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I have comcast cable internet. I am suppose to be getting 16mb down and 2mb up. When i do a speedtest, it will show 20mb down and 2.8mb up. When i try to view my laptop remotely, i only get about 950kbs. It will start streaming up to 2mb for the first minute or two, then it will slow down to 950kbs and stay there. Even though i am streaming at a remote location that has 16mb down. Why does the streaming speed slow down after a minute to 950kbs?
September 18, 2008 11:57 AM
September 18, 2008 12:06 PM
Comcast also has "blast" which can give you real high upload/download but after two minutes you could see your speeds settle down more to where they're normally at. Although if you're at 950 I'd say that is low, you might also want to see if your router has QoS built in and you can use that. One other thing is if your network is being used by other bandwidth "hogs" i.e. games, P2P, VoIp, etc.
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September 18, 2008 3:25 PM
skiswm said: Comcast also has "blast" which can give you real high upload/download but after two minutes you could see your speeds settle down more to where they're normally at. Although if you're at 950 I'd say that is low, you might also want to see if your router has QoS built in and you can use that. One other thing is if your network is being used by other bandwidth "hogs" i.e. games, P2P, VoIp, etc.I tried to manually set the video bit rate higer but didn't work. I have a linksys router with tomato firmware installed. How do i setup the Qos? Maybe that would fix my problem?
September 18, 2008 4:48 PM
bobbypin said:I just got off the phone with comcast. The say i have 16mb down and 1mb up. So thats the reason why im only getting 950kbs remotely. But it's strange that my speed tests say 2.8mb upload?skiswm said: Comcast also has "blast" which can give you real high upload/download but after two minutes you could see your speeds settle down more to where they're normally at. Although if you're at 950 I'd say that is low, you might also want to see if your router has QoS built in and you can use that. One other thing is if your network is being used by other bandwidth "hogs" i.e. games, P2P, VoIp, etc.I tried to manually set the video bit rate higer but didn't work. I have a linksys router with tomato firmware installed. How do i setup the Qos? Maybe that would fix my problem?
September 18, 2008 6:12 PM
That would be the blast mode. It gives you a quick boost of speed in the beginning of any transfer.
September 18, 2008 6:53 PM
With your Tomato Firware I think you're stuck. Unless that firmware builds in QoS. You could look for Hawking Broadband Booster online, although they've become harder to find now. That would do QoS for you. Some people say it works others don't seem to think so.
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September 19, 2008 12:18 AM
Tomato firmware allows setting QoS in quite a sophisticated way but that's not your issue.
Comcast only offers 2 Mb/sec up to their top tier business customers in most locations. You get the 2.8 Mb/sec blast because of Powerboost. The first 15 Mb/sec or so get that extra speed. Helps when doing things in bursts, sucks when streaming.
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