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RCN- Even faster than the advertised 10MB/sec!!!!!


Aristotle

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I just signed up for RCN phone, cable, and internet service.  They gave me a Mach 10 modem which is supposed to have has a nominal speed of 10MB/s.

Here's my stats (Awesome!!!).  Even higher that what they have advertised.  Here's two sample speed tests.

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

Connection is:: 10088 Kbps about 10.1 Mbps (tested with 20972 kB)

Download Speed is:: 1231 kB/s

Tested From:: http://s121815182.onlinehome.us

Test Time:: 

Bottom Line:: 180X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.83 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 125.63 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-RTP4M70HX

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

Connection is:: 10014 Kbps about 10 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB)

Download Speed is:: 1222 kB/s

Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com

Test Time:: 

Bottom Line:: 179X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.84 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 124.13 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-I7TW2OZQC

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These are the upload stats:

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

Connection is:: 721 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 88 kB/s

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

Test Time:: Tue Jun 28 19:46:08 EDT 2005

Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 11.64 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 75.43 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-KVDY2IOBX

I pay about $95 for cable, internet, and phone service bundle in MA.

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  • 3 weeks later...

This is about my fastest yet:

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

Connection is:: 8298 Kbps about 8.3 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)

Download Speed is:: 1013 kB/s

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

Test Time:: Sun Jul 17 14:30:40 EDT 2005

Bottom Line:: 148X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.01 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 81.42 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6JLGN4QTB

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  • 7 months later...

Hi again everyone...

After three days of experimental tweaking with various programs, (using all Cablenut ccs files I could find, tried the SG TCP Net Optimizer, TuneUp Utilities Internet programs, Broadband Wizard, etc) I just wanted to share my highest stats with you other RCN users. But b4 that, congrats to JunkieXL; those are some AWESOME numbers, similar to what I was getting when the Mach10 was first implemented. Sure wish I could get it tweaked that high again! Anyway, here's the latest...

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

Connection is:: 4885 Kbps about 4.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 596 kB/s

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

Test Time:: 2006/03/07 - 10:58pm

Bottom Line:: 87X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.72 sec

Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 93.53 % of your hosts average (rcn.com)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-7IH4LZDVX :icon_pale:

I should at least be over 100x faster than average and I'm about to give up. So Van, if you or any others have any suggestions (RCN users especially welcomed) to give me a boost, I would sure appreciate it!

......This is my final post on this topic....

I'm through tweaking! I've come to the conclusion that there is little more to do on the user end of things to try and boost this modem. Final stats are...

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

Connection is:: 6509 Kbps about 6.5 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)

Download Speed is:: 795 kB/s

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

Test Time:: 2006/03/08 - 11:26pm

Bottom Line:: 116X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.29 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 24.5 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com)

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

I guess I'm just going to have to be happy with the results here. If any other RCN users out there have any suggestions to make this thing fly, I'm listening, but I'm satisfied at present speeds.

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