[HM] Cable Modem Speed

[Miche Doherty]

On 30 Nov 2005, at 6:44 pm, TheCraigLaw at aol.com wrote:

> Hi, I have never understood the whole "data speed" issue with 
> high-speed internet. Lately, however, I have been made aware that I 
> may be getting duped by my carrier.
>
>  My cable modem info page says I am getting the following performance:
> Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 3146000
> Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 256000
>
> Now, which of those figures do I use to compare my performance with 
> the industry standards? Do I have 256k "high" speed internet, or 
> 3.1mbps? Something tells me 256k...
>

You have an asymmetric connection: high-speed downloads (~3 Mbps) but 
relatively slow uploads. This is pretty typical of cable internet 
access, IME.

Miche.