Isn't the 56k upload speed only for one way cable connections? Meaning, you have the cable/ethernet connection but you also have a modem that dials over an analog line? I thought that Media One/AT&T got away from that a while ago. Then again, what do I know... I'm stuck in no man's land and had to settle on ISDN for $120 a month for a 128k connection. Shawn Joseph Key wrote: > I based those numbers on the roadrunner account I had in Hawaii. I used one > of the test your DSL/Cablemodem upload/download speed tests. I have seen > the 56K upload referenced in reviews about cablemodem speeds. > > Joseph Key > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jamie Seeman" <jamie_seeman at securecomputing.com> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 3:04 PM > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] The internet sucks. (DSL/Cablemodem?) > > > That's not quite true. I was uploading to a machine at 330K over the > weekend. > > Now, that was another machine on RoadRunner service, but that's a lot > higher > > then 56K.:) > > I've also download things (off the net) at about 1.1M a sec. I think it > > depends on what node you are on, and how many kids playing Quake over the > net > > are on your node. > > > > -- > > Jamie Seeman > > Secure Computing - Test Engineer > > 651.628.5420 > > > > > > > > Nate Carlson wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Joseph Key wrote: > > > > RoadRunner only has a 56K upload speed and about 400K download (on a > good > > > > day). You can get around the dynamic IP with one of the dynamic ip > dns > > > > services like www.dyndns.org > > > > > > eeeEEk! I'm glad I couldn't get that then. :) > > > > > > I can't do DynDNS, because I use a mail server on the IP address, and > > > prefer to follow RFC. > > > > > > I actually ended up signing up for an account at Telocity. > > > > > > -- > > > Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > > > http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > >