New speedtest
Comcast has received some bad press in the last few months, from disrupting large transfers with RST packets, to putting bandwidth caps in place. And I decry those things.
But I do have a soft spot in my heart for them — in 2005 they cabled my street, a low density area in a rural town, and ran a 700 foot buried run to my house. They did this in spite of a town cable commission that repeatedly negotiated deals without requiring 100% coverage — i.e. it was Comcast’s own volition and business judgement and they were working 3 days on my cable run alone. It was a relief to shut down my expensive slow T1 service and move to cable broadband.
And then on Monday I got this email that they’ve upgraded my premium internet plan, to as much as 20Mb. The actual speedtest only shows 12, but it’s still at least 50% over where I was. And upstream’s looking better at 1.5. Of course the proper way to count this is downstream is 0.012 Gbps, and upstream a low 0.001. But it’s some progress and it came as a nice surprise early Christmas present. Thank you Comcast!
Comcast Email annoucement
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