[House] Comcast internet upgrade discussion

[Robin Lee Powell]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 05:12:04PM -0700, Ruth Anne wrote:
> I talked to Comcast about upgrading our internet service.
> 
> We can get 50Mbps down and 10 Mbps up for 109.95. We are currently
> getting 16 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up for 69.95. We would continue to
> pay 9.95 for their equipment and 9.95 for our 5 static IPs.

Yeah, I think more careful management is probably a better idea than
$40/month.

> Regarding the slowdowns we've been seeing, she suggests that our
> wireless pipe is the bottleneck (and all of our streaming is
> through wireless).

It's certainly possible, but that leaves me without a reasonable
fix.

What I should really find out/test is whether streaming in my room
affects *anybody else*.  If it is *only* screwing me up, then RF
interference between my WAP and the chromecast itself seems pretty
likely.

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