VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

After a supposed upgrade from 1 Gpbs to 2 Gpbs for Internet speed, I am
still getting downstream and upstream speeds that I had before. No
increase in speed. I got the upgrade for free, but I'd still like to
effect the upgrade.

https://speedtest.xfinity.com/ is Comcast's speed test site, so you stay within their network. https://www.speedtest.net/ is Ookla's speed test
site, and is outside Comcast's network.

I asked my ISP (Comcast) several times if they had provisioned the cable modem to bind a sufficient number of bands to achieve the higher
bandwidth, and they kept saying yes. I remember a couple times when
they reprovisioned the cable modem, because I saw the lights change on
the cable modem, and lost the Internet.

I checked the specs on their cable modem (XB6, XB7, XB8, and XB10). XB6
to XB8 support up to 2.5 Gbps. XB10 supports 10 Gbps. I had the XB7,
but replaced with the XB8 to see if changing to a later model got the
higher speed. Nope.

https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/broadband-gateways-userguides

Then I pondered if there was a bottleneck in my setup. Maybe the fault
is on my end. The NIC I'm using in the desktop PC is integral to the motherboard: Asrock Taichi Z390. The specs at:

https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z390%20Taichi/index.asp#Specification

say the NIC supports 10/100/1000 Mbps. Well, there looks to be the bottleneck. Maybe the pipe is bigger from the cable modem, and beyond,
but the choke point is my mobo's onboard NIC.

I've got a couple unused and unblocked PCIe 3.0x16 slots available, so
guess I'll have to get a faster NIC daughtercard. Looks like those
slots should handle up to 16 GBps (that's big B for byte, not little b
for bit) bandwidth. 16 lanes with each capable of delivering 980 MBps
is 15.7 GBps across all 16 lanes. Seems like a PCIe 3.0 x16 could
easily support 2 Gbps bandwidth. However, all the NICs look like PCIe
3.0 x1, so only 1 lane. With just 1 lane, seems the PCIe 3.0 x1 NIC
could only get up to 960 MBps, or 7680 Mbps, but that's a lot faster
than the 930 Mbps I get now with the onboard NIC.

Got a Wavlink WL-NWP002 2.5 Gbps PCIe network card. Before and after installing the driver, no change in speed. The same as before.
Experiment failed.

When I go into the adapter settings, and look at the properties of the
new NIC, it says:

Speed: 1.0 Gbps

Of course, it is possible the speed sites I used cannot surpass 1 Gpbs.
Or the PCIe 3.0 slots in my mobo cannot handle the higher rate.

--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

On Fri, 1/16/2026 9:27 PM, VanguardLH wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

After a supposed upgrade from 1 Gpbs to 2 Gpbs for Internet speed, I am
still getting downstream and upstream speeds that I had before. No
increase in speed. I got the upgrade for free, but I'd still like to
effect the upgrade.

https://speedtest.xfinity.com/ is Comcast's speed test site, so you stay
within their network. https://www.speedtest.net/ is Ookla's speed test
site, and is outside Comcast's network.

I asked my ISP (Comcast) several times if they had provisioned the cable
modem to bind a sufficient number of bands to achieve the higher
bandwidth, and they kept saying yes. I remember a couple times when
they reprovisioned the cable modem, because I saw the lights change on
the cable modem, and lost the Internet.

I checked the specs on their cable modem (XB6, XB7, XB8, and XB10). XB6
to XB8 support up to 2.5 Gbps. XB10 supports 10 Gbps. I had the XB7,
but replaced with the XB8 to see if changing to a later model got the
higher speed. Nope.

https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/broadband-gateways-userguides

Then I pondered if there was a bottleneck in my setup. Maybe the fault
is on my end. The NIC I'm using in the desktop PC is integral to the
motherboard: Asrock Taichi Z390. The specs at:

https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z390%20Taichi/index.asp#Specification

say the NIC supports 10/100/1000 Mbps. Well, there looks to be the
bottleneck. Maybe the pipe is bigger from the cable modem, and beyond,
but the choke point is my mobo's onboard NIC.

