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I have ran Speedtest and come in around 80-90. My buddy on the same ISP on the same plan gets over 200.200Mb is Megabit denoted by the lower case b.
ISP's use the lower case b for marketing. Its more appealing when they give customers the number 200 instead of the number 25. There might be other reasons.
In the early days of the internet they did the reverse. For instance when cable modems first started showing up ( 1998 to 2000 ) they would list the speed in Megabytes as the number was again larger than that of dial-up modem numbers.
Marketing 101, bigger is always better.
200Mb means you will only get 25MB/s download. The uppercase B means Megabyte.
I have Google Fiber so I get 1Gb service or 1000Mb or 125MB/s or 200Mb x 5 or 5 x 25MB/s. Pay careful attention to the upper and lowercase B.
200Mb is on the lower end. Shop around if you can and look for at least 300 to 500 Megabit service. In some cases ISP's have unlisted greater speeds. Always call and ask. Most of the time you can get greater speeds for a slight additional cost.
I have ran Speedtest and come in around 80-90. My buddy on the same ISP on the same plan gets over 200.
First thing to test is to take everything out of the equation, get a laptop (or desktop), and plug it directly into the modem and run a speed test with nothing else in the way you'll likely have to restart both the computer and modem to get it to re-register.Their modem. I upped it to 200. I’ve called twice and they always want to send someone out. Isn’t it as easy as reprovisioning on their end if that’s the issue?
Yep, it's the provider.Checked modem>PC. Still nets <100meg. I suppose I'll just get a technician out
I have ran Speedtest and come in around 80-90. My buddy on the same ISP on the same plan gets over 200.
Figured it out. It was a "DUH!" moment. My UPS was routing my ethernet, and it was limited to 10/100. Bypassing that has resolved the issue.
Thanks,
-I3
Their modem. I upped it to 200. I’ve called twice and they always want to send someone out. Isn’t it as easy as reprovisioning on their end if that’s the issue?
Good move on the motorola, though they're both the same chipset I've seen better firmware on the motorola's of late.
Same thing happened to me a while back. I'm at the end of the line where the guy next to me can't get cable but I canNo, not as easy as reprovisioning it. Comcast had to send two techs out after 4 different cable modems failed to link properly. First tech was a contractor that missed the obvious..... the modems all showed a blinking link light (which means it isn’t able to negotiate a stable link). The second tech, a Comcast employee, spotted it right away, attached the test equipment and said no channels are bonding reliably. He traced the problem back to the line from the pole to my building, and the place it was connected to on the pole was bad. He replaced the line and attached me to a good port and now I’m getting 230Mb to 310Mb on the 250Mb blast service with DOCSIS 3.1 32 downstream/3 upstream channels bonded.
The modems, BTW, were the Arris SB8200 and the Motorola MB8600. I ended up keeping the Motorola.