Peter Tsch
@cgocable.net
| [Hamilton] Mcmaster area connection
well its been a year since i last complained about how bad the connection in mcmaster area, across from main, is. It was fantastic for a while, immediately after my last complaint no less, but sadly its gone to shit again. I have the premium 16mb/s package and have never, not once, since turning it on this school year achieved that speed or anything close to that. Even when checked at 7am its only 2mb/s, ridiculous for what i pay. Peak hours i would expect slower speeds, but getting speeds of abound 200kb/s is outragously slow at 70$ a month.
Cogeco service sucks, save your money and go with someone else. |
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blackdragon1
join:2007-06-16 | I live off cline and also on the 16mbps package. I usually get about 5-10mbps, rarely past that. |
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ffffff
@cgocable.net
| reply to Peter Tsch
You might be confusing mbps with mb/s. Cogeco offers a 16mbps download rate BUT that doesn't mean you download 16mb/s. If you go to a mbps to mb/s converter online you get:
16 Mbps
= 120.00 MB/min
= 2.00 MB/s
= 16.00 Mbps
= 1.91 MiB/s
= 7.20 GB/h
So you're actually getting the maxed out speed. It's just your confusion with terms that's the problem, I thought the same thing too when I first got HSI. |
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Peter Tsch
@cgocable.net | reply to Peter Tsch
of course they screw you in the end.... |
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AMailer
Aaron DM
join:2004-04-03
2 edits | reply to ffffff
Mb/s = Mbps (bits)
MB/s (bytes) != Mbps
You should get around 2MB/s and 16Mb/s
p = per.
And yes, 2mb/s is pretty bad - Can't get DSL? |
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exseven
Premium,VIP
join:2003-05-23
Beamsville, ON | s = seconds |
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Peter Tsch
@cgocable.net | reply to Peter Tsch
unfortunately cogeco is the only provider in my area... There is one run by engineering students but... i dunno |
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AMailer
Aaron DM
join:2004-04-03 | By the way you're getting slow speeds because, assuming you live in/around the res area, cable is shared and everyone at McMaster uses Cogeco. |
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blackdragon1
join:2007-06-16 | reply to Peter Tsch
what isp?? |
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Jaser
@teksavvy.com | reply to Peter Tsch
DSL is not an option?
What service do the engineering students provide??? |
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