Wednesday, January 28, 2009

How Fast Does Your Computer Surf? U-verse vs Comcast

AT&T recently installed their bundle of phone, internet, and tv service (known as U-verse) in my home.  Their signals are carried through fiber-optic cables and they promised fast speeds. For reasons of convenience my home computer was fitted with a wireless device to connect to the new network.  Below is a comparison of the download/upload speed of my home computer with the speed of my work computer which is direct-connected to the Comcast network.
U-verse wireless speed is shown in the picture above.  Comcast wired speed is shown below.
When I get a chance to pull the cat-5 wires through the walls I will connect my home computers directly to the AT&T modem/router and I expect I will see higher loading speeds.  

If you want to test your own computer's speed, click here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Steve,
I checked my speed. 1350 and 670. I'll be interested in how you like your new set up.
Dad