best high speed internet

i have cox high speed internet i have 4 mbps i think thats t1 right how fast is a meg anyway

im debating on getting dsl but i have no idea how my phone lines are so i dont know if i wanna take the chance

i was wondering what you guys have and if you like it ect

 

I have DSL with Qwest at 1.5 mbps and love it. Had some problems in the first month, but that was due to harsh weather conditions causing junction box problems.

 

i only have two cable hookups in my apartment one in my room and one in my living room so i use a really long cable cord its around 10 or so feet i wonder if that could cause my connection to be slow

cause it always seem a bit slow

 

1 Mbps is 1024 Kbps, so compare that to 56 Kbps dial-up.

Your ten foot long cable, as long as it's good quality and not damaged, probably isn't adversly affecting anything. There are cable-length limitations, but coax and cat 5 can go a lot further than ten feet before needing a repeater.

T1 is 1.455 Mbps, if you actually use the full T1. You don't have T1. Those are dedicated leased lines, used primarily by businesses and the bandwidth is usually broken up and shared partially by the office phones. The good thing about t1 is that unlike Broadband, it's symmetrical, meaning you've got 1.455 Mbps upstream and downstream. Whereas your cox might be 4 Mbps downstream, but probably more like 1 Mbps or less upstream.

The numbers don't really mean much, because there are many other factors that affect the speed.

I have Verizon DSL and I'm extremely happy with it. Advertised speeds are not as high as with Comcast, their competition on my area, but it is way more reliable. I have NEVER had a blackout with my Verizon DSL. Most Comcast users I know are losing their connection at least once a week.


-Steve

 

I've been on Comcast for over 4 years. Originaly the modem used a phone line for upload and cable fo download so uploads were very slow but downloads rocked. As of about 2 1/2 years ago I got a regular cable modem(Motorola SB5100) and I can't recall the last time I was off line. MY connection is 6mbps and downloads are faster here then at mybrothers office where they supposedly have a dual T1.

 

your so lucky shnerdly i dont think my speed is fast enough for my money my bill for cable tv and high speed internet is 94.77 do you think im getting what i pay for

i used to only have 1 meg then they upped everyones speed to 4 meg ive only had my internet since october 2004 and ill probubly wait a while before i switch if i switch that is lol

 

I pay about the same and like I said I haven't had any problems. I do however run a Linux box as a Router/Firewall with a software called TeamInternet(No Longer Available) and maybe that helps with stability. Comcast has indicated that they should be going to 10mbps, I think this year.

 

i dont think cox will ever go that high thier highest speed is 5 meg but if i got that it would be an extra 15 dollars a month

i think i have two choices for high speed internet cox or verizon and i have no clue fast thier speed is

 

No it's not.

T1 is 1.544 Mbps.

That's Megabits, not Megabytes. There are 8 bits to a byte.

 

Their highest speed in your area maybe, but not here.

Standard here is 6Mbps. Premiere, which is what I use, is 9Mbps.

Then there are places with a Premiere tier of 15Mbps.

 

What's the fastest possible connection for DSL in the States?

Here it's ADSL 2+, which is 24 Mbps.

 

AFAIK, and I've not kept up with it, ADSL2 hasn't been implemented yet although equipment is being upgraded for it.

Although there are some places with Fiber, up to 30Mbps.

 

Really, I thought you guys were slightly ahead of us.

We have ADSL 2+ ISP's here, so I assumed you guys would too.

 

Sorry, my mistake. I knew there was a 4 and a 5. I typically answer things like that off the top of my head, using my own knowledge. I don't just google things to give a quick response and seem like I know everything.


-Steve

 

I have had comcast for about 3 years and am loving it. download speeds are incredible and upload speeds suck imho, but they are beter than dsl. we get outages about 3 times a year. abnout 6 months ago the RCA modem we had died so ic alled tech support, they came the next day and replaced it with a motorola surfboard. it works so much better now, the RCA modem would just die occasionally and I had to power cycle it which took 1 min as opposed to 10 secconds with the new one. the only times I have problems is when I am uploading with bittorent because of the crap upload speeds.

