Planatoid Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 I have a friend in my small town of 2,000 people whom has a faster internet connection than I do. I have RoadRunner at 5Mbps/384Kbps and his connection is about 10Mbps. The only rational thing that I can think of is that his connection is very fast because his father works and runs a DirectTV store in his house. Am I right in assuming that his speeds are very fast because of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 I HIGHLY HIGHLY doubt anyone gets 10Mbs on DirecWay, except maybe major businesses, because large businesses that like their service=more advertising=more people suckered into their crap=much more money for DirecWay... His speeds might be faster than the average DirecWay user, but i doubt anywhere near 10Mbs (unless he found a way to uncap it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 10Mbs on DirecWay BAHH ha ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planatoid Posted April 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 I'm dead serious. He sent me the verification link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 cached test? or burst speed? ive gotten 40Mbs tests before with DirecWay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planatoid Posted April 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 I'm pretty sure these tests don't cache. I guess I could have him run it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presleyhome Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 It can't be 10 meg.. Honestly, Really. I do networks for a living. What test is he running? Has to be some other factor that is shadowing the real result. Keep looking further, there is more to know on this one! Thanks! Jim P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 hey, you guys probably don't want ot bring up his name, but umm...the *Rev* once told me a story about how he had proved to the world that is is possible to get 11mbps donw with sat, and he used a very special type of satelite that he got from a military base, though I don't thaink that that's what's going on in your case. uncap? maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 hey, you guys probably don't want ot bring up his name, but umm...the *Rev* once told me a story about how he had proved to the world that is is possible to get 11Mbps donw with sat, and he used a very special type of satelite that he got from a military base, though I don't thaink that that's what's going on in your case. uncap? maybe. Yea, its possible... satellite is CAPABLE of incredible speeds... but we have DirecWay limiting us... you want to hear speed? My best download burst was 10MB in 2 seconds... with DirecWay... then it dropped to 80KBs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presleyhome Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 Technically, It is possible to get more than that. WAY more than that. If this guy is getting 10 meg, we don't want to know why. Jim P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planatoid Posted April 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 Like I said, since his father is an employee of DirectTV, is there a chance they're feeding him more bandwidth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidman Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 I have a 10mbps down / 1 mbps up here threw cogeco in canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 is that satelite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 whatever it is, it isnt direcway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted April 5, 2005 CID Share Posted April 5, 2005 :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidman Posted April 6, 2005 CID Share Posted April 6, 2005 no cable from cogeco.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted April 6, 2005 CID Share Posted April 6, 2005 Is it using Ka-band spectrum? How long has he been usuing this....just recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wmmc Posted April 7, 2005 CID Share Posted April 7, 2005 Impossible, being its shared bandwidth, need proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerkill10 Posted April 7, 2005 CID Share Posted April 7, 2005 here here if he is getting 10 megs down and a 1 meg up what is he running for equiptment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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