[ale] [OT] AT&T/UVerse going to carrier grade NAT?

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

"Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> writes:

> JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>
>>On 06/07/2012 11:54 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> I didn't even think about UVerse because nowhere on their website do
>>> they ever mention upstream bandwidth numbers.  They talk about
>>various
>>> download speeds, but never upstream.  If an ISP can't even be
>>bothered
>>> to talk about bi-directional speeds then I can't be bothered to
>>consider
>>> giving them business.
>>
>>I was pulling a almost a thousand vacation photos from a friend on
>>uVerse a few
>>weeks ago and never saw more than 400Kbps.  Accessing his network has
>>always
>>sucked - he hates Comcast more than he hates slow DSL.
>>
>>When I push similar data to him over Comcast (same endpoints), it is
>>usually
>>1.5-2Mbps.
>>
>>Just sayin'.
>>
>
> I used to be getting 20 Mbps down and 4 Mbps up on Comcast, and I was paying an extra fee each month to get it that high.  I think I saw 30 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up on my last speed test.  Maybe they upgraded the system behind the scenes.
>
> Ron

I'm paying for 22/6 service on Comcast, and I *get* 22/6 service.  I can
routinely pull down 24Mbps over long periods of time (read: hours).  And
I can get a consistent 6Mbps upstream pushing data out my network.  I'm
hoping they decide to upgrade me one of these days when they do a
re-leveling of their services.  But 22/6 is good enough for me now.

-derek
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