I've got a couple unused and unblocked PCIe 3.0x16 slots available, so
guess I'll have to get a faster NIC daughtercard. Looks like those
slots should handle up to 16 GBps (that's big B for byte, not little b
for bit) bandwidth. 16 lanes with each capable of delivering 980 MBps
is 15.7 GBps across all 16 lanes. Seems like a PCIe 3.0 x16 could
easily support 2 Gbps bandwidth. However, all the NICs look like PCIe
3.0 x1, so only 1 lane. With just 1 lane, seems the PCIe 3.0 x1 NIC
could only get up to 960 MBps, or 7680 Mbps, but that's a lot faster
than the 930 Mbps I get now with the onboard NIC.

Got a Wavlink WL-NWP002 2.5 Gbps PCIe network card. Before and after installing the driver, no change in speed. The same as before.
Experiment failed.

When I go into the adapter settings, and look at the properties of the
new NIC, it says:

Speed: 1.0 Gbps

Of course, it is possible the speed sites I used cannot surpass 1 Gpbs.
Or the PCIe 3.0 slots in my mobo cannot handle the higher rate.

See if there is a speed control.

The adapter should really auto-negotiate.

But apparently there is some interface people refer
to, that allow turning it down to 1GbE.

I don't know if this would be in the Device Manager interface
or not. Generally, Microsoft kinda smothers custom panels,
and you'd need to download a driver kit from RealTek for it.

On Windows, the RealTek driver is likely to be virtualized
(wrapped to protect kernel). It, and NVidia, are the two
that I know of that are virtualized. This should not make
any difference to your experiment.

If the other end is 1GbE, then there is no reason for the
adapter to go faster than the other hardware.

Paul


--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:27:47 -0600, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

Got a Wavlink WL-NWP002 2.5 Gbps PCIe network card. Before and after >installing the driver, no change in speed. The same as before.
Experiment failed.

When I go into the adapter settings, and look at the properties of the
new NIC, it says:

Speed: 1.0 Gbps

That normally means that your new NIC and the device to which it is
physically connected have negotiated a max speed of 1Gbps. The XB7 modem
has 3 Gig ports and one 2.5Gbps port, so be sure you're connected to the
proper port on the modem. In the photos that I've seen, it's the 4th
port and it may have a small red vertical bar next to it to indicate
that it's somewhat special. Google says that port can also be configured
as a WAN port, and if you've done that, then there will be no 2.5Gbps
port available for you on the LAN side.

Of course, it is possible the speed sites I used cannot surpass 1 Gpbs.
Or the PCIe 3.0 slots in my mobo cannot handle the higher rate.

Those two conditions wouldn't/shouldn't affect the negotiated link rate.


--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 1/16/2026 9:27 PM, VanguardLH wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

After a supposed upgrade from 1 Gpbs to 2 Gpbs for Internet speed, I am
still getting downstream and upstream speeds that I had before. No
increase in speed. I got the upgrade for free, but I'd still like to
effect the upgrade.

https://speedtest.xfinity.com/ is Comcast's speed test site, so you stay >>> within their network. https://www.speedtest.net/ is Ookla's speed test
site, and is outside Comcast's network.

I asked my ISP (Comcast) several times if they had provisioned the cable >>> modem to bind a sufficient number of bands to achieve the higher
bandwidth, and they kept saying yes. I remember a couple times when
they reprovisioned the cable modem, because I saw the lights change on
the cable modem, and lost the Internet.

I checked the specs on their cable modem (XB6, XB7, XB8, and XB10). XB6 >>> to XB8 support up to 2.5 Gbps. XB10 supports 10 Gbps. I had the XB7,
but replaced with the XB8 to see if changing to a later model got the
higher speed. Nope.

https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/broadband-gateways-userguides

Then I pondered if there was a bottleneck in my setup. Maybe the fault
is on my end. The NIC I'm using in the desktop PC is integral to the
motherboard: Asrock Taichi Z390. The specs at:

https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z390%20Taichi/index.asp#Specification

say the NIC supports 10/100/1000 Mbps. Well, there looks to be the
bottleneck. Maybe the pipe is bigger from the cable modem, and beyond,
but the choke point is my mobo's onboard NIC.

I've got a couple unused and unblocked PCIe 3.0x16 slots available, so
guess I'll have to get a faster NIC daughtercard. Looks like those
slots should handle up to 16 GBps (that's big B for byte, not little b
for bit) bandwidth. 16 lanes with each capable of delivering 980 MBps
is 15.7 GBps across all 16 lanes. Seems like a PCIe 3.0 x16 could
easily support 2 Gbps bandwidth. However, all the NICs look like PCIe
3.0 x1, so only 1 lane. With just 1 lane, seems the PCIe 3.0 x1 NIC
could only get up to 960 MBps, or 7680 Mbps, but that's a lot faster
than the 930 Mbps I get now with the onboard NIC.

Got a Wavlink WL-NWP002 2.5 Gbps PCIe network card. Before and after
installing the driver, no change in speed. The same as before.
Experiment failed.

When I go into the adapter settings, and look at the properties of the
new NIC, it says:

Speed: 1.0 Gbps

Of course, it is possible the speed sites I used cannot surpass 1 Gpbs.
Or the PCIe 3.0 slots in my mobo cannot handle the higher rate.

See if there is a speed control.

Didn't find any speed control for the device as listed in Device
Manager, or for the properties of the NIC.

--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:27:47 -0600, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

Got a Wavlink WL-NWP002 2.5 Gbps PCIe network card. Before and after >>installing the driver, no change in speed. The same as before.
Experiment failed.

When I go into the adapter settings, and look at the properties of the
new NIC, it says:

Speed: 1.0 Gbps

That normally means that your new NIC and the device to which it is physically connected have negotiated a max speed of 1Gbps. The XB7 modem
has 3 Gig ports and one 2.5Gbps port, so be sure you're connected to the proper port on the modem. In the photos that I've seen, it's the 4th
port and it may have a small red vertical bar next to it to indicate
that it's somewhat special. Google says that port can also be configured
as a WAN port, and if you've done that, then there will be no 2.5Gbps
port available for you on the LAN side.

Of course, it is possible the speed sites I used cannot surpass 1 Gpbs.
Or the PCIe 3.0 slots in my mobo cannot handle the higher rate.

Those two conditions wouldn't/shouldn't affect the negotiated link rate.

https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/broadband-gateways-userguides

Doesn't mention different speeds for the Ethernet (wired) ports. There
is a link to a "manual" where maybe they'd have a pic showing the device
and its ports. Nope. Worthless.

Looked at the backside where are the RJ-45 ports, but no markings to differentiate them other than 1, 2, 3, and 4 to number them. There was
a red thin line next to port 4, but couldn't see it until I unplug the
cables from ports 1 and 2 on the other side. With 4 CAT5 cables coming
into the modem, and all of them the same brand, same jacks on the ends,
and all the same gray, I had to unplug one at a time to check when my
desktop PC lost network access. I put that cable into port 4 with the
red line.

Huge difference in Mbps speed.
down up
speedtest.net: 2322 300
speedtest.xfinity.net: 2242 98

Comcast's speedtest always measures low on upstream speed. The
downstream speeds more than doubled.

I never before noticed that red line next to a port, but then I wouldn't
know what it meant. Well, that means one computer gets the faster
service tier from Comcast, but not computers on the other ports. Argh.
Getting manuals on the XB modems is tough. I found:

https://www.cox.com/residential/support/technicolor-cgm4981.html

which says:

Ethernet port 4 on the bottom right is the only 2.5 Gbps ethernet
port. The other three ethernet ports are 1 Gbps ethernet ports.

When I was at the Xfinity store, they didn't have any XB10 models.

https://quizlet.com/study-guides/overview-of-xfinity-wifi-gateway-models-and-features-776122af-cb09-4723-8d08-92bbea3b0c95

That says:

Ethernet Ports: Four total (Two 10 Gbps and Two 1 Gbps)


So, double the highest speed ports, and 2 at the high speed.

Of all the chats I've had with Comcast, no one mentioned moving my
computer to the red-lined port. A red line. Who the hell would know
that? Of course, I'm the most important computer user in my household,
so I'm getting the lone 2.5 Gbps port. No one else would notice since 1
Gbps is more than sufficient for their needs. For me, I was told we
have 2 Gbps service, so I wanted it, like a bulldog fighting with a tire
swing while snarling away.

Thanks for pointing out which port is 2.5 Gbps. My old mobo NIC would
only do 1 Gbps, so the new daughtercard NIC was needed to break the gig barrier. Do I notice a huge improvement in speed? Not so far. That's something I have to experience over time as I surf, especially at
familiar sites to see if they load faster.

