[ale] [OT] AT&T/UVerse going to carrier grade NAT?

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

>On 06/07/2012 11:54 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> I didn't even think about UVerse because nowhere on their website do
>> they ever mention upstream bandwidth numbers.  They talk about
>various
>> download speeds, but never upstream.  If an ISP can't even be
>bothered
>> to talk about bi-directional speeds then I can't be bothered to
>consider
>> giving them business.
>
>I was pulling a almost a thousand vacation photos from a friend on
>uVerse a few
>weeks ago and never saw more than 400Kbps.  Accessing his network has
>always
>sucked - he hates Comcast more than he hates slow DSL.
>
>When I push similar data to him over Comcast (same endpoints), it is
>usually
>1.5-2Mbps.
>
>Just sayin'.
>

I used to be getting 20 Mbps down and 4 Mbps up on Comcast, and I was paying an extra fee each month to get it that high.  I think I saw 30 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up on my last speed test.  Maybe they upgraded the system behind the scenes.

Ron


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