Internet here (Comcast) is so slow I can barely load a web page much less stream music while I get some work done.

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Internet here (Comcast) is so slow I can barely load a web page much less stream music while I get some work done. Google services are almost useless with these slow speeds (about 1mb/dn, 2mb/up) and yet, this may be better than +centurylink at home which has been in and out recently. More out than in.

This is why we need more competition. Here, we have two options: Comcast or CenturyLink. Everyone else is just resellers of those two, aside from mobile.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/4439965391.png

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Antoine O said…
I think you can do better with a dialup modem :P
#brrrrrrrcruicruiuituitutittiutdiongzgnongzongzgzz
June 17, 2015 at 1:30 PM
Dave Maez said…
More competition, or making it a public utility like Chattanooga did: http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/20/technology/innovation/chattanooga-internet/
June 17, 2015 at 1:51 PM
Lionel HILAIRE said…
What kind of connexion is it (fiber, xDSL, cable...) ?
I can not understand how they can provide you an asymetric connexion with 7 times more in upload than download. This makes sense for a server (or eventually on mobile connexion due to the technical means underneath), but not for a home connexion... It should be reversed...
June 17, 2015 at 1:54 PM
Jason ON said…
Yes, Laura Manach, I am. :P

Lionel HILAIRE, it's cable. I'm not sure on the current technology Comcast is using.
June 17, 2015 at 3:06 PM
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