Re: cable modem speeds (attn Lief)


Subject: Re: cable modem speeds (attn Lief)
From: Damien Hull (dhull@digitaloverload.net)
Date: Sun Nov 24 2002 - 14:50:53 AKST


Nice download speed! If I had that I'd setup a local mirror of
linuxiso.org.

On the down side you don't get much of an upload speed from GCI. I run
my own server and a faster upload speed would be nice.

On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 00:33, Scott Johnson wrote:
>
> It's permanent. Here's the new cable modem package speeds and transfer
> limits taken from http://www.gci.com/promos/hypernet/hypernet_yhn6.htm
>
> 1.0M/128K with 10 gigabytes transfer/month: $49.99/month (Double up)
> 1.5M/128K with 20 gigabytes transfer/month: $84.99/month (Gold)
> 1.5M/256K with 25 gigabytes transfer/month: $99.99/month (Platnium)
> 2.4M/256K with 30 gigabytes transfer/month: $149.99/month (Diamond)
>
> I switched over to the new 2.4 plan and it's FAST. I can pull files from
> GCI's backbone at 280-285Kbytes sustained. I posted a screen shot at
> http://home.gci.net/~sajohnson/diamond%20service.jpg.
>
> Let's see ACS try and compete now.
>
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin Dieters" <enderak@gci.net>
> To: <aklug@aklug.org>
> Sent: November 23, 2002 00 14
> Subject: cable modem speeds (attn Lief)
>
>
> >
> > All the sudden my download speeds have jumped from 56-58KB/s to
> > 110-114KB/s...
> >
> > No mention of it on gci's page about it, but I noticed Lief posted a
> > message today on games.gci.net about it. Do you know if it is a
> > one-month promotion type thing, or is it permanent? Inquiring minds want
> > to know!
> >
> > Justin
> >
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