[olug] Docsis 2 vs 3 on Cox

[Kyle Schnowske]

I can only max it out when using newsgroups or FTP and it will maintain a
constant speed.
On Apr 9, 2012 9:58 AM, "Dan Linder" <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 21:47, Kyle Schnowske <kyleschnowske at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I get around 90/5 on ultimate. I wonder how much of that is the "speed
> > boost".
> >
>
> Based on their ads on TV, I would expect that the speed boost would only
> apply to the first 10-20MB of any download.  This would let people download
> pictures and music extremely quickly, plus allow for streaming video to get
> through the buffering state and start showing the movie right away.
>
> Another metric to look at is how long does an ISO take to download from a
> couple well known and well connected sites?  If it is able to keep the "90"
> rate through the entire ISO, then I'm really impressed!
>
> Dan
>
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