www.speedtest.net/result/727099928.png

:jawdrop:

That's a lot of porn you could be downloading!

From an insiders perspective (I work for a contractor for Charter):

I have heard through the grapevine that Charter is increasing speeds across the board. And that they will be offering a 64 mb service in the near future.

I'm still getting twice the speed I'm paying for
http://www.speedtest.net/result/732788020.png

We know somebody that works there. I am sure they could get it turned back down for you. :)