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Comcast Doubles Your Speed! (Or does it?)

Apparently, sometime over the last month, Comcast in the Boston area doubled the upload and download speeds of our broadband connection. Cool eh? I thought so, so I ran over to dslreports.com to run a test to see how far the connection is. Oddly enough, it was no better that before... 1.5 megabits. So I called the pleasant and helpful tech support representative from Comcast who told me I need to power-cycle the cable modem... (that means turn it on and off) and all will be well. So I shut down my cable modem, and the router and waiting the prescribed 60 seconds (actually I only waited 20 seconds) and turned the cable modem back on. Then I turned the router back on after the cable modem lights were steady and low and behold, any where from 2750 to 2959 kpbs connection speed. WOW! Also uploads are at 256ish. So basically, I've had this speed increase for a while and no one ever told me to reset my cable modem. Anyway, it's wicked pissa fast, as we say around here. Go restart your cable moment and share your results! (Oh, there are a number of speed tests available on the net but the one above works both on my Windows box and my Mac OS X system running Safari.)
Apparently, this is almost a month old and I just missed it cause I've been sleep deprived. I hope it helps someone.

Comments

HOW AM I TO GET THIS THINGS? I AM LIVI IN THE AREA AROUND OFF SARAJEVO, BOSNIA. HOW CAN I GET THIS THINGS, I AM LIKE THE PORNOS ESPECIALLY :shocked:

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