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Topic: The 5/512 Thread  (Read 5107 times)
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« on: August 20, 2005, 03:10:19 AM »
Anyone else upgrade to Charter's 5/512 and get the full advertised speeds? I do! Smile

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 5185 Kbps about 5.2 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 633 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sat Aug 20 2005 04:12:22 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 93X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.62 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 62.85 % faster than the average for host (charter-stl.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-POMGRF59D

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 538 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 66 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Sat Aug 20 2005 04:12:53 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 10X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 15.52 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 123.24 % faster than the average for host (charter-stl.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-E5VDJXUA7

Happy customer still, I must live in a good area eh?  South of St. Louis.
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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2005, 06:24:21 AM »
Nice speeds!  Twisted Evil  Charter is pretty good. How much do you pay
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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2005, 01:12:07 PM »
Too much.  $71/mo total.  Basic cable, leasing modem.
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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2005, 01:44:11 PM »
lots of money for that
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2005, 02:05:14 PM »
Quote from: terry on August 21, 2005, 01:12:07 PM
Too much.  $71/mo total.  Basic cable, leasing modem.


That's nice of Charter to upgrade, but until they drop the damn price a bit, that' really sucks...that's like what, $29 or $30 more than you used to pay?? how much was it before the upgrade?  ;)
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« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2005, 02:46:57 PM »
It's really only $10 more a month, but I left a promotion to get it (had one month left of the $29.95/mo promo).

$39.99 - 3/256, $49.99 - 5/512, $5/mo modem lease, ~$15 for Basic cable

Really not an issue right now, I have waited to get cable for too long and it just recently made its way out here.
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2005, 02:48:20 AM »
oh, that's a lot! better... ;)
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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2005, 10:06:40 PM »
Im on the 5mb plan and I can barely get 500k in the evenings angry5, ... long story charter doesnt appear to care or want to give me a straight answer other than my area is oversubscribed Idea.....this thursday if they can give an answer or fix the problem Question I will be switching to SBC DSL 3mb package $26/month  1.5mb garunteed Rolling Eyes

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 758 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB)
Download Speed is:: 93 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com
Test Time:: 
Bottom Line:: 14X faster than 56K 1MB download in 11.01 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 30.49 % of your hosts average (charter.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-WYLAP26IO
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« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2005, 08:55:20 AM »
If they told you your area is oversubscribed, that is a pretty straight forward answer.  Hope you enjoy SBC. Smile
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« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2006, 03:33:48 PM »
Yep, I recently got upgraded to the 5/512 plan, and I'm getting full speeds too Smile (these tests were taken using a wireless card to recieve the connection from a Linksys WRT54G router):

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 5101 Kbps about 5.1 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 623 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/09/20 - 1:06pm
Bottom Line:: 89X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.64 sec
Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 9.609 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 48.11 % faster than the average for host ( charter.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-UDLG5PAO8
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1)


::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 486 Kbps about 0.49 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 59 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/09/20 - 1:11pm
Bottom Line:: 8X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 17.36 sec
Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 17.08512 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 53.8 % faster than the average for host (charter.com)
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-JGZBFTVYN
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1)
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::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 6238 Kbps about 6.24 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 761 kB/s
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-NXKWRCO7P

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 506 Kbps about 0.51 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 62 kB/s
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-L5O1N40W9
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« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2006, 11:11:16 PM »
Quote from: carbon unit2 on September 18, 2005, 10:06:40 PM
Im on the 5mb plan and I can barely get 500k in the evenings angry5, ... long story charter doesnt appear to care or want to give me a straight answer other than my area is oversubscribed Idea.....this thursday if they can give an answer or fix the problem Question I will be switching to SBC DSL 3mb package $26/month  1.5mb garunteed Rolling Eyes

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 758 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB)
Download Speed is:: 93 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com
Test Time:: 
Bottom Line:: 14X faster than 56K 1MB download in 11.01 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 30.49 % of your hosts average (charter.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-WYLAP26IO
For some reason carbon unit2 I am not finding the time of day in your speed test. And this is what I get on your validation. "Sorry, your search: "WYLAP26IO" returned zero results" It is better if you do not change the scores.
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« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2006, 12:50:58 AM »
Magic and Terry, do you guys think you could send me some cablenut, and tcp optimizer settings that you use for that package... i am on the same package and here are my speeds....

::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 4381 Kbps about 4.38 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 535 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 496 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 61 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/09/28 - 11:49pm
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-MWVPZUI80
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-QPBJ9V5Y7
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; FDM)

i have been getting the full upload, but my download never goes over 4500-4600

i think part of the problem is that it's like 100-150 miles to the nearest network backbone for my area, do you think that could be affecting me?
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« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2006, 12:52:28 AM »
just retested:
:::::::::::::::::.. Download Stats ..:::::::::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 4627 Kbps about 4.63 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 565 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/09/28 - 11:51pm
Bottom Line:: 81X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.81 sec
Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 10.593 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 32.81 % faster than the average for host (charter.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-UKQ23GH8J
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; FDM)


::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 500 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 61 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/09/28 - 11:53pm
Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 16.79 sec
Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 16.60512 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 59.24 % faster than the average for host (charter.com)
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-ENPJ0YCGA
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; FDM)

better, but still not the full advertized speed.
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