comcast also has that speedboost or some BS like that. Download something and after the first few seconds it slows down.
See dude… this is why people think i’m a know it all… i’m not… but actuallly, yes, i do know a little more… LOL… and ROFL @ grnteg98 as i’m sure he’s going to get jacked… i will have to dig up that fios thread 
anyway!!! cable internet is a broadcast technology over a single channel… so no, not multiplexed… sorta though. see comcast runs hybrid coaxle fiber to it’s ‘nodes’ which they don’t refer tot hem as… they call them something dumb… anyway, the node is essentially a switch for a neighborhood… these nodes, using classic infrastructure, are in a sonet ring setup. they use qpsk(Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) for packetizing light over glass and rebuild at the cable modem… so it is sorta multiplexed but not really…
and yes, comcast does ‘steal’ bandwidth, but so does anyone else… i’m sure the verizon argument will be made, but think it through, there aren’t levels of profiling and bandwidth control in all segments of the network, inherent with networks is utilization… so in the end, someone will always ‘steal’ from someone else!
oh and burstable downloads isn’t anything uncommon… think of how a bandwidth algorithm would work… it would have to burst the pipe and sustain to accurately detect and streamline bandwidth.
all i’m saying is that that’s where this “speedboost”, or whatever the fuck ,is coming from, other users on the same node. and that’s exactly what it’s doing when you run a speedtest. :whogivesafuck:
i agree… other ISP’s use similar technology… no?
ADSL FTL
good thing it’s free!
what is funny about all this is that these numbers are really all great numbers… anyone that had stargate in 1993 will remember breaking a KB download and almost pissing themselves… that’s some funny stuff.
Stargate network ftw
me and burnyd at work
somewhat, obviously i’m more familiar with the fios network and while they say you get a dedicated fiber from the central office, it’s actually 12 users that are on that fiber, to a hub, then you’re own from the hub to your house. the amount of bandwidth that can travel across that fiber is so great, that no matter what all those people are doing, their speeds won’t fluctuate.
Your pockets just are dishing out enough…your on the “cheap” package thats like 768/256
hmm, i didnt know there were other packages of DSL. maybe I’ll see if I can upgrade. it wouldnt have to deal with the router right? they’ll just change the service and it’ll be faster?
at work
Yup. I’m guessing you probably got the deal for 14.99 a month? The highest they offer for DSL currently is 3 Mbps/768 Kbps downloads more than triple the speed of what you have now and uploads as fast as you currently download. FIOS isn’t available in your area?
My mom used to work at stargate back in the day when it was out in Belle Vernon.
I remember when I first got high speed internet, a blazing fast 640/90 dsl line and saying that this is the fastest internet ever. I couldn’t believe how much faster it was than my 56k dialup.
i like how the sign was still south of 70 on 51 until 3-4 years ago.
i remember upgrading to 14.4kbs and loving life… i think i was 12 :hsugh:
Verizon DSL
business grade, how do you like it?