Internet Speed

[Shoe]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:06:58 -0500, Char Jackson <none@none.invalid>
wrote:

>On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:094 -0500, "David" <someone@somewhere.com>
>wrote:
>
>>There are technical reasons for asymmetric upstream and
>>downstream rates. For cable, the upstream bandwidth on the
>>physical cable line is much greater than the downstream.
>
>Other way around - downstream bandwidth is much greater than upstream
>bandwidth.
>
>>This is fixed and determined by the cable facilities and the
>>amplifiers that power them so whatever portion of the
>>upstream bandwidth (shared by the TV services) the company
>>allocates to data access can be quite large. For DSL, the
>>bandwidth of the line has a certain up + down capacity and
>>the company decides how much goes up and down. This ratio is
>>time consuming to change dynamically (because of training)
>>so it is usually fixed for a certain customer to a smaller
>>upload rate and a greater download rate.

I contacted my ISP - Time Warner RoadRunner - and they said that the
upload speed I found is exactly what the service says it will provide.
Still seems awfully slow, but that's the way it is. Thanks for all
the responses.

 

[Chuck]

On 8/18/2010 9:27 AM, Shoe wrote:
> they said that the
> upload speed I found is exactly what the service says it will provide.
> Still seems awfully slow, but that's the way it is. Thanks for all
> the responses.
"they said that the
upload speed I found is exactly what the service says it will provide.
Still seems awfully slow, but that's the way it is. Thanks for all
the responses."

What most IPs say in writing is that they will charge you for internet
service.
Beyond that thanks to all the caveats. they guarantee nothing else.

Lets look at upload & download speeds. In order for things to work
smoothly, the upload speed should be at least 10% of the download speed.

How about speeds in general--
If the IP does not deliver a sustained download speed that is equal or
above 1/2 the advertised speeds, any reasonable person would conclude
that the IP is not providing what they should.