[ale] DSL Upload Speed

[Jim Kinney]

Given the historical ethics of comcast, I can't see that happening :-)

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com> wrote:

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>  Or a bogus – supposedly some of the ISPs actually track when you go to
> speed testing sites and bump you up temporarily to make themselves look
> better.****
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim
> Kinney
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 13, 2011 3:38 PM
> *To:* **Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts**
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] DSL Upload Speed****
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> I was surprised too. They do seem to only **SLA** their advertised rate so
> I'm taking the higher speed as a bonus.****
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> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Andrew Wade <andrewiwade at gmail.com>
> wrote:****
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> Jim,****
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> "Comcast business class: 30M down, 23M up @ $65/mo."****
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> I saw on Comcast's Business website,
> http://business.comcast.com/internet/plans.aspx,   they offer
> Download/Upload Speeds*** 12Mbps/2Mbps     for the $65 Internet only
> plan.   How did you find your $65/mo deal and is that a one year teaser
> rate?
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> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Tavarvess Ware <tavarvessware at gmail.com>
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> I was lucky when I was with ATT I was getting the 6 meg service with 512
> while I was getting on average 7 and 512 consistently.  It really
> depends on your area and fiber to node and fiber to home for ATT (I use
> to be a Manager at the retail level when they started supplying Uverse
> and pushing it in stores).  I switched to Comcast because I wanted more
> speed available in my house, since Uverse wasn't in my area and I was
> scared because of shared bandwidth and uptime, but I have been pretty
> satisfied, I have only been down like 2x in 2+years and I am paying for
> 16mb and getting 21-24 down and 4-5 up on residential even at peak hours
> at night (I religiously check and will call if its under 16 :) ).  I was
> terrified when they came out yesterday because I figured my signal was
> bad on Sunday but its still kicking.  But for ATT when I did have it was
> only down about the same amount of time, but it was easier to get
> through support.****
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> On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 13:43 -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:
> > Interesting - I'm stuck with the next-to-slowest DSL, but I've seen my
> > upload speeds close in on 512Kbps at times.
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> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 13:04, Ronald Mellema <rmellema at exithere.com>
> wrote:
> > > It depends if you are testing upstream or downstream speed. For
> downstream
> > > speed the fastest is 6Meg but the typical upstream speed is usually way
> > > slower like a half Meg. Below is the advertised speed rates for the
> fastest
> > > AT&T DSL:
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> > > Downstream Speed:  Up to 6.0 Mbps
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> > > Upstream Speed:  Up to 512 Kbps
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> > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Chris Fowler <
> cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> > > wrote:
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> > >> Can someone tell me the upload speed on the fastest AT&T DSL offering?
> > >> I'm having a hard time locating this.
> > >>
> > >> I am using Atlantic Nexus and I'm getting just shy under 500k using
> > >> speedtest.net
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> > >> Chris
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As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
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