Wow. My bandwidth is nuts!..Or is it?

Post by **Looneybomber** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:54 pm

Ok, I am paying for an 8/1 Mbps connection...but my test says I'm on a 25/2.5?

Ha, there's Cox cable's "power boost" deceiving it's subscribers. "Power boost" gives you a little more bandwidth for a very short period of time, then chokes itself back down to normal. Well these tests use such a small file that the power boost gives your connection near WOT the entire time it's testing.

However, give it a 5MB file or more and I wil be limited to a fast enough download, but only 100KB/s upload.

Post by **nnorton44** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:57 am

Mine was 6500/500

Post by **Warped161** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:45 am

11086/485 using wireless on my laptop.

Post by **szh** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:49 am

Warped161 wrote:11086/485 using wireless on my laptop.

11086? What wireless were you using? Did you mean short-range WiFi of some sort?

Z

Post by **Warped161** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:51 am

the wireless in my house n type.

Post by **szh** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:50 pm

Warped161 wrote:the wireless in my house n type.

Ah!

What is the outbound (from your house) connection system and speed ... that is the real speed measure here since the WiFi N will support the internal speeds quite well.

Z

Post by **Warped161** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:07 pm

9821/507 on my hardwired pc.

i had to shut off utorrent.

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:35 am

Yeah, mine gets thrown off by power boost, too. Shows as 17Mb, I pay for 8. I really don't see the point of power boost. If the file's smaller than 5MB, you don't NEED the boost. And it goes away for stuff that is big enough to benefit.

Post by **Looneybomber** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:26 am

MinisterofDOOM wrote:Yeah, mine gets thrown off by power boost, too. Shows as 17Mb, I pay for 8. I really don't see the point of power boost. If the file's smaller than 5MB, you don't NEED the boost. And it goes away for stuff that is big enough to benefit.

Agree'd, but it's a great advertising tool and if a person ever wants to do a speed test, their connection will spec very well! Just think how happy all the people are that are paying for an 8/1 connection and testing out at 25/2.5. Cox is now their best friend since they think they're getting a hell of a deal and they'll tell their friends how Bad az their connection is...which will generate more sales for cox.

Post by **RCA** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:41 pm

I got 15816kbs DL and 9800kbs UL.

But got this on another site...

Not sure how to read these...Are they the equivalent of one another?Or is one reading faster then the other...

Post by **Looneybomber** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:55 am

rcabrita wrote:I got 15816kbs DL and 9800kbs UL.

But got this on another site...

Not sure how to read these...Are they the equivalent of one another?Or is one reading faster then the other...

HOLY CRAP! I wish I had a 9Mb upload. I checked my utorrnet stats and it looks like I've uploaded around 900GB of data since I've installed it...and most all of it was with a 640kb (upload) connection.

Post by **szh** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:14 am

My home connection is slower than you guys, but work rocks:

Z

Post by **szh** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:06 pm

A few minutes ago:

Z

Post by **Looneybomber** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:00 pm

Wow, I would be filling external HDDs with that connection, 15 torrnts at a time.

Post by **szh** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:46 pm

Looneybomber wrote:Wow, I would be filling external HDDs with that connection, 15 torrnts at a time.

Fun, isn't it?

My home DSL connection is a lot slower than you guys though:

Z

Post by **RCA** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:21 am

Looneybomber wrote:
HOLY CRAP! I wish I had a 9Mb upload. I checked my utorrnet stats and it looks like I've uploaded around 900GB of data since I've installed it...and most all of it was with a 640kb (upload) connection.

DAMN 900gb w/ 640?Hoe long have you been uploading??

I pay for 20/5 so I am still disappointed...

Post by **Looneybomber** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:14 pm

Just tested mine again right now...

Still paying the same as I was but apparently cox upgraded?

Post by **RCA** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:04 am

Maybe the time of day was different?

A lot of factors go into this.

Post by **nnorton44** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 7:56 am

7113/487

Guess I can't complain but wow some of yours is ridiculous!

Post by **RCA** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:11 pm

szhosain wrote:My home connection is slower than you guys, but work rocks:

I'm sorry I can't hear you, my schools ISP is to awesome.

Post by **Looneybomber** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:29 am

RCA wrote:Maybe the time of day was different?

A lot of factors go into this.

Cox has periodically been upgrading while still charging ~$45/mo for the connection we're on. For a while I could upload continuously around 65KB/sec, then out of no where I could upload right at 100KB/sec. Now I can do a consistent 200KB/s. I should take a screen shot, but I have right around 115GB uploaded showing on uTorrent. It's been running nonstop for a little while trying to get a couple 70-90GB torrents done

Post by **RCA** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:02 am

I'm glad I'm no the only one seeding. It seems like no does sometimes...

I think I seeded "Grave of The Firefly's" like 180 times.

Post by **s0m3th1ngAZ** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:23 pm

Christ...this is basic comcast cable too. Which truth be told also has a "power boost" function.When downloading files I usually average a solid 2.5mb/s. Uploading torrents is 200-400k/sI'm quite happy with it:) Usually have the lowest ping in COD4 as well.

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