[PLUG] Comcast speed upgrade

[Keith Lofstrom]

On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 08:51:35PM -0800, Dick Steffens wrote:
> An email arrived this afternoon from xfinity (Comcast) telling me
> that they are upping my speed from 75 Mbps to "up to 100 Mbps" after
> I reboot. These are download speeds. They provided directions:
...
> My Ubuntu 14.04  20 ms    119.02 Mbps    6.18 Mbps
...
> Is there likely to be any change if I shut down my router, their
> cable modem, and start them back up?

Just for grins, try a speed test TO SOMEPLACE BESIDES THE
USUAL SPEED TEST SITES (say an ubuntu DVD image from a
known fast server, but find a download source that you
usually download from anyway) and see how fast that
moves, BEFORE "netflix-pig primetime".  

Then try again DURING primetime, then reboot/replug and
try again after that.

I presume they treat speed tests to known test sites as
higher priority than other traffic.  Makes their service
look better.  So try moving stuff that matters to you.

I presume the upgrade moves you to a different switch
at their end, that they actually are trying to deliver
more bandwidth to you when the network is saturated, and
that new the switch connects better to the sites you
want, not just the sites that Joe Q. Couchpotato wants.

There is a small but nonzero chance that they are evil
bastards, and are moving you to a slower switch with
more NSA spy hardware attached.  Unlikely, I hope ...

In any case, get some data that matters to you.  Then
try again in a few months.

Keith

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