mesiah

September 30, 2009 at 9:25pm

You know what the response to this is going to be... "At the current rate of bandwidth consumtion we are simply unable to meet demands. This is a sign that bandwidth caps and metered internet should be implemented to ensure quality of service."

Translation: "We need to upgrade our infrastructure, but bentleys aren't cheap... Did I say bentleys? I ment hardware."

I Jedi

September 30, 2009 at 6:47pm

So, in other words, that nice 15th place we were enjoying is more like a 25th place in the World Wide Web of Broadband access? :/

ranron

September 30, 2009 at 10:20am

I recently got Comcast. I heard about their lack of proper service. Well it turns out it's not as bad as I thought.

Anyways, I pay for a 16D/2U plan for $60/month. Not exactly cheap, but from my tests I get at least 2MB/s anytime I use it which is 16Mbps. Uploads hover around 250KB/s which is 2Mbps. That's pretty good.

The downside is I have to pay for business class service to get here; they have to make at least the guarantee and maintain priority access. At least I don't have bandwidth caps with this business service, but as a residential customer I shouldn't have to pay more for slow speeds to avoid such a cap.

That said, I'm getting 99.999% of my promised bandwidth which is satisfactory—all this just at a less than willing price.

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Ran

Kaldor

September 30, 2009 at 9:25am

I used to work for TDS Telecom.  They oversold their bandwidth ALL the time.  People would call and complain about not being to do anything on the internet.  Id have them run a speed test.  They would pull 300k instead of the 6 meg they were paying for.  Transfer to customer service for incoming rant...

ISPs need to be help accountable for this.  Its false advertising at its finest.

I use Verizon DSL at home.  3 meg down, 768 up connection.  I never have any problems, speeds are always at 3 or slightly faster.  People ask why I dont get Charter cable.  Its because they oversell their network as well.  Paying for 8 meg and getting 1 is not kosher.  Not to mention having to reboot my modem a couple of times a week isnt kosher either.

MeTo

September 30, 2009 at 9:05am

When they advertise speed or sell by speed they should have to do it by average speed (not up to). The average speed is what you really get. It has been my experience my speed changes at different times of the day and different days of the week.

snapple00

September 30, 2009 at 7:59am

Fios here. They told me I would get a max of 10 mb down. I routinely check the speed on some internet speed test website and it is always around 9.6 - 9.8.

I'm happy with it but 45 dollars / month seems a little steep. But I don't have any caps!

Tweak_BL

September 30, 2009 at 6:19am

You all should run on Hughesnet Satelllite Internets for a week. LOL

devin3627

September 30, 2009 at 2:33am

my clearwire should be 1500kb but only does 800 kbps max and varies and is as low as 100kbps sometimes.

blackcat77

September 29, 2009 at 10:29pm

I'm supposed to get 16 megs down and 1 meg up.  I get 22 megs down and 2.2 megs up routinely.  And my ISP is that personification of evil -- Comcast.