Re: is this really true about Comcast?

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From: core
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On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:28:51 -0600, barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:

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>
>On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, Bruce Esquibel wrote:
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>> core <core-usenet@spamless.spook.homeip.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah. I got an email from them saying "Your internet speed has been
>>> increased".  Instructions to reboot the modem.
>>
>>> Did that, didn't make any difference... Bahhhh
>>
>> I didn't get any email but there are a couple things I noticed with people
>> saying they did and didn't see any difference after rebooting.
>>
>> I really don't think the older 2.0 docsis modem/routers will work.
>>
>> The other thing, if you are just on wifi, I think the max connection speed,
>> even with a 3.0, it's limited to 20mb for some reason. There is a way to
>> turn off that limiter in the admin menu, but it is on by default.
>>
>> So if you are just using wifi, try using an ethernet cable and see if that
>> shows anything better with speedtest.net or whatever.
>>
>> I can't say if there was a change or not but one machine around here I
>> noticed over the weekend (on hardwire) seemed to be bouncing around 25-27mb
>> where in the past 24mb was about the highest I've seen in the past.
>
>what do you run to test speeds?

http://www.speedtest.net/  

or

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

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