Another choke point removed in the network path. Well, a choke point eliminated for only 1 computer. When the Xfinity store has the XB10,
I'll swap out the XB8 that I have now, and get 2 10 Gbps ports. I'm not
paying a ransom for 10 Gpbs NICs, but the 2.5 Gbps NIC from Wavlink was
only $22.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Quality100-2-5G-Base-T-PCIe-Network-Card-2500-1000-100Mbps-PCI-Express-Ethernet-Adapter-RTL8125B-NIC-Windows-11-10-8-8-1-7-Linux-Low-Profile-Bracket/14271100163

I owe you, bro. No kisses, though. Thanks.

--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

Huge difference in Mbps speed.
down up
speedtest.net: 2322 300

After the upgrade from 1 Gbps to 2.5 Gbps, websites are snappier (load
faster). Even switching exit nodes in the VPN is faster. Even Youtube
videos load faster (faster to enable the play button, and less time to
buffer to start playing). Speed is addictive.

--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

On Sat, 1/17/2026 3:01 AM, VanguardLH wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

Huge difference in Mbps speed.
down up
speedtest.net: 2322 300

After the upgrade from 1 Gbps to 2.5 Gbps, websites are snappier (load faster). Even switching exit nodes in the VPN is faster. Even Youtube videos load faster (faster to enable the play button, and less time to
buffer to start playing). Speed is addictive.

You can buy a four port switch with 2.5GbE ports on it and
connect the four port switch to the red-line port :-)

That's how I run my computer room, from the "sub-broadband" broadband,
is with a GbE switch for the local traffic. The WAN side can use
rubbish standards, for the amount of bandwidth I've got.

And the reason for suggesting a four port switch, is for the
cost. There might be some more-capable boxes out there, but
the price won't be right.

Paul

--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

After the upgrade from 1 Gbps to 2.5 Gbps, websites are snappier (load
faster). Even switching exit nodes in the VPN is faster. Even Youtube
videos load faster (faster to enable the play button, and less time to
buffer to start playing). Speed is addictive.

You can buy a four port switch with 2.5GbE ports on it and connect the
four port switch to the red-line port

That might work provided each port gets full 2.5 Gbps support, but it is
still 2.5 Gbps on the WAN side. Not all the connected computers are
likely to be concurrently choking their LAN side port, though.

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=600052097%204814%20100158106%20601357222&d=ethernet+switch+2.5+gbps&Order=1

Thanks for the tip. Sometimes the obvious escapes you.

--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 1/11/2026 10:19 AM, Chris wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

After a supposed upgrade from 1 Gpbs to 2 Gpbs for Internet speed, I am
still getting downstream and upstream speeds that I had before. No
increase in speed. I got the upgrade for free, but I'd still like to
effect the upgrade.

Everything from source to endpoint needs to capable of running at 2 Gbps
under load and with other traffic being managed.

This is not going to happen except for things that are extremely close to
your "edge" to the internet. Then you've got your router and internal
cabling.

Most hardware is rated "upto" certain speeds which will be only possible
under ideal/lab conditions. I doubt you ever see anything close to 1 Gbps
in real life.

You're not trying hard enough.

That's my point. In order to benefit from such high bandwidth you need make sure every pipe between you and the source is capable of those speeds at
load. For 99.9% of people that means buying new kit. And for what? You
can't type any quicker, watch films any quicker, kill zombies any quicker,
...


--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 1/11/2026 10:19 AM, Chris wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

After a supposed upgrade from 1 Gpbs to 2 Gpbs for Internet speed, I am >>>> still getting downstream and upstream speeds that I had before. No
increase in speed. I got the upgrade for free, but I'd still like to
effect the upgrade.

Everything from source to endpoint needs to capable of running at 2 Gbps >>> under load and with other traffic being managed.

This is not going to happen except for things that are extremely close to >>> your "edge" to the internet. Then you've got your router and internal
cabling.

Most hardware is rated "upto" certain speeds which will be only possible >>> under ideal/lab conditions. I doubt you ever see anything close to 1 Gbps >>> in real life.

You're not trying hard enough.

That's my point. In order to benefit from such high bandwidth you need make sure every pipe between you and the source is capable of those speeds at load. For 99.9% of people that means buying new kit. And for what? You
can't type any quicker, watch films any quicker, kill zombies any quicker, ...

I disagree, and have proof.

Watch films any quicker.
The video doesn't play any faster since obviously you would end up
watching the video in fast forward. However, the time to buffer the
movie to eliminate jitter or other artifacts will be shorter. For
example, when viewing a Youtube video, the time to load the buffer to
when you get to start playing the movie is shorter. Much shorter. If
you are capturing video streams, the streams are delivered faster, so it
takes less time to snag them.

