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				 Forum: General Chat   Topic: Is the Eastlink 30Mbps upgrade worth it?   | 
			
			
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							 Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:10 pm  
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						Yeah, but I'm just wondering if my device manager settings are optimal. Should I be using full duplex? | 
					 
					 
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				 Forum: General Chat   Topic: Is the Eastlink 30Mbps upgrade worth it?   | 
			
			
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							 Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 6:58 pm  
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				 Forum: General Chat   Topic: Is the Eastlink 30Mbps upgrade worth it?   | 
			
			
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							 Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:06 pm  
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						| I tried connecting my laptop directly to the cable modem and got 30mb/s to Truro, but my average for US servers is still <10mb/s. European servers ~<5mb/s. Averaged about 25mb/s on a Ubuntu torrent. ^^^^that's directly from the cable modem to laptop. The torrent went from 3.5MB/s to 0.6MB/s when I w... | 
					 
					 
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				 Forum: General Chat   Topic: Is the Eastlink 30Mbps upgrade worth it?   | 
			
			
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							 Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:26 pm  
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						| I got the new modem today, just hooked it up and ran some speed tests here: http://www.speedtest.net/ I've tried about 10 different servers in North America and my average dl speed is only about 7mb/s. average ping is ~ 35ms I'm using a trendnet router ->netgear switch ->laptop (all wired) How fast ... | 
					 
					 
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				 Forum: General Chat   Topic: Is the Eastlink 30Mbps upgrade worth it?   | 
			
			
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							 Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:51 pm  
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						thanks - read the other thread and will be upgrading. now i just have to decide if i want to keep their tv service (i'm on a 3 month free trial) | 
					 
					 
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				 Forum: General Chat   Topic: Is the Eastlink 30Mbps upgrade worth it?   | 
			
			
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							 Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:55 pm  
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						Thinking about spending $10 more/month to get faster speeds from eastlink. Does anyone have this already - is the speed difference noticeable?
  Would using a wifi router (802.11g) be a bottleneck?
  4 MB/sec download would be nice in theory, but with eastlink is it reality?
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