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How fast should my cable modem be?
Name: Samson Date: November 17, 2000 at 06:03:27 Pacific
Comment:
I recently got connected via a cable modem to the net. There were two options when signing up... The Elite package and the Elite Light package... I got the better of the two which claims a MAX transfer rate to 1024Kbps... (which is 128KB right)? Well... The fastest I have been able to download anything is around 12-16KB.. which is just less to a little more than a 56k modem (which is like 7KB right)? How fast do you guys modems go with this type service? Am I missing something?
Name: DMS Date: November 17, 2000 at 17:47:57 Pacific
Reply:
My cable modem downloads at anywhere between 5-450KBps depending on where I am downloading from. If you are maxing out at 12-16KBps you should talk to the tech staff at your provider about increasing your results...
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Response Number 2
Name: dg Date: November 18, 2000 at 10:02:09 Pacific
Reply:
I have @home at home and can download about 150k. At work we setup with bresan a 256k connection and can only do about 25k downloading. From what i was told the business plan are controled by the routers and they want you to buy more bandwith. the home system they do no do any flow control.
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Response Number 3
Name: tech Date: December 26, 2000 at 12:08:59 Pacific
Reply:
i have 512kbs cable modem, and i downloaded some patched from http://www.speedguid.net
it increased my speed from 20kbs downlaoding to about 50....
it should still be faster though.... :(
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Response Number 4
Name: viroid Date: January 13, 2001 at 08:57:13 Pacific
Reply:
I'm not sure what the topspeed of a cable modem is, but I'm using Adelphia PowerLink. My friend Marshall lives "In town" and he gets on average 800K(yes, thats Kbps, SAME thing as KB, and 1024K(bps) is 1Mb, a 56k Modem is 56,000 BPS.. basically, 5.6k) I live 6 miles outside of town and I get 230k on average. So check with your providers.
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