[TriLUG] New TimeWarner speed increase?

[Ronald Kelley]

Funny you say that.  I switched out a 3yr old Linksys home router for an ASA5505 and immediately saw the increase.  Not sure if the increase was from the new firewall or power cycling the cable modem...

-Ron



On Dec 30, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Michael Kimsal wrote:

> I hit 'send' too early.  I was able to get much higher (20mb)
> sustained until my wireless router went kaputz.  I switched back to
> the old one, and I'm back to being able to get around 5ish.
> 
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Ronald Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Reggie,
>> 
>> It appears this is just a burst rate for a few seconds.  Using "curl", I was able to get 2150Kbps for about 5-8secs then a sustained rate of 821KBps for the remainder of the download.  If I start multiple download instances, I get a combined max 821Kbps - so it appears the line is really capped at 821Kbps.
>> 
>> 2150Kbps for 10secs is excellent compared to 7Mbps I used to get.
>> 
>> 
>> -Ron
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 30, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Reginald Reed wrote:
>> 
>>> Ron,
>>> 
>>> One of my friends that lives in Fuquay has been getting that level of speed
>>> for a few months now.  Can you get a sustained 20+Mbps with a large download
>>> (e.g. Linux DVD ISO or similar)?
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Ronald Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Has anyone else noticed a significant increase in TimeWarner speeds lately?
>>>> I replaced my aging firewall the other day and had to power off my cable
>>>> modem for a short time while.  After getting the new unit installed
>>>> (ASA5505), I ran a quick speed test (www.speedtest.net) and found I was
>>>> getting a whopping 21.25Mbps down and .36Mb/sec up.  I live in Apex.<http://www.trilug.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions>
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>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -Ron
>> rkelleyrtp at gmail.com
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Thanks,

-Ron
rkelleyrtp at gmail.com