Show off your internet speed!

MisterEd · Tuesday at 1:39 AM

antspants said:
It’s a pity files are only as fast as the server they are on allows.

I try not to complain too much. I stared with a 300baud modem. Typical downloads speeds was maybe 30 bytes/sec. Now that was slow!!!

BTW, back in 2000-2001 when they first introduced high speed Internet they offered 1.5Mbps. In their adds they said up to 50 times faster than dialup. Note the typical 56K dialup modem could download about 30Kbps which is about 50 times slower than higher speed Internet.

antspants · Tuesday at 1:44 AM

MisterEd said:
I try not to complain too much. I stared with a 300baud modem. Typical downloads speeds was maybe 30 bytes/sec. Now that was slow!!!

BTW, back in 2000-2001 when they first introduced high speed Internet they offered 1.5Mbps. In their adds they said up to 50 times faster than dialup. Note the typical 56K dialup modem could download about 30Kbps which is about 50 times slower than higher speed Internet.

You just triggered the trauma of that dial-up sound. The Horror… the horror

In this current house we built, we built in a vaguely remote area. No broadband connections and extremely old copper wiring so we couldn’t even get dial-up.
I’ll tell you what slow is, slow is a satellite dish on your roof with no satellites overhead.

I didn’t really use the internet for 4 years until they got cables up our road. Email, if I was lucky was the best I could get, as long as they didn’t have attachments.

thecaretaker · Tuesday at 2:58 AM

At last, Full fibre finally reached my house. I'd been stuck on FTTC on a very long copper wire for many years. I had to change supplier but so far it has been very reliable and fast. Here is the before (FTTC) speed test and after (FTTP).

antspants · Tuesday at 3:02 AM

thecaretaker said:
At last, Full fibre finally reached my house. I'd been stuck on a FTTC on a very long copper wire for many years. I had to change supplier but so far it has been very reliable and fast. Here is the before (FTTC) speed test and after (FTTP).

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Congratulations. You'll very much notice the difference.

PvtJohnTowle · Tuesday at 7:04 AM

johnlgalt · Tuesday at 12:34 PM

antspants said:
It’s a pity files are only as fast as the server they are on allows.

That's the issue when you offer files to anyone worldwide - unless you have a lot of bandwidth to spare, you have to limit speeds.

Debi Marie · Tuesday at 4:09 PM

MisterEd said:
In my home I have found that the 5GHz band to be faster than the 2.4GHz band. However, the 2.4GHz band in theory has more range so might give a better connection in some circumstances. Some of other computers have slower WiFi so would give much slower results. When I had a combined SSID my laptop would sometimes connect to 2.4GHz instead of 5GHz. I only knew that when the download speeds dropped to maybe 300Mbps instead of 800Mbps. Because of that I split the bands so each one has a different SSID.

I have an Xfinity XB8 WiFi 6E Gateway which has 2.4, 5, and 6GHz bands. I though I would have a 6E device by now but don't.
Normally, Xfinity Gigabit Extra is 1200/35 but was upped to 1200/200 when I signed up for xFi Complete. BTW, My current discount rate ends next month so I may have to drop down to a lower tier if the price goes up too much.

Good afternoon Mr. Ed and thank you for this posting. It really does appear that you have tri-band going on there and I too have my bands isolated as well and specific channels assigned to such devices. Less clutter and interferences you see. As far as my Router, it's a TP-Link Archer AXE300 (AXE 16000) Quad-band streaming 6e router employing two 10G ports, speeds of or close to 4804/4804/4804/1148. Fibre Optic people have an appointment Thursday at my place to sort out why my 2G isn't fully operational. I confess that I believe it to be a boogered up modem they replaced than my AXE 16000. It will all be revealed Thursday soon after they arrive. Conversely, when I use my laptop, it accesses the net at 1201/1201 on the 5G side. That device is the Nighthawk AXE3000 Wi-Fi 6/6e Adapter which performs splendidly most everywhere that it has been with me and the speeds typically remain close to/pegged out at 1201/1201.

Good luck with your Xfinity rate and I hope that you retain that discount. Have you inquired with Xfinity regarding a military discount if this should apply with you. I do believe they have a military discount check my accuracy to be sure. Do take care and lovely to hear from you. I bid you a good evening

Debi Marie