Comments on: Faster Internet at the Pine Gulch Data Center http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/ A clean, well-lighted blog. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Dwight Silverman http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/#comment-1352 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:59:50 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/#comment-1352 Jim: Ah, I had missed the reference to your being an Earthlink customer. I was told by Comcast execs some time back that Earthlink users would NOT see the speed increase. That you are is interesting, but it probably also explains why you are not seeing PowerBoost increases. Unless something's changed from what I was told earlier, you should still have the 5 Mbps service. Jim:

Ah, I had missed the reference to your being an Earthlink customer.

I was told by Comcast execs some time back that Earthlink users would NOT see the speed increase. That you are is interesting, but it probably also explains why you are not seeing PowerBoost increases.

Unless something’s changed from what I was told earlier, you should still have the 5 Mbps service.

]]> by: Jim http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/#comment-1350 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:00:44 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/#comment-1350 That's a particularly impressive upload rate, Claus. If I could get that, even if only in the dead of night, it would make S3 backups feasible for me. That’s a particularly impressive upload rate, Claus. If I could get that, even if only in the dead of night, it would make S3 backups feasible for me.

]]> by: Claus Valca http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/#comment-1349 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:52:07 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/#comment-1349 I still haven't gotten a "You must assimilate and change your email address" address yet from Comcast here on the far East Harris County area. I did get a "heads-up your time is coming" email, however. Maybe tomorrow I will check Comcast directly. A few days ago we lost our broadband for the night. Resetting the modem didn't help. It was near bed-time so I figured it was that Comcast maintenance thing happening. Next day daughter called me at work to say it was working again. I just ran the speed tests to Dallas and here is what I am getting: Speedtest.net 8306 down 1439 up Speakeasy 15455 down 2048 up Wowzers! I had to run the Speakeasy one a few times to make sure it was correct and consistent. It was. Good Golly Miss Molly! I still haven’t gotten a “You must assimilate and change your email address” address yet from Comcast here on the far East Harris County area. I did get a “heads-up your time is coming” email, however. Maybe tomorrow I will check Comcast directly.

A few days ago we lost our broadband for the night. Resetting the modem didn’t help. It was near bed-time so I figured it was that Comcast maintenance thing happening.

Next day daughter called me at work to say it was working again.

I just ran the speed tests to Dallas and here is what I am getting:

Speedtest.net

8306 down
1439 up

Speakeasy

15455 down
2048 up

Wowzers!

I had to run the Speakeasy one a few times to make sure it was correct and consistent. It was.

Good Golly Miss Molly!

]]> by: Jim http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/#comment-1348 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:34:25 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/#comment-1348 Yeah, I was planning to check again around midnight for PowerBoost. Tried all the other locations and found Dallas consistently the fastest, with San Fran close behind. Yeah, I was planning to check again around midnight for PowerBoost.
Tried all the other locations and found Dallas consistently the
fastest, with San Fran close behind.

]]> by: Dwight Silverman http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/#comment-1347 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:25:38 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/07/28/faster-internet-at-the-pine-gulch-data-center/#comment-1347 Jim, Check a bunch of different locations at both of those speed test sites you're using. I have found that PowerBoost kicks in for some locations, and not for others. Also, PowerBoost is only available when there's network bandwidth to handle it. You might try again at a different time of day. Jim,

Check a bunch of different locations at both of those speed test sites you’re using. I have found that PowerBoost kicks in for some locations, and not for others. Also, PowerBoost is only available when there’s network bandwidth to handle it. You might try again at a different time of day.

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