I have been tempted to get their business service, and they guarantee those up/down rates and include something like a 99% uptime or very near to it. and you get x number of IPs and no blocked ports. Maybe if my income gets better or i can get some steady side work. On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Joe wrote: > 2Mbit/384kbit?! No thank you! I might as well be paying for their value > residential line. Unless that's a guaranteed MINIMUM bandwidth or > something. > > I'm paying $60/mo right now and getting 10 times the down speed and 5 > times the up speed. And aside from this one (isolated?) case, I do > actually see those speeds too. I need to upload speeds to keep the VPN > connection back to the office nice and smooth, 384kbit just wouldn't cut > it. I've been really happy with their service so far, it was just really > annoying that all my torrents dropped off and refused to come back. > Seems to be running ok now though. > > -Joe > > Sean Parsons wrote: >> I signed up for a Cox Business account at my home and I don't get any of >> their residential restrictions. I have 2Mb/384Kb backed with an SLA and it >> costs a few dollars more than residential (Approx $60/month), but the >> support is stellar and I can run servers on my dedicated connection. Worth a >> look to see if it helps. >> >> Sean Parsons >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Stephen >> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:02 AM >> To: Main PLUG discussion list >> Subject: Re: OT: Cox slowing torrents? >> >> Note, I think cox has rolled a policy to slow down certain traffic >> during peak load/times to prevent a detrimental effect on the network. >> then at off peak times will go back up (or supposed to) >> >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Joe wrote: >>> I'm on Cox cable for internet and paying for their Premiere package >>> (20MBit down, 2MBit up). Over the past day or so I've seen my torrent >>> uploads go from respectable to abysmal; I'm lucky if I can upload at >>> over 10kB/s now. I've reset both my model and router several times and >>> that hasn't helped at all. Is anyone else seeing this problem too or is >>> it only on my end? Thanks for any feedback. >>> >>> -Joe >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss