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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Not to be a conspiracy theorists but it
seems Comcast sometimes sells the high speed bit to assuage people from the
other not-so-nice things they do from time to time. Here is a recent report
(now with an update that it’s no longer happening) about DNS interception
by Comcast. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Also there are ways for Comcast to very
easily uncap traffic to the bandwidth speed test sites to make it look better
than it really is (not saying they are doing this, I don’t use Comcast). Similar
to another that had posted is a better means to test real bandwidth would be to
transfer several large files at the same time and combine the transfer rate of
all to get your best reading on actual throughput performance with the
expectation that the remote side(s) is/are not under load during your test. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>There are tons (probably not as many tons
as a few years ago) of DSL ISPs in the area that can handle Qwest DSL lines.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>This is not in <st1:City w:st="on">Fridley</st1:City>
but <st1:City w:st="on">Richfield</st1:City> (and possibly <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">St Louis Park</st1:place></st1:City> soon after) are going to be
going thru some fiber to the home (FTTH) pilots in the near future. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Get the triple play service over fiber
directly to your home, could be pretty awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>kristopher browne<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 10, 2009
1:46 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> TC Linux User Group<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [tclug-list] Internet
Options in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fridley</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MN</st1:State></st1:place>?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm in NE Mpls, not too far from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fridley</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I just did a Speakeasy test from my house on a whim, without any
special prep (Which means I still have torrents going in the background and my
wife is downloading things) and I hit 15341 down and 7334 up. We have the basic
home service here, I consider that pretty successful. I don't like Comcast's
pricing or business practices sometimes, but it's hard to disagree with their
speed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Kristopher Browne<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>612-353-6969 - Home<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>612-408-4431 - Cell<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Jun 10, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Chris Barber wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>I just did a bandwidth test using <a
href="http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/" moz-do-not-send=true>http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/</a>.
My download speed is 28,998kbps and upload is 6,864kbps from the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> server.
23,694kbps down and 4,087kbps up to the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:City>
server. These numbers aren't 100% accurate since I am uploading some
backups while performing the tests.<br>
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I was originally a Time Warner Cable business class customer and I paid $120
per month. I called Comcast a little over a year ago and was going to
cancel my business class since I didn't need the static IPs anymore, but they
said I was on the old TWC rates. I just needed to sign a 1 year contract
(which is a no brainer... I **NEED** internet access) and now I pay $70/mo and
get 5 static IPs. Since it's business class service, should anything go
wrong, they can send out a guy within 24 hours... usually much, much, much
sooner than that.<br>
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I'm very happy with Comcast and highly recommend the business class service!<br>
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-Chris<br>
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Eric P: sorry, emailed the list from the wrong email address and it got
bounced... gave me a chance to change some of my original email.<br>
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Eric F Crist wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<pre wrap=""><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On Jun 10, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Eric Peterson wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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id="StationeryCiteGenerated_1" type=cite><pre wrap=""><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Chris Barber <a
href="mailto:stuff@cb1inc.com"><stuff@cb1inc.com></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Or use Comcast Business class and get good speed, static ips, no <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>bandwidth limits and no packet shaping. It's like $70/mo with a 1 <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>year contract. Totally worth it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What up/down do you get for $70/mo? Last time I checked it out it <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>was $120/mo. and the download rate was way below the standard <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>residential. Glad to hear it's improved.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I have 16/2 which I pay $52.00/month for and another $20 for a /28 of <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>static IPs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>---<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Eric Crist<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, <st1:State
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