Mediacom Internet Speeds
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17461 kb/s down
556 kb/s up
Cox in Omaha
I moved to a new subdivision with half the lots unfilled. The system has extra cpacity.
Quest DSL is slower the futrther you are away from one of their centers.
Cox is affected if your system is over utilized like on a Saturday night.
Wait until everyone is downloading video movies from Netflix, etc.
556 kb/s up
Cox in Omaha
I moved to a new subdivision with half the lots unfilled. The system has extra cpacity.
Quest DSL is slower the futrther you are away from one of their centers.
Cox is affected if your system is over utilized like on a Saturday night.
Wait until everyone is downloading video movies from Netflix, etc.
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4.8mbps DL (paying for 5 mbps service, so not bad)
480 kbps UL (500K, again, not bad)
Charter Communications in St. Louis
Terrible customer service however, and we've had numerous outages over the past 2 years. The last one was actually this morning for about 4 hours. Nothing like waking up and trying to check CF, finding out your internet is down, calling and talking to a machine, only to find out they have no idea how long the outage will be. Oh, and they just raised my rates. GRRRR...
480 kbps UL (500K, again, not bad)
Charter Communications in St. Louis
Terrible customer service however, and we've had numerous outages over the past 2 years. The last one was actually this morning for about 4 hours. Nothing like waking up and trying to check CF, finding out your internet is down, calling and talking to a machine, only to find out they have no idea how long the outage will be. Oh, and they just raised my rates. GRRRR...
thats perpetuating another myth though.
Your node has a pipe to it that is much larger than your max speed. Your modem has a config file pushed to it from mediacom that limits its max throughput to a certain rate, be it 8mbit, 10mbit (vip) or 15mbit (max). This is why even if nobody is using the node, you will not get greater than your plan's speed. I dont know what the actual size of the pipe per node is, but lets say its 200mbps. Thatd be 25 people online and maxing out their bandwidth, which people rarely do anyways, and is difficult to truly do unless you're downloading off of newsgroup servers.
You should for the most part except some evenings be getting pretty close to the advertised speed from mediacom. You are sharing a node with others so it can change. But if it is way off call up mediacom they can check the node usage and see if there is a problem. If you have your line split through more then one splitter. Or have old cables or poorly terminated cables these can all lead to signal lose.
Man that would be nice... I have qwest DSL too, and I cannot get the higher speed one since we live too far away.
Another side speed topic somewhat related for gamers and our X-Box 360/Live setup downstairs - is anyone trying to run wireless to your DSL or cable or did you end up like me hardwiring all across the house to the router/modem location? I tried wireless N and gave up in the end by going to direct gaming connection. I also had to change out my walk around the house phone system to the GE 5.5 mghz system. It works great.
You should for the most part except some evenings be getting pretty close to the advertised speed from mediacom. You are sharing a node with others so it can change. But if it is way off call up mediacom they can check the node usage and see if there is a problem. If you have your line split through more then one splitter. Or have old cables or poorly terminated cables these can all lead to signal lose.
I have called them twice. The tech people I talk to on the phone seem pretty knowledgeable and say I should be getting faster speeds but the techs they send to my house are completely useless. One guy unhooked by external hard-drive thinking it was a router
My cable isn't split at all. One line runs directly to my modem/router. What do you mean by "poorly terminated" cables?
I have called them twice. The tech people I talk to on the phone seem pretty knowledgeable and say I should be getting faster speeds but the techs they send to my house are completely useless. One guy unhooked by external hard-drive thinking it was a router
Poor quality connectors on the ends of the cable can cause all sorts of problems. It's generally not a problem unless you're using horrible ends. Any sort of compression connector is probably adequate.
Anything that needs decent bandwidth needs to be hardwired. It's a pain drilling holes and fishing wires around, but it's really the only way to go, IMO.
This DSL is dedicated stuff is turning into just as big of a myth. DSL gives you that rate from your house to them. They don't guarantee they can carry it onto the internet at that speed and you are sharing a connection with all the other DSL users in your area at that point.
I have a 4MB DSL line and the regular Mediacom setup at home. (Odd I know, I work from home and can't have any downtime). I use the Mediacom connection about 90% of the time because it's faster.
I've had both (Mediacom & currently using Qwest 1.5 DSL) and to be perfectly honest, I reall cann't tell the difference. I'm not a gaming geek and don't do much for music downloading, only use it for video & audio streaming. I consisently get about 1.3 down and over 700 up with Qwest.
If the question is still "What should I be getting?" Then you should be getting what you paid for, more times than not. There are times when things will slow down and it's just not giving you your full bandwidth, but, 90% of the time, at least, you should be getting pretty close to what your advertised speed is. IF it is not, then you need to give your company a call. I had a similar problem and it turns out I had a bad modem that wouldn't accept the latest firmware. So, they had to come out and replace it. And whammo, I'm back up to full speed. It's definitely something that shouldn't be just "accepted" though. Make sure you are getting what you pay for.
