COMCASTIC!!!

Per my prior post on this, we had Comcast install high speed internet and VOIP phone service. The technician came last night and got it installed. The guy was a little inexperienced and very young (he told me that he is 23). It took him a while to get it all sorted out.

I did some limited testing last night and it worked really well. The phone service works great. The dial tone is very clear, unlike my Cavtel phone. The internet is super fast. Below is a bandwidth test that I did at work.



Notice that my work results were around 780 kbps. That is very fast. My DSL used to result in around 150kbps (around triple 56kbps dial-up). My Comcast connection resulted in 1.4Mbps, a little below the advertised 1.5Mbps. But it is about nine times faster than my DSL.

So far so good. I think I will hold on to CAVTEL for a little longer, just to make sure that everything works ok with Comcast.

Also, I have a new home phone number. It is a 443 number. Shoot me an email and I’ll give you the new number, if appropriate.