Comcast Speedboost?

[jimsowden]

Ok, so I've been seeing these commercials for comcast HSI, which I have, touting a speedboost feature that ups your bandwidth to 12 mbit when downloading large files. I barely get 5. I tried to see if it would kick in on a 200mb trailer off apple's site, hosted by akamai, and never got past 650kbps. (5.2mbit). In my mind, that's the apex of download optimization, and comcast is just lying. Anyone with similar experiences? Can't wait for that FiOS 15mbit sustained.

[Coolnat2004]

Dude, be happy. I get 1Mbit if I'm lucky. I used to be getting 100kbit/sec.. your connection does not suck. :rolleyes:

[jimsowden]

But they're saying it's much faster than it is. I just wonder if anyone can testify to the opposite.

[homerjward]

Dude, be happy. I get 1Mbit if I'm lucky. I used to be getting 100kbit/sec.. your connection does not suck. :rolleyes:
if you pay for 12Mbps and get 5, yeah, that sucks.

[OutThere]

This is why I like DSL. I pay for 6mbit and always have 6mbit.

[sjpetry]

Ok, so I've been seeing these commercials for comcast HSI, which I have, touting a speedboost feature that ups your bandwidth to 12 mbit when downloading large files. I barely get 5. I tried to see if it would kick in on a 200mb trailer off apple's site, hosted by akamai, and never got past 650kbps. (5.2mbit). In my mind, that's the apex of download optimization, and comcast is just lying. Anyone with similar experiences? Can't wait for that FiOS 15mbit sustained.

I don' know what you talkin' 'bou, I'z gettin' awwwl dem KBS's earlir last night. I wuz downloadin' like a biz-nach, baby! 900 kbs! Fo' shizzle! you best be upgradin' befoe you wipe out, white boy! Fo Rizzle!

[treblah]

I don' know what you talkin' 'bou, I'z gettin' awwwl dem KBS's earlir last night. I wuz downloadin' like a biz-nach, baby! 900 kbs! Fo' shizzle! you best be upgradin' befoe you wipe out, white boy! Fo Rizzle!

Hahahahahahahaha! Brilliant post.

Although you would be keeping it more reals without all the apostrophes. :D

[DMPDX]

if you pay for 12Mbps and get 5, yeah, that sucks.
Word. I saw the commercial as well and subscribe to comcast HSI as well. Im pulling 7.5 mbps bursting. But definetly no 12. THat would be very nice, but its just not happening.
-dsm

[benthewraith]

Comcast annoys me. I never had any issues with iTunes being slow on my 3Mbps DSL connection, but my 6Mbps Comcast connection takes 10x longer. :mad:

Those ads are misleading too, with DSL, you don't get shared bandwidth! :mad: Even if there was any speed degradation, it wouldn't be that much, probably not even noticeable, or barely.

Stupid Slowsky's.

[realityisterror]

If no one in your area was using their Comcast connections, it could supposedly burst to 12mbps (or 16 on the high-end).

Also, Comcast usually "rolls in" product updates around the country. One region gets it one week, another the next, etc... If they're advertising it already, they probably should have already done it, but you never know. That said, you should never trust anything Comcast tells you.

[pianoman]

i agree with realityisterror - don't trust anything comcast tells you.

in any case, i usually get 5Mbps and my downloads are pretty darn quick... i've never actually measured a download's speed but i'm never dissatisfied with how long they take.

[MacNut]

I get 5 mb from Cox and I can't complain, it's way faster then dial up and the speeds are constant.

[DMPDX]

If no one in your area was using their Comcast connections, it could supposedly burst to 12mbps (or 16 on the high-end).

Also, Comcast usually "rolls in" product updates around the country. One region gets it one week, another the next, etc... If they're advertising it already, they probably should have already done it, but you never know. That said, you should never trust anything Comcast tells you.
I have 3 neighbors in my neighborhood total, one has AOL DSL, and the other has some rediculous FIOS company pulling 24 mbps or some outrageous number. None the less I am still nnot getting those speeds. I acttually just did a speed test and got just under 8. My connection has seemed to go up in the past ocuple of weeks.

[Jay42]

I just tested my connection with Comcast. This was over WiFi, but that shouldn't have any effect.