Reuters blogger Jack Shafer has a brilliant take on people who whine and moan about something that they get for free on the internet
http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2013/03/21/hey-you-get-off-of-googles-cloud/
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
10 to 25 Mbps = 2.17Mbps?
For BIG downloads, Comcast appears to be in the 10 to 25 Mbps range--average of about 15Mbps. But really it's 2.17Mbps. What gives?
(this was a 2.8GB download; it took 22 minutes; therefore 2.17Mbps was the download speed, in spite of how much bandwidth it shows was being used. Any questions?)
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Already slower :-(
Can't get the same numbers I got yesterday. I noticed this morning immediately when the average speed went to 15Mbps from 25Mbps... I was starting to like Comcast. :-(
Monday, March 11, 2013
AT&T vs Comcast
I had AT&T DSL internet service. I was happy. I recommended it to my friends. Then AT&T, over a period of a few months, cut the speed to dial-up levels. Dial-up. YouTube wouldn't load. Hulu was the same. And forget about downloading anything--it would take forever.
And there was, apparently, no recourse. None. Even after many hours on the phone, and in spite of paying more for the highest tier of service, I was getting shit!
If you wonder what speed you are getting, head over to http://www.speedtest.net/
This was the best AT&T U-verse could do:
AT&T U-verse was giving me less than 1Mbps. Sad.
And today I got the Comcast "Performance Boost" installed:
24Mbps!? Wow! Happy now! :-)
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
AT-AT
Wikipedia say that "A common myth is the design drew from prominent container cranes at the Port of Oakland, California, a myth both Lucas[4] and visual effects expert Phil Tippett[5] deny. The inspiration for the AT-AT was Paraceratherium, an extinct species of rhino-like creature and the biggest land mammal in history."
But here's photographic proof! Keep the truth alive!
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