My internet connection sucked, now it doesn't

Thursday, December 4, 2008 10:22 AM

The last two weeks I have been convinced that my internet usage had been limited. I had previously watched 4 entire seasons of "It's always sunny in Baltimore" in High Definition streaming from Hulu. When I got down to the last few episodes, the show would constantly stop to buffer, 6 or 7 times an episode. I also noticed videos from CollegeHumor.com and Youtube doing the same, my internet was slowed down. I decided to speed test my connection....500k when I was supposed to be getting 6mbs. That prompted me to give a closer look to getting FiOS and turned out, with a special, FiOS would be the exact same cost, except 20mbs compared to 6mbs, and tons more HD channels compared to like 15.

For comparison, when my connection was "good":
August 5
Los Angeles:


November 17, a few days after noticing a "slowdown":
San Diego:

Los Angeles:

San Diego:


Friday November 28, 11:50pm
San Diego:

Los Angeles:



the day before my FiOS gets installed and I'm back to normal speed? It's as if they know they are getting canceled the next day, hahaha.

Wednesday December 3, 10:16pm


But wait! after an hour of watching CollegeHumor and DiggVideos:


back to slow speeds! Time Warner (Road Runner) officials sucks!

And the morning before FiOS, lets see for giggles
December 4, 08
San Diego:

Los Angeles:

San Fran:


FiOS installed! Drumroll please.......
December 4, 10:20am
San Diego:

Los Angeles:



Wooohooo Verizon kicks ass!

Posted in , | 4 Comments | Written masterfully by Jonathan H.

4 comments:

Chris Bratene said... @ Thursday, December 04, 2008

OH MY GOODNESS!!

Luke said... @ Thursday, December 04, 2008

have you been saving screen shots of your speed test for the last few months?

Jonathan said... @ Friday, December 05, 2008

no, the site saves them all, although i did save the last few weeks because i knew id write this blog.

Gladys said... @ Friday, December 12, 2008

John, I know you know what your talking about but I just heard wawahwawah wahwahwah (think how the adults sound in Charlie Brown) Yeah. Can I get a translation here?

Your internetchallenged friend
Bee

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