Charter Ultra100 PIREP

TangoWhiskey

TangoWhiskey

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OK, I've been with Charter Cable for my internet service for some time, and have been quite happy with it; we get good response times, awesome quality on NetFlix and other streaming services, and it has been reliable.

Here's the speeds I was getting before, as measured in November and reported in Lance's uVerse thread:

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For $5 more per month, I just upgraded to their Ultra100 service, which uses a DOCSIS 3.0 modem that binds 4 open channels at the same time (the standard, and the modem, can support up to 8 channels, so there's yet room to grow).

Here's what I'm getting now, at home:

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I'm a happy camper!!
 
You are pinging a different server.

I have to look into whether my ISPs have something similar. I am trying to run backups from one site to the other and it moves at the speed of cold molasses.
 
weilke said:
You are pinging a different server.

I have to look into whether my ISPs have something similar. I am trying to run backups from one site to the other and it moves at the speed of cold molasses.
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Your point? It shows in the ping time taking longer, of course... but Temple (on the faster speed check) is much further away from Fort Worth than Dallas is.

P.S.--I just tried it with a Dallas server and peaked over 101 Mbps, ping time dropped to 7 ms. :yikes:
 
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TangoWhiskey said:
Gotcha, but still think it doesn't matter for the fact of showing that my old connection was ~ 4 - 5x slower than it is now.
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Or your ISP simply charged you 5 bucks to switch off a throttle they had put onto your connection.
 
weilke said:
Or your ISP simply charged you 5 bucks to switch off a throttle they had put onto your connection.
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No, it's more than that; DOCSIS 2.0 modems (which is what I had) only support 1 upstream channel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS#Speed_tables

The new DOCSIS 3.0 modems (and the provider's 3.0 compatible network) supports up to 8. I had to put in a new modem, and for $5 picked up 3 more channels (Charter is currently supporting 4, but have plans to add more in the future).
 
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