Jodokast96
R.I.P Bassman442
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join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ | FIOS?
Optimum Online, FrontierNet top magazine's ratings... And FIOS smokes them both at 931. |
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Smile__
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join:2008-10-10
Baltimore, MD | Oh Sure don't put the new Clear..
They must be scared.. lol |
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mlundin
join:2001-03-27
Lawrence, KS | Hmmm...
I see that Comcast has a fairly high speed, yet an extremely low satisfaction rating. I wonder why. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | PC mag sucks
They force you to register if you want to see the PDFs. WTF? Nice way of getting me to NOT to continue to visit your site PC mag. |
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Smile__
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join:2008-10-10
Baltimore, MD | That's how consumer reports is... I just go to Barnes and Noble and sit in cafe and read the mag's and drink coffee.. lol |
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Dogfather
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join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | Comcast, 33% of satisfied users
Not too surprised. |
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JSRoman
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join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
| reply to BF69
Re: PC mag sucks
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Shamayim
I already have a Messiah.
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join:2002-09-23
| reply to Smile__
said by Smile__  :That's how consumer reports is... Consumer Reports accepts no advertising. It derives its income solely from subscriptions and services.
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Smile__
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join:2008-10-10
Baltimore, MD
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| It gets a lot of money from the comapnies who pay them to advertise that they write a good article on that companies product. Just like JD Powers awards.. You can't as a company say that someone said you had a great product without buying the rights to the article. |
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mrchris
We don't miss you Bush
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join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY | Speeds
Why are they all under 1000 kbps? |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
4 edits | Skewed?
Some people must have some seriously hosed computers/lines or fried routers!
2345.48kbps using THEIR tool - on Comcast.
EDIT: Full Size Image.
*NOTE*: See speedo needle burried?
EDIT2:
A few more screenies/test runs.
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | I assume Powerboost would give Comcast an edge in this test as well? |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| said by Karl Bode :I assume Powerboost would give Comcast an edge in this test as well? One would think, huh?
Using their own "tool" I blew everything out of the water.
... and considering most Comcast subs also have PowerBoost, why are their numbers so low?
I call Bullshit on PC Mag!
Browsing is not bandwidth intensive, and PowerBoost will last for 40MB...
There is no way browsing will run PowerBoost long enough to drop back.
Test results at PC Mag are wack!
Yet another PC Mag Red Herring.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | SurfSpeed tests differently...but logically...
The tool likely takes DNS resolution, latency and other such issues into account. People with slow computers using IE will register lower than a properly tuned system... |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to dadkins
Re: Skewed?
I'll have to fire them an e-mail inquiring why cable operators who've deployed Powerboost didn't score higher....that does seem odd. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| said by Karl Bode :I'll have to fire them an e-mail inquiring why cable operators who've deployed Powerboost didn't score higher....that does seem odd. Yes! Thank you!
Several cablecos are using it and they all score low? 
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
3 edits |  reply to Karl Bode
said by Karl Bode :I assume Powerboost would give Comcast an edge in this test as well? A lot of the Browsing Speed depends on the users computer and its speed in resolving all the various links on a web page and how fast it can complete calling them up. Line speed makes up only a small portion of what Surfspeed measures. Also, the locations of the servers used by Surfspeed (mostly East & West coasts) can skew the results by region.
My results on a powerboosted Comcast link in NJ, which has short distances to some of these servers, but many servers are on the West Coast.
More info on a post from yesterday:
»RE: The Fastest ISPs for BROWSING - not file transfers
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | NJ?
CA here...
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MrMoody
Carbon Based Lifeform
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC
 ·Embarq
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·magicjack.com
| No Embarq
I wondered why Embarq, the 3rd(?) largest DSL provider in the country wasn't shown in the results.
After downloading the program, I found out. Embarq isn't even included in the ISP list in the program (and you can't type it in, either). Fail, PC Mag.
My connection tests at 1916 kb with a very busy machine (running DVD and XVID encodes and several browser tabs open) at nearly 1 PM.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| said by MrMoody :I wondered why Embarq, the 3rd(?) largest DSL provider in the country wasn't shown in the results. After downloading the program, I found out. Embarq isn't even included in the ISP list in the program (and you can't type it in, either). Fail, PC Mag. My connection tests at 1916 kb with a very busy machine (running DVD and XVID encodes and several browser tabs open) at nearly 1 PM. Yeah, PC Mag is a joke.
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