[Cialug] Mediacom to boost speeds

[David Champion]

Or you could switch to a better ISP. :)

-dc


On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:05 PM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>wrote:

> You can put just about any of the Century Link modems in Bridging mode,
> it's under Advanced, WAN settings. Just make sure you know your PPP
> credentials to put on your router.
>
> As someone that supports modems for an ISP (Alliance Connect formerly
> Internet Solver), I don't like Bridging mode, because all we can see is
> that the modem is trained, we lose the ability to diagnose issues on the
> modem end without going on site.
>
> -dc
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>wrote:
>
>> On Apr 30, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 2)  I still don't think they are over subscribed.  I DO however think
>> they
>> > need to upgrade the equipment that handles neighborhood level
>> connections.
>> > The pipe they provide me at least is consistently screaming.
>>
>>
>> For example, for well over a year I've been paying for 12mbps and I
>> regularly get 20+mbps. Sometimes my speed fluctuates but I never get below
>> 12mbps. My upload speed is usually about twice what I pay for as well. (I
>> posted specifics to Twitter some time ago, but it's impossible to find
>> anything on Twitter more than 24 hours old)
>>
>> Regarding underpowered equipment, when I used to help test Ubuntu's
>> torrent files I was able to overheat my Century Link modem and cheapo
>> self-bought router. After a while, one of them, usually the router, would
>> just shut off until it cooled down. If you care about performance or are a
>> heavy user, definitely don't opt for the cheapest equipment. (it was the
>> number of connections causing the problem, not the bandwidth)
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Nuzum
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>>
>>
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