[QCLUG] mediacom problems

[Noah Norris]

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hmm you up speed is actually better then what they say which is good but all
the cable connections i have tested have it capped at 512K on there 8 mb
service
crap it looks like im only getting 1mb down and 1 mb up today ....... well
im gona get some free internet on my bill this month

mediacom high speed =for 8 mb / 512k service you have to get 4mb service up
speed limits to 512k
mediacom high speed man =for there 20 mb / 2mb service you have to get 14mb
service at least 1 mb up  speed
mediacom intro or basic = and for there 3mb /512or256k service 2~1.5mb
service  whats up speed .. lol

gona reset modem brb with test results

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:15 AM, DMichael Burns <dmichael.burns@gmail.com>wrote:

> In June, Mediacom replaced my Motorola Surfboard with an RCA - claiming
> that it was better.  While I have not seen anything better about it, I have
> noticed that the web based modem info is not as user friendly as what I grew
> accustomed to with the Surfboard.  For those wanting to see the info on
> their modem, go to url http://192.168.100.1 from any of the computers in
> your LAN.
>
> I just surfed over to http://speedtest.net and performed three tests here
> are my results:
>
> Dubuque to Germantown, WI - down:6267kbs  up:851kbs  -
> http://www.speedtest.net/result/396764512.png
> Dubuque to Phoenix, AZ - down:6391kbs  up:880kbs  -
> http://www.speedtest.net/result/396765452.png
> Dubuque to Ft. Lauderdale, FL - down:6772kbs  up:835kbs  -
> http://www.speedtest.net/result/396766211.png
>
> Average: 6476kbs down / 855kbs up
> Should be: 8000kbs down / 512kbs up
>
> The results are not too bad considering what they could be.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Robert Jones <Robert@rm-jones.com> wrote:
>
>> Here in Le Claire I'm on 12X.X.X.X and have a download speed of 7618 kbps
>> and up of 485 kbps to Chicago.  To San Diego, CA is a little slower at 7588
>> / 325 kbps.  I had a problem just like this a few months back.  I'm using
>> Media Com.  Their tech support wasn't able to help and it was going to take
>> 2 or 3 weeks to get a tech person here so I went down and exchanged my
>> modem.  That solved the problem and I haven't had a problem since.  They
>> told me that one type of the modems they supply have a problem.  I now have
>> a RCA modem from them.
>> Bob Jones
>>
>> Noah Norris wrote:
>>
>>> Quad city area i believe is still on 12.x.x.x .
>>> at least everyone i know that has cable still has the old ATT ip addys
>>>
>>> my speed has been all over the map from 300kbps to 18000kbps
>>> its funny at times my up speed has been higher then my down ... and seems
>>> to stay pretty consistent
>>> 1200k ~ 1500k
>>>
>>> actually im thinking the modem is going bad it seems to work after being
>>> reset but after awhile locks in @3000k - 5000k and slower ping times ~ it
>>> looks like it goes up and hits a wall ~ what sad is my service hits 3M which
>>> is there basic service and lower
>>>
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