OK, so when I first moved into my apartment back in July of 2007. When we set up the Internet with the local cable provider, we signed up for 8Mb/s download. When the installer came, we hooked the modem up through USB 2.0 and ran a speed test. We got 5-6Mb/s, so I said no big deal, since I know it can never reach the ideal level.
Then we had to go there back in October and change some data on our account and found out that our account had been upgraded to 16Mb/s and we never knew it. We started to ask them what the problem is, because I did a speed test again and it came back with the same result. No faster, no slower. I just said screw it because it was fast enough and I had heard that the provider wasn't always the best and consistent across the various districts in the city.
Today I suddenly had the idea (I really should have thought of this sooner, but I gave it a "fuck it" answer earlier and never pursued it) to check what the actual speed that Windows reported it was moving the data. I know USB can move up to like 480 Mb/s, but once again: IDEALLY. So I pulled up the network connections and saw that the USB connection was only running at 12 Mb/s. WTF?! OK, connected through Ethernet and it didn't work. Called the cable company and asked why and they had to unlock it. No biggy. So they unlocked it and we had to wait about ten minutes for the network to allow us in and then restart the computer (they said so). Did that and now check it out:
Then we had to go there back in October and change some data on our account and found out that our account had been upgraded to 16Mb/s and we never knew it. We started to ask them what the problem is, because I did a speed test again and it came back with the same result. No faster, no slower. I just said screw it because it was fast enough and I had heard that the provider wasn't always the best and consistent across the various districts in the city.
Today I suddenly had the idea (I really should have thought of this sooner, but I gave it a "fuck it" answer earlier and never pursued it) to check what the actual speed that Windows reported it was moving the data. I know USB can move up to like 480 Mb/s, but once again: IDEALLY. So I pulled up the network connections and saw that the USB connection was only running at 12 Mb/s. WTF?! OK, connected through Ethernet and it didn't work. Called the cable company and asked why and they had to unlock it. No biggy. So they unlocked it and we had to wait about ten minutes for the network to allow us in and then restart the computer (they said so). Did that and now check it out: