New cable modem, significant speed increase

[Cebby]

OK, I'm on Comcast. What package are you guys paying for to get that kind of speed?

I have a need for SPEED!

[mastacox]

OK, I'm on Comcast. What package are you guys paying for to get that kind of speed?

I have a need for SPEED!

I just have the $60/mo package. The important part is a DOCSIS 1.1/2.0 compatible modem, which with Comcast means a Motorola Surfboard Modem apparently. I got a Motorola Surfboard SB5101 from Best Buy, and man does it fly!

[mastacox]

AH, my work is done for the night. I shut down all non-essential programs to make sure I wasn't using bandwidth somewhere else, and broke 30k

[Cebby]

Oh, so my router is the issue. Since I have the triple play dealio, so I'm stuck with whichever modem that is (NOT a Motorola).

I just bought a replacement router a couple of months back (on the cheap of course). Can I use a switch too, or do I need some special super duper switch too?

[mastacox]

I'm just using a Linksys WRT54G, nothing too exotic IMO. My computer is plugged into one of its ethernet ports on the back, and my wife uses the wireless with her laptop.

When you think about it, even 30 mbps isn't that fast in the grand scheme of networking. Most network routers or switches these days are 100 Mbps, if not 1000 Mbps.

[YotaFun]

I have the triple play too.
then from there it goes into a wireless router
and then from the wireless it is wired to my router in my room to go to my two desktops.

I shut down practically all my programs that use the internet (was downloading some music the last time I checked)

This on is from DC:


This one is from Newark, DE:


Then a second time from DC:


Then for fun I did NYC:


I find it interesting that last night while i was downloading it was going faster then it is now...

[mastacox]

Sweet Jebus, the internet at the University of Arizona is frickin' fast...

[YotaFun]

Sweet Jebus, the internet at the University of Arizona is frickin' fast...



Remember that college's are usually on a T1 connection, not cable.

[Lee]

i just got fios

here is my speed result.. im paying for 20 down, 5 up. very happy so far!

[Cebby]

Bastid - I can't fios here (yet!)