Mr. Cable Installer just left. Not only do I get super-fast speeds on my new cable modem, he was late! Which means I get a $25 credit on my next bill.

I ran a bandwidth test this morning on the DSL line, and another on the Cable just a few minutes ago.

DSL
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File size transferred : 3.02 MB (3167484 bytes)
Total time taken : 39.89 seconds (39891 milliseconds)
Throughput : 79.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 0.08 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 632.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 0.63 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]
Download Statistics
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Best speed = 0.63 Mbps, Average speed = 0.31 Mbps
Worst speed = 0.63 Mbps, Average time taken = 19.94 secs

RoadRunner
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File size transferred : 3.02 MB (3167484 bytes)
Total time taken : 5.75 seconds (5750 milliseconds)
Throughput : 550.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 0.55 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 4400.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 4.4 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]
Download Statistics
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Best speed = 4.4 Mbps, Average speed = 4.4 Mbps
Worst speed = 4.4 Mbps, Average time taken = 5.75 secs
So I’m not quite topping out at the advertised 6.0 Mbps, but it’s a hell of a lot better than what I was getting.