 

I have Telus Adsl standard which is 1.5Mbps and I get really good ping with that and decent speed(160KB/s, not 160Kb/s). I am waiting for them to come out with ADSL2 which is going to be faster. The ISPs around me are slow. Shaw is doing fine with 7Mbps as their fastest but I probably don't plan to goto shaw anytime soon. I don't want to lose my good ping.

 

they are replaceing all the old phone lines here with new fiber lines so i may be able to get high speed soon.

 

We live in Knoxville TN.we use Knology for our isp. Useing there speed test my speed is 7.75mb down,4.77up. I think this is the fastest around here I can't do slow (spoiled) Is there any other speed test to check, I use Knologys speed test.
Insomniac what is ADSL 2+ ?.
You all Have a good day Chuck

 

ADSL +2 is a reworking of ADSL to make it faster, and lengthen the distance you can be from the exchange.

 

heres what i use is it a good speed tester

heres my speed results

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/ponyfeatherz/untitled.png

 

At least you could upload quickly.

 

You're just jealous you can't upload as fast as him.

 

LOL, bad luck Halo, even your upstream sucks.


If it makes anyone feel better, I'm only on 512/256 with a 1 GB download limit.

And get this, then it gets "shaped" to 28.8 Kbps if I go over, which is every month.


Hi speed broadband is a rip-off. I won't pay more than $30 a month.

 

Yeah, I know, and that's on one thread.

 

high speed broadband is that what cox is

 

I'm on Cox too

 

cool whats your speed Adrynalyne 4 megs like me or higher

 

9Mbps down
1Mbps up

Over double your speed.

 

whoa why do you have 9 m and i only have 4

 

Well,

1. Because I pay for it.
2. Because Cox offers it in my market.

Cox is not an equal oppurtunity company. They screw people whenever possible. You are either in a market they don't care about, or there is no faster competition in your area. In my case, Cox upped their speeds to beat Qwest, who was offerring 7Mbps DSL. Even the slowest tier here is 6Mbps, which is 2 more than you.

 

their offering 5 meg for 15 dollars more and im thinking of getting it but is it really worth it how much more speed could an extra meg get me

i think we only have verizon here for them to compete with but i dont know how fast verizon is in my area

 

If they have fiber, its up to 30Mbps.

If not, its pobably around the same speed.

 

um fiber lol whats that

 

erm...

Internet access through fiber optic lines.



http://www22.verizon.com/FiosForHome/channels/Fios/HighSpeedInternetForHome.asp

 

oh ok

i just called cox and asked if they will be getting higher speeds soon and the lady said she didnt know

i think i should be getting higher speeds for the money im paying i should have at least 6 m

 

How much are you paying, and what are you getting for it?

 

my cable/internet bill is 94.77 and my internet speed is 4 m

 

My God, is that per month?

What a bloody rip off!


I could get ADSL 2+ at 24Mbps for much less than that, and cable for even less again.

 

I pay 55/mo. for 9Mbps.

Of course, for 6, I'd pay 40.

Cox are bastards. They don't believe in serving everyone equally.

The price quoted by Moumantai was including TV service, Im sure.

 

yeah but i used to only have 1 m they upgraded everyone to 4 m about 4 or 5 months ago probubly because verizon uped thier speed but thats just a guess

i know i really should be getting a higher speed sigh

 

What I wanted to know is what the internet component is on it's own?

Without Pay TV or whatever. Just internet.

 

oh ok well my old bill was 91.19 now its 94.77 so these two prices arent right but i lost my last bill lol

cable 43.90 i have expanded basic cable

internet 39.95

cox service assurance plan whatever that is 1.95

 

Insomniac. I hate to burst your bubble but you have no right to brag unless you actually have ADSL 2+ for that price. Stop bragging and actually get that price.