Must definitely be ADSL as I finally terminated my "fiber" and am getting speeds of at least this: http://www.speedtest.net/result/883976525.png <http://www.speedtest.net/result/883976525.png>(36.43 Mb/s down - 9.30 Mb/s up for those who don't want to click) http://speedtest.popp.net yielded much better upload results at 37351 kbps / 16265 kbps The latency is comparable to what I have with Comcast but the jitter I've noticed, so far, is drastically reduced. On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: > All of this is BEYOND my point: Their speedtest engine is faulty. It claims > speeds that it is *not* producing. > > I checked my cable line and the DSL line against a number of other test > providers, here are the results: > > > Speedtest Speakeasy bandwidthplace auditmypc.com internetfrog DSLreports > toast.net visualware.com testinternetspeed whatsmyip.com > Down Up Down Up Down Up Down Up Down Up Down Up Down Up Down Up Down Up > Down Up Qwest 2.59 0.72 4.17 0.73 2.67 0.70 18.26 0.76 0.80 0.60 2.88 > 0.69 0.75 > 2.09 0.72 1.88 0.70 6.62 0.71 Comcast 22.01 2.66 5.10 2.62 12.23 2.35 > 20.87 3.51 5.09 1.53 22.15 2.55 4.56 > 9.37 2.58 1.71 2.02 20.67 2.46 > > All speeds are reported in Megabits (Mbps), some are calculated from > Kilobits per second. > > -- > Ryan > > On Jul 17, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Nate Carlson wrote: > > Just a bit of clarification - 20mb/896kbps is *not* FIOS - Qwest > advertises this as "Fiber optic fast", but what it really means is that > they run fiber to the DSLAM that serves your line. 20mbit/896kbit is > ADSL2+. > > Qwest does offer VDSL in certain parts of the metro, which is available at > speeds of 40mbit/20mbit, 40mbit/5mbit, and also adds a 5mbit upstream > option to 20mbit, 12mbit, and 7mbit tiers. If you got 896k upstream, > however, you are ADSL2+, not VDSL. > > As far as I know Qwest does not have any plans to roll out a real > fiber-to-the-home option - it's all fiber to the 'neighborhood' with > various technologies running over copper to deliver the service. > > (Of course, Qwest does offer fiber services to businesses, but it's quite > a bit more money than we're talking for DSL.. *grin*) > > On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Ryan Coleman wrote: > > 20Mbit. Which comes with an unreported upload cap of 896Kbps. > > > But I'm probably calling them on Monday to tell them to pick everything up > and take it back; Ran my own speed test through speedtest.net and the > reported download speed was 3.2-4.5 Mbps. Same website on my cable modem > reported 25+ Mbps on download. > > > -- > > Ryan > > On Jul 16, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Donovan wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: > > I'll probably only end up cutting one of the two cable internet lines into > my apartment... > > > 16Mbit download -- pretty nice > > 600Kbit upload -- not so nice > > > Ran a speed test on our "public" cable line at home and got 30Mbit down and > 3Mbit up. > > > Setting up a static IP on the Qwest website appears to be nearly > impossible, that's a shock. > > > -- > > Ryan > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > Which package did you get? > > > -- > > Donovan Niesen > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Donovan Niesen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100718/00ff9036/attachment.htm