dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
| Keep it!
Give me some more Upstream and keep the 16mbps!
I have *LEGIT* uses for upstream, 768k is painful! The only real reasin I am paying for the Gold speeds is for the upload(although, downloading demos at 1MB/sec is great!).
Try backing up 15GB+ over 768k. 
I just hope that someday I(we) will see some ISP finally get it.
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LinuxJunkie
join:2005-01-19
Cyberspace | Why are you backing up 15GB over the internet anyway? |
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CrzyCrakr
Premium
join:2005-06-24
Edgewater, MD
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said by dadkins  :Give me some more Upstream and keep the 16mbps! I have *LEGIT* uses for upstream, 768k is painful! The only real reasin I am paying for the Gold speeds is for the upload(although, downloading demos at 1MB/sec is great!). Try backing up 15GB+ over 768k. I just hope that someday I(we) will see some ISP finally get it. Verizon gets it with FIOS. That is why I left Comcast. Unfortunately FIOS is not available to a large number of people yet. I think that is sad. Now just so you know, I was a happy Comcast customer. It was always a very solid connection. The only real major issue was when they switched to CRAN. A modem swap fixed that problem. I just see FIOS as more in line with what I need, now and in the future.
As far as the bursting goes, I think that Comcast does it just to screw with speed tests so that it makes it harder for people to complain about not getting their advertised speeds. I like how they made it look like an added bonus to your service. LOL |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
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said by LinuxJunkie :Why are you backing up 15GB over the internet anyway? Offsite Backups.
Incase my onsite backups get hosed/scratched/lost/whatever, I can just reinstall XP and download the images and go from there.
ALOT of expensive software and important data that I would rather not lose. For any reason. 
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braynes
Premium
join:2005-03-14
Waterville, ME | Yea you might want to look at a tape backup or perhaps a married server on you LAN that backs up you box's on a time.
Bruce
PS hoe long does it take? |
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Ebolla
join:2005-09-28
Dracut, MA
| reply to CrzyCrakr
it only triggers when doing a larger download, a speed test shouldnt trigger it. And even if it does your advetized speeds are "Up to Xmb" you are never guaranteed through most providers a set speed minimum. Mind you not saying that getting low speeds is good, just that it can/does happen. |
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CrzyCrakr
Premium
join:2005-06-24
Edgewater, MD
| True but I have found that for an accurate speed test you should download a large file. I also agree that you aren't guaranteed your speeds but you should be getting 75% to 80% at least. If you aren't getting that then you need to look into it cuz you aren't getting your money's worth. Now when I was with Comcast I was hitting the caps. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to braynes
said by braynes :Yea you might want to look at a tape backup or perhaps a married server on you LAN that backs up you box's on a time. But a house fire could take that out. using the net is a good idea but im sure your provider isn't too crazy about all that uploading.
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LinuxJunkie
join:2005-01-19
Cyberspace
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Yes, but still... unless you're constantly deleting what you upload to your remote location, you should only have to backup new items when needed... not all of them all over again.
Of course, I got the impression from your post that it sounds like backing up 15GB is something you do quite frequently if you're complaining about the upload speed. |
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