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A friend of mine is having some problems with his Comcast cable internet. He says Comcast advertises that he should be getting 4mb/s, yet in reality, he is only getting around 647KB/s.
We really noticed it was slow, when I "raced him" for downloading an Apple software update he told me about. I started after him, but was finished about 2 minutes before him, and I have Verizon DSL.
I connect wirelessly to the internet via a wireless G router.
My friend is connected directly to his router via ethernet. I have 5 other computers on my internet. He only has two on his internet.
What could be slowing my friend down? Cable internet should be considerably faster than DSL, correct?
We really noticed it was slow, when I "raced him" for downloading an Apple software update he told me about. I started after him, but was finished about 2 minutes before him, and I have Verizon DSL.
I connect wirelessly to the internet via a wireless G router.
My friend is connected directly to his router via ethernet. I have 5 other computers on my internet. He only has two on his internet.
What could be slowing my friend down? Cable internet should be considerably faster than DSL, correct?