Here's a somewhat related question.
I'm on Time Warner Cable in TX. When I run speedtest.net, I get like 24mbit down.
However, when I d/l stuff, it maxes out at like 1.2MByte which would indicate it's only getting around 10mbit.
My question is, why would speedtest show 24Mbit while my d/ls indicate 10Mbit?
Phoenix needs competition.
Have you tried this link instead:
www.ookla.com/speedtest ?
The big difference between that and speedtest.com are the servers. The closest server to me on speedtest.com is in Nashville and it's a Comcast server. At one point, my connection was having some major issues, and speedtest.com showed everything was fine. The Ookla link did not, because it actually went outside Comcast's network.
In other words, speedtest.net may only be working internally.
Also, the source of your download may just be slow. I have about the same speed as you, and some of my stuff downloads at about 1.5MB/s. Some sites such as Microsoft or nVidia can provide the full 3MB/s+ though.
my modem did a firmware update, but no speed increase here in Central PA
yup... sb6120
i'm an installer for comcast too... guess we havent rolled out it out here yet
I get the same wacky results from the xfinity speed test.
maybe this will convince you there is no cap right now for residentialNot in the MD area.
Several business accounts test ridiculously high approaching 100mbps down and over 22 up. FTP transfers show about 30 down and 11 up sustained. I don't trust speedtest.net results on Comcast because of this.
Residential accounts do in fact have a 250GB cap. It's not a hard cap and as a matter of fact before you get that nasty gram you often have to exceed it by a lot over several months.
They are transitioning to a new model with a 300GB cap. That one will be a hard cap. Once you hit that you pay for overage.
look here http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20428169Is there any way to tell if your area is Docsis 3.0? We are labeled Xfinity but not sure if that is enough to determine it or not.