Zekk Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 (edited) This all starts out with a cable company. Great Plains Communications in Nebraska. We go there and get internet. 3Meg. It's to small so we upgrade to 5 Meg. oddly, still to small. We upgrade to 10 Meg.... And see no over all change. So i start doing speed tests. and I consistently get: 3.5 1.3. So now that we are paying for 10 Meg service and still getting just getting nothing neer that.... we call and complain.. They tell us.. Oh.. your paying for up to 10 meg service... its not guaranteed that you will have 10 meg service. We never ever have anything over 5 I'm thinking about calling back and asking a tech to come out and test our service with me standing there. then say if you dont get our service up to at least 8 - 9 meg were only going to pay you for what we get... or move to a different company. Do you think this is crap too? Edited April 21, 2012 by Zekk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlock Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Fairly certain that's grounds for a lawsuit under not getting services you are paying for. IE look at AT&T, they're getting sued for throttling data plans and forcing people to pay for services that were not rendered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Fairly certain that's grounds for a lawsuit under not getting services you are paying for. IE look at AT&T, they're getting sued for throttling data plans and forcing people to pay for services that were not rendered. Its hard to get proof of throttling Get comcast theyll throttle you, only a little and spy on you, but its good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 This all starts out with a cable company.Great Plains Communications in Nebraska. We go there and get internet. 3gig. It's to small so we upgrade to 5 gig. oddly, still to small. We upgrade to 10 gig.... And see no over all change. So i start doing speed tests. and I consistently get: 3.5 1.3. So now that we are paying for 10 gig service and still getting just getting nothing neer that.... we call and complain.. They tell us.. Oh.. your paying for up to 10 gig service... its not guaranteed that you will have 10 gig service. We never ever have anything over 5 I'm thinking about calling back and asking a tech to come out and test our service with me standing there. then say if you dont get our service up to at least 8 - 9 gig were only going to pay you for what we get... or move to a different company. Do you think this is crap too? This syntax is really ichy What do you mean 10 gig? If you're talking about 10 gbps then yeah, issue right there. Most of the time youi won't get 10 gbps >.< If you're talking about bandwidth, it's irrelevant to the throughput (which is measured in Kbps, Mbps, or Gbps, depending on service and server). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekk Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 (edited) This syntax is really ichy What do you mean 10 gig? If you're talking about 10 gbps then yeah, issue right there. Most of the time youi won't get 10 gbps >.< If you're talking about bandwidth, it's irrelevant to the throughput (which is measured in Kbps, Mbps, or Gbps, depending on service and server). Im tired replace all gig with meg. http://www.gpcom.com/residential/internet/highspeed2 ( Chadron) http://www.speedtest.net/result/1906484782.png Fastest ive seen all week. Edited April 21, 2012 by Zekk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlock Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 That's really shitty internet. Like really shitty. How much do you pay for yours? Because I'm paying 45-50 a month and pulling on average 25-30 mbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingless Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 I think you're asking your ISP to put in a lot more effort than they ever would, even on a good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekk Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 yah they charge something like $70 a month.. because they are a virtual monopoly.The only other high speed out here is satellite and its max is... 7 meg... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekk Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 this is more what I normally see... http://www.speedtest.net/result/1906601634.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlock Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Looks like it's time to move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekk Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 No kidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Whistle Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Good luck mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloImKevin Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 move to california you wont hve that problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekk Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Then id just have to worry about being killed by the border patrol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomicnapalm Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 My parents have roadrunner (time warner cable) with high speed broadband or some shit. And it is amazing. They have good service too. I live in a area with a bukaki of squirrels and they fuck up the cables so much. And they fix it free of charge. No idea what the cost is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Then id just have to worry about being killed by the border patrol. Migra can help Edited April 28, 2012 by Jake aww. someone got offened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Wow that's total bs... Here in California I always get atleast 10 mb/s.. and atleast 5 up... Call and complain, if they don't do anything to save a customer they aren't the company for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Jackson Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 They are royally fucking you with their monopoly scepter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekk Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Red Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Although my parents pay the bill, we had wideopenwest and I haggled the fuck out of them with my parents. Theyre in a huge marketing struggle with comcast so they needed us to stay blah blah. Personally, go look at their terms and conditions. See if you find anthing about service. If you dont, call them and be like hey what the fuck, in your terms and conditions blag blah blah. If they dont pay up, contact a lawyer, might just make u some big bucks. or, continue to take it in the butt. Kinda sucks tho either way, sorry to hear. Shit like that blows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekk Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Thanks for the support. It sucks to have such a nice comp but have the Internet be my limiting factor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked Sniper Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I'm sadly using DSL. I'm constantly disconnecting and running slowly. an average for me is 0.40 / 0.15 . Although a few times it has jumped up to around 2.5 / 0.50 . I was paying for a 3 MGB line. So, I've called and complained. They then asked me to run a speed test of their website..so I complied. It said that i was getting 3.5 /1.2 ..contradicting the two other sites i checked AND running slow. They told me there was nothing they could do because of what their website was saying...I also tried replacing my network card and the splitter i use. No go. I might go back to my other ISP and deal with their terrible costumer service . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekk Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 ugg. I've decided to do speed tests every day and make a log of how much i get verses what I'm paying for and see if i can get them to do something about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaizenKimichi Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I don't know if you already know this. If you do a hard reset on your modem: taking out the battery[in most models there is a rechargeable battery located at the bottom of the modem, this will ensure a hard reset] and disconnecting the power cord, shutting down the router too, and anything else connected it may help with any problems you had as far as daily throttling goes. I try to make it a habit of restarting my internet every one-two days since I upload a lot streaming. Regardless of what your problem is, this can be your control to compare your internet to other users in your area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa John Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 3.3 Mbps is fine unless your either a server or pirating games/movies so I really don't know why your paying for 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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