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UPC/NTL twice as fast using 'ethernet' cable compared with USB

ytareh · 2008-08-08 10:53:52

I was connecting my UPC broadband via USB and tried to compare the RJ45 cable -the thick broadband/ethernet one ...got almost exactly double my speed at about 12 meg ....this morning Im getting 20 meg on Speedtest.net....I originally signed up for 6 meg....UPC seem to be the speed champs right now if not necessarily the…

08-08-2008 10:53am

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ytareh

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I was connecting my UPC broadband via USB and tried to compare the RJ45 cable -the thick broadband/ethernet one ...got almost exactly double my speed at about 12 meg ....this morning Im getting 20 meg on Speedtest.net....I originally signed up for 6 meg....UPC seem to be the speed champs right now if not necessarily the customer service ones -although Im sure theres a lot worse...

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#2 08-08-2008 11:03am

Cabaal

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Few posts already discussing this and the fact that UPC are not picking up on the USB limitation when it comes to USB causing slower speeds

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