[olug] Active bandwidth monitoring

[Craig Wolf]

Just the Motorola sb5100 if I remember correctly.  I just bought it from Cox since the price was no better than going to Beast Buy or somewhere like that.  VERY nice jump in speed.  8)

Craig Wolf
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>>> Ryan Stille <ryan at cfwebtools.com> 7/18/2007 >>>
What did you replace it with?  My modem is more than 5 years old and 
I've been thinking about upgrading to see if I get better speed.
 -Ryan


Craig Wolf wrote:
> I know that when I replaced my cable modem about 6 months ago, I tested the old one at different times of day and then tested my new one at those same times of day over a week as before and I almost doubled my download speed.  My old modem was probably 5 years old.  I went from 3.8Mb to 7Mb.  Just thought I would share.  Well worth the $40 to double my speeds.
>
>
> Craig Wolf
> Linux Server Support
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> Desktop/Network Specialist
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>
>   
>>>> "Daniel Linder" <dan at linder.org> 7/17/2007 >>>
>>>>         
>
> On Tue, July 17, 2007 14:57, Luke -Jr wrote:
>   
>> Most older stuff would only have 10mbit capabilities anyway, so if you
>> want
>> Cox's 12mbit stuff, you'd need a new modem just to get past that ethernet
>> limitation.
>>     
>
> Yup, but I only have the 7Mbps speed.  Either way, I want something a bit
> more flexible as a firewall anyway.
>
>   
>> What residential ISP guarantees a speed? Last I checked, they were all "up
>> to"
>>     
>
> No, you're right.  The @Work service only says "up to", but the are
> (suppose to be) more responsive if an @Work customer calls in with a
> speed/bandwidth issue over an @Home customer.
>
> Dan
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