[TriLUG] Broadband Speeds

Stephen Hoffman srhoffman at hofftech.net
Tue Oct 7 10:41:49 EDT 2003


> Ok, so with respect to speed for TWC, what are the actual download speeds
> for Cable?  I am at a consistant 160Kb/sec (advertised at 1.5M), how does

I guess I should be accurate technically they advertise at 1.5mb/s (not
Mb/s) so with computer math and 1k<>1000b I should be getting 187.5Kb/s


> this compare to the other providers?  I have heard stories of cable
> getting painfully slow around 5ish when everyone is home and surfing, is
> that the case here?  How about Upload speed?  Bellsouth DSL gives me
> roughly 32Kb/s upload.
They advertise 256kb/s up ==> 32Kb/s (actually getting what I am paying for)

>
> TIA.
> Steve
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