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Let me tell you a story of how Comcast and T1 met  ...

One day  this coaxial modem  named comcast  was walking the street  dancing due to he thought he was the fastest internet on the planet.  Then when he turned right and saw  something come out the sewer.... Its a ethernet cable hooked up to T1.  So then comcast  looked at the ethernet cable  for a moment    then noticed that the ethernet cable was a female. So then  he noticed the female ethernet cable  go behind him  and stick herself into the back of the modem  (KIDS  DO NOT SEE THE REST IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.... IF YOU ARE  PLZ LEAVE NOW)

The female ethernet cable and comcast both had intercourse  and  comcast  uploaded to the female ethernet cable  and the female ethernet cable became pregnant. After 20 minutes  (note  its not 9 months  because you gonna see why..) the ethernet cable  gave birth to an ugly baby named 56K and  they both took the newborn home  and then the next morning ... ppl from AOL sneaked into the house and stole 56K.    Thats  why AOL isn't that great at all because they got an ugly baby named 56K        :haha:

you may laugh at this lewis but last year  about November ,  before my boss had upgraded from 10Mbps to 20Mbps, I was only getting a D/L speed of only 15Kbps NOTE I SAID  15Kbps not Mbps 

It could also be distance from the nearest CO that the lines run on.  I betcha  if I lived  just across the street or next door to the CO  ,  it will be at 3Mbps or higher  99.9% of the time  ( the other .1 is in case for verizon service upgrades)  but I live  1/2 mile from the nearest CO and I get speeds on http://infospeed.verizon.net  most of the time  2.9Mbps

Current Test @ 3:17 pm et  with about  2500 students online.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 4444 Kbps about 4.44 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 542 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/05/09 - 12:14pm

Bottom Line:: 77X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.89 sec

Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 5.515 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 54.09 % faster than the average for host (xxx.xxx)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-KC42QZ0EA

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 1082 Kbps about 1.08 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 132 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/05/09 - 12:17pm

Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 7.76 sec

Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 11.32512 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 32.76 % faster than the average for host (xxx.xxx)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-ZOL5DIH9R

That test was taken above at about 9:30 am or so. But I have tried test at 7 am few months back here at my college    and there was times  I would get 20Mbps down  and 5Mbps Up. My college runs Comcast Dark Fiberoptics.

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 1187 Kbps about 1.19 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 145 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/05/08 - 6:38am

Bottom Line:: 21X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 7.06 sec

Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 10.32 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 40.47 % faster than the average for host (xxx.xxx)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-EDJ9C3O7L

Let me start this all off 

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 8989 Kbps about 8.99 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)

Download Speed is:: 1097 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/05/08 - 6:26am

Bottom Line:: 157X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.93 sec

Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 5.453 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 233.79 % faster than the average for host (xxx.xxx)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-GD4C0J6TM

You thought T1 was good connection    .  my poor ass high school district  only had ISDN connection      and I think still do .    The reason why they never upgraded    was because  thr school board here in Baltimore  was paying    an  fired employee  over $6 million  and  guess  what she did                    SHE  WENT DOWN TO FLORIDA    HOOKED UP  WITH A 25 YEAR OLD GUY  (AND THIS OLD WOMAN IS LIKE 55)      AND HAVE A $4 MILLION HOUSE BY THE WATERFRONT NEAR MIAMI.

Community College of Baltimore County   speeds  at around 800 ppl online ..

 

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 7329 Kbps about 7.33 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)

Download Speed is:: 895 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/05/05 - 6:25am

Bottom Line:: 128X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.14 sec

Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 6.688 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 515.37 % faster than the average for host (181.207)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6R21PL0U9

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 1096 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 134 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/05/05 - 6:29am

Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 7.64 sec

Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 11.17536 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 100 % of your hosts average (181.207)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-QARGV6TWJ

See  thats the problem with AOL  is their high rates for Dial-Up        but does ne1 know the speed for their AOL High Speed  ?

Yep I know how that feels      but      try going online  between the hours of 3 am and 7 am    of any day  especially Saturday and Sunday mornings    and u can see your speeds  close to 6.5Mbps    but promise something        DON'T STEAL ALL THE DAMN BANDWIDTH !!!        Had cases here in Maryland    my co-worker lives in Columbia  ;  one of the neighborhoods  receiving fiber now      and  1/2 is    Fiber  and the other 1/2 is still Cable DSL and Dial-Up        and he happens to notice  that Verizon have been stealing all the bandwidth from Comcast  for their fiber    and he is with Comcast    and he said  that he must get on the internet  between the hours of 11pm to 7am  to get a good connection    from Comcast    .  Because what I think it is          is that  its interference  with the bandwidth  from Verizon and the bandwidth from Comcast      and being Fiber is stronger in connection than cable ,  Verizon has been winning in that neighborhood .  AND ITS BEEN THIS WAY FOR 6 WEEKS !!!

But at least from what I have heard from Verizon FIOS    around Christmas ,  I could have FIOS 

Crazy    you should see  my Downstream speed  on Saturdays and Sundays.....

