Charter HiSpeed - Now It Really Is

[Obike]

Charter now offers 5Mbit and 10Mbit services in Auburn. Just giving you a heads up. 10Mbit down and 3Mbit up ftmfw :)

[Grider]

I've had it for about a month now. Works well.
This is from a few weeks ago after I got my router straightend out and not being a bottleneck at 3.5mb.

http://pics.livejournal.com/honig/pic/0003ahe4

[Grider]

Charter now offers 5Mbit and 10Mbit services in Auburn. Just giving you a heads up. 10Mbit down and 3Mbit up ftmfw :)

Also its only 1Mbit up, not 3. Still, plenty damn fast to run an RDP session or somesuch. Not that it is legal under the TOS. :D

[Obike]

Also its only 1Mbit up, not 3. Still, plenty damn fast to run an RDP session or somesuch. Not that it is legal under the TOS. :D

When I speed tested I was getting 3Mbit up... now when it is _WORKING_ I get 1Mbit up =/

[Black Kat]

guess i'm slow... this is what i got from the test Grider did...

Last Result:
Download Speed: 2354 kbps (294.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 318 kbps (39.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

[Black Kat]

guess i'm slow... this is what i got from the test Grider did...

Last Result:
Download Speed: 2354 kbps (294.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 318 kbps (39.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

[Obike]

Ah, 3Mb ftl.

[adam p]

Yeah, I'm only having to wait a week to get my 5MBit service connected :rolleyes:

What kind of download and upload speeds (in kb/s) can I expect with the 5MBit service? About 600kb/s download and 60 kb/s upload?

Probably a dumb question, but are these speeds enough that I'm going to be limited by a USB2 wireless card vs a PCI wireless card? (Linksys cards and Linksys G Wireless router, just for the record)

[Obike]

Not really... you still have the generic downfalls of wireless though. You'll have 1Mbps upload. You will have ~600KBps down and 100KBps up.

[Grider]

Yeah, I'm only having to wait a week to get my 5MBit service connected :rolleyes:

What kind of download and upload speeds (in kb/s) can I expect with the 5MBit service? About 600kb/s download and 60 kb/s upload?

Probably a dumb question, but are these speeds enough that I'm going to be limited by a USB2 wireless card vs a PCI wireless card? (Linksys cards and Linksys G Wireless router, just for the record)

Probably not. I hit a limit of about 3.5mb/s with a USB1.1 10/100 Ethernet adapter. But that was USB 1.1 which by spec maxed out at 11mb/s. A USB 2.0 device is a fair amount faster, so you should be fine.

I dislike USB based adapters, even USB 2.0 ones. They are handy, I just dislike them. Buy a internal card and be done with it.

I would say yes your speed will be about that. You will experience slowdowns at night. You should just accept it and move on. You are not paying for guaranteed speed 24/7. For that you can buy a t. :)

[WiggiE]

Bah, wireless is for point-to-point links or laptops. Screw USB, screw PCI, get an ethernet bridge. :thumbsup:

On a well setup wireless network, you should get in the upper teens (16-19 mbps). I have gotten as high as 23mbps through 2 walls and a floor.