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Until December last year the fastest I could get was 3mbps. I was then able to double to just under 7mbps. I'm also forced to pay for landline service I don't
by rogerbinns 14y ago
Until December last year the fastest I could get was 3mbps. I was then able to double to just under 7mbps. I'm also forced to pay for landline service I don't want or use as part of that giving me a total bill of $65/ month ($5/mo less than when I had 3mbps plus phone line).
I live in a city of 60,000 residents 20 km from Silicon Valley.
- jzawodn 14y agoWhich city?
- rogerbinns 14y agoSanta Cruz
- zephjc 14y agoWhat part - up in the mountains? I ask because I lived in Santa Cruz in 2010 (and grew up there too) and had 30Mbit internet from Comcast.
- rogerbinns 14y agoWestside. Comcast isn't an option because I run my own servers, need a static ip, and don't need their silly games. And note that Comcast speed is an "up to" and shared thing. A friend is with them in Palo Alto and gets numbers like yours during the day, and then in the evening it drops to around a Mbit or two as the entire neighbourhood watches Netflix. I'm using Cruzio. The spend bump was because they partnered with Sonic and also use ADSL 2+ instead of only the old crusty ADSL. Cruzio also will not pull any of the stunts Comcast et al do ("traffic shaping" to favour their own products, quotas etc).