3.325Mbps  415.6KBytes  6:14 am  April 15th , 2006    and I have peaked    only once  over 3.6Mbps since I bought the 3Mbps package about a year or so ago.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 2921 Kbps about 2.92 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 357 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (Server 2)

Test Time:: 2006/05/04 - 11:45pm

Bottom Line:: 51X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 2.87 sec

Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 8.391 seconds to complete

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 56.61 % of your hosts average (verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-QU5SRJDLV

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 624 Kbps about 0.62 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 76 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/05/04 - 9:51pm

Bottom Line:: 11X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 13.47 sec

Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 13.3056 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 93.41 % of your hosts average (verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-VK7Q4SX32

Verizon 3Mbps/768Kbps  and I pay $29.95

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 2921 Kbps about 2.92 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 357 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (Server 2)

Test Time:: 2006/05/04 - 11:45pm

Bottom Line:: 51X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 2.87 sec

Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 8.391 seconds to complete

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 56.61 % of your hosts average (verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-QU5SRJDLV

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 624 Kbps about 0.62 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 76 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/05/04 - 9:51pm

Bottom Line:: 11X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 13.47 sec

Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 13.3056 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 93.41 % of your hosts average (verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-VK7Q4SX32

Hell where I go to school at here in Maryland (CCBC)  they are  over 16,000 students registered and attending classes in just 1 of 3  main campuses  and 2 more extention campuses across Baltimore County.  They are around 6,000 computers on just the one campus I work on because I happen to work in the ITS ( Information Technical Services)  and if I'm on campus at 7 am  and the only person online throughout the campus at 7am,  I could easily spike 20Mbps  downstream  with about 3-5Mbps upstream through  Comcast Dark Fiberoptics.  But with most of the computers are being used at the same time ; I can only get between 300-950Kbps downstream but the upstream  is around  1.3-1.6Mbps. So really  Fiberoptics  helps  especially for colleges    but the lame high schools needs better  connections.

I have gotten a few times  3200Kbps+   by  Verizon Speedtest   but never passed  3000Kbps on here     It just depends on where you live  and how close to CO  because I know  Cable uses alot of bandwidth on their connections and it limits their next door neighbor of their speed sometimes  but  with DSL (Verizon) its pretty smooth  . The 3200Kbps+ is typical late at night and on weekends  when very few ppl are online and being I like 6,500 ft from CO    it ain;t bad at all and the margin of error on Verizon Speedtest is only  .2Bytes / sec

How can I tweak a connection if  my modem is  set at a certain point of verizon's standards?  My MTU in my modem is  1500 and I don;t know how to change it .  Does  ne1 know how to tweak my modem w/o messing up the modem?

LETS SEE HOW MANY WOULD WAIT TO GET VISTA OR SP3

Is there a way to change the MTU w/o getting in trouble with Verizon?      The modem is set to 1500 and can not be changed through the modem.

I don't know where you live at  but if you call up  1-800-567-6789  ,  you should  get the 3.0 upgrade for free  because I pay $29.95  for the 3Mbps connection  .

Well hell  ,  30Mbps / 5 Mbps  Verizon FIOS has now went down from $179  to $ 55.  Its gonna be about  3 months  till its probably available in my area. That is if BALTIMORE CITY  decides to let Verizon put  in the Fiberoptic cables underneath the streets.  You know  how much  Colleges  , Local , State, and Federal  Buildings  need fast internet.  I'm currently at 1 of the 3 campuses  at  CCBC (Community College of Baltimore County) and  at my college,  about  15,000-20,000 students  at  my campus  ALONE !  Out of all 3 Campuses  ,  about  70,000-75,000 students  and  the college  runs on if  I can get it right    Comcast  FIOS    (10Mbps+)    WHEN  THERE  ISN'T ANYONE ONLINE ! During my classes  ,  I can only  receive  around 600Kbps.  So Verizon  needs FIOS here in Baltimore City/County  because my internet is somewhat lame also   

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 2826 Kbps about 2.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 345 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2)

Test Time:: Tue Nov 8 22:00:10 EST 2005

Bottom Line:: 50X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.97 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 65.95 % of your hosts average (verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-H2MKQOAFN

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 651 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 79 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1)

Test Time:: Tue Nov 8 21:53:21 EST 2005

Bottom Line:: 12X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 12.96 sec

Diagnosis: Looks Great : 10.53 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-2SAE36G7V

What service plan do you have with Verizon?  If  you are paying $15 / month  ,  then you have the 768Kbps / 192Kbps connection . Your connection seems right if its that plan.  The 3.0  connection is pretty old now  due  to FIOS.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 2826 Kbps about 2.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 345 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2)

Test Time:: Tue Nov 8 22:00:10 EST 2005

Bottom Line:: 50X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.97 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 65.95 % of your hosts average (verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-H2MKQOAFN

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 651 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 79 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1)

Test Time:: Tue Nov 8 21:53:21 EST 2005

Bottom Line:: 12X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 12.96 sec

Diagnosis: Looks Great : 10.53 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-2SAE36G7V

So

I'll check the price tag if I was you  on the PS3.  I have seen on igncom  that the price will not be no more than $299  but with the hard drive  is what will make the price  seemed more like $400 but it will be optional

PlayStation 3 or PS3 Tech Specs

CPU

Cell Processor

PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz

1 VMX vector unit per core

512KB L2 cache

7 x SPE @3.2GHz

7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs

7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE

* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy

total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU

RSX @550MHz

1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance

Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels

Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound

Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)

Memory

256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth

Main RAM 25.6GB/s

VRAM 22.4GB/s

RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)

SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance

2 TFLOPS

Storage

Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1

I/O

USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)

Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1

SD standard/mini x 1

CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1

Communication

Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)

Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller

Bluetooth (up to 7)

USB 2.0 (wired)

Wi-Fi (PSP)

Network (over IP)

AV Output

Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p

HDMI: HDMI out x 2

Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1

Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

Disc Media

CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)

DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

Blu-ray will let you store around 40GB of  storage on 1  4.7GB DVD -/+ R    disk.

Note:  It may not have the slots for the memory card used on PSX and PS2

Judge the graphics for  yourself  but I'm going with PS3..