My ISP Has Some Serious Issues...

[SchmoSalt]

Over the past year and a half, my ISP has not upgraded their infrastructure in any way. Being the only local company that offers remotely fast speeds, they have gained a lot of customers over the past year and a half.

 

Why is this a bad thing? Let me show you.

 

 

Here is a speedtest at what I would hope to be peak hours. I remember when I used to have this kind of download speed, all the way back in 2003...

 

 

Here is a speedtest during idle hours. Notice the huge difference in download speed and ping. This isn't just some rush hour slowdown, this is a nearly complete halt of the infrastructure.

 

Just thought I would share my experience from the local cable company. It's a shame, they used to be so fast back in the day...

[Tweezy]

Cool story bro.

[b0red]

Now you can download pr0n faster than ever.

[ReGIONALS]

Now you can download pr0n faster than ever.

 

lol at your spider gif

[jazzy]

pew pew pew

 

edit: also, doesnt cox have deep packet inspection?

[Shadowex3]

I think your thinking of comcrap.

 

Also at least your still better than me. We pay $30 for 3mbit/768kbit with a ping in the HUNDREDS, any faster jumps up into FIOS prices pretty quickly. Cable costs over $50 for a 3mbit connection and is even worse in quality, and we have no choice of cable or internet provider.

[Wrathek]

i get ~1.4 MB/s 24/7

[jazzy]

also i get $35/mo for 1mb/s

[duhoh]

$40 10Mb

 

love it. no 250GB monthly cap like comcast

[Akaru]

i get ~1.4 MB/s 24/7

 

WHAT?!?! I have AT&T's Elite package (the most expensive one, which is 40 a month) and I only get 6 megaBITS/second. What the heck?