Type any faster.
Oh, puh-lease. Your computer is waiting eons between each keypress.
Even when back on 2400 baud modems, your keypresses were far slower on
your computer; however, the time to transfer your input to server is
shorter.

kill zombies any quicker
Visit some gaming forums. they're always extolling how faster bandwidth
makes their online video games more enjoyable, like faster reaction time
to outplay another gamer, less hesitation, greater FPS, and so on.

Yes, you can drink your coffee through a stirrer straw. Or you could
put your lips on the cup rim to swallow. You get some coffee either
way.

--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 1/11/2026 10:19 AM, Chris wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

After a supposed upgrade from 1 Gpbs to 2 Gpbs for Internet speed, I am >>>>> still getting downstream and upstream speeds that I had before. No
increase in speed. I got the upgrade for free, but I'd still like to >>>>> effect the upgrade.

Everything from source to endpoint needs to capable of running at 2 Gbps >>>> under load and with other traffic being managed.

This is not going to happen except for things that are extremely close to >>>> your "edge" to the internet. Then you've got your router and internal
cabling.

Most hardware is rated "upto" certain speeds which will be only possible >>>> under ideal/lab conditions. I doubt you ever see anything close to 1 Gbps >>>> in real life.

You're not trying hard enough.

That's my point. In order to benefit from such high bandwidth you need make >> sure every pipe between you and the source is capable of those speeds at
load. For 99.9% of people that means buying new kit. And for what? You
can't type any quicker, watch films any quicker, kill zombies any quicker, >> ...

I disagree, and have proof.

Watch films any quicker.
The video doesn't play any faster since obviously you would end up
watching the video in fast forward. However, the time to buffer the
movie to eliminate jitter or other artifacts will be shorter.

Of course. The human experience is no different, however.

For
example, when viewing a Youtube video, the time to load the buffer to
when you get to start playing the movie is shorter. Much shorter.

I experience sub-second response on 4G. Not sure what 2 Gbps will achieve.

If
you are capturing video streams, the streams are delivered faster, so it takes less time to snag them.

Eh?

Type any faster.
Oh, puh-lease. Your computer is waiting eons between each keypress.
Even when back on 2400 baud modems, your keypresses were far slower on
your computer; however, the time to transfer your input to server is
shorter.

Shorter, sure. Impossible to notice on the human timescale.

kill zombies any quicker
Visit some gaming forums. they're always extolling how faster bandwidth makes their online video games more enjoyable, like faster reaction time
to outplay another gamer, less hesitation, greater FPS, and so on.

Latency is what matters not bandwidth. FPS is driven by your local
hardware. Primarily the GPU. Internet bandwidth makes like difference
nowadays.

Yes, you can drink your coffee through a stirrer straw. Or you could
put your lips on the cup rim to swallow. You get some coffee either
way.

--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 1/11/2026 10:19 AM, Chris wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

After a supposed upgrade from 1 Gpbs to 2 Gpbs for Internet speed, I am >>>>>> still getting downstream and upstream speeds that I had before. No >>>>>> increase in speed. I got the upgrade for free, but I'd still like to >>>>>> effect the upgrade.

Everything from source to endpoint needs to capable of running at 2 Gbps >>>>> under load and with other traffic being managed.

This is not going to happen except for things that are extremely close to >>>>> your "edge" to the internet. Then you've got your router and internal >>>>> cabling.

Most hardware is rated "upto" certain speeds which will be only possible >>>>> under ideal/lab conditions. I doubt you ever see anything close to 1 Gbps >>>>> in real life.

You're not trying hard enough.

That's my point. In order to benefit from such high bandwidth you need make >>> sure every pipe between you and the source is capable of those speeds at >>> load. For 99.9% of people that means buying new kit. And for what? You
can't type any quicker, watch films any quicker, kill zombies any quicker, >>> ...

I disagree, and have proof.

Watch films any quicker.
The video doesn't play any faster since obviously you would end up
watching the video in fast forward. However, the time to buffer the
movie to eliminate jitter or other artifacts will be shorter.

Of course. The human experience is no different, however.

For
example, when viewing a Youtube video, the time to load the buffer to
when you get to start playing the movie is shorter. Much shorter.

I experience sub-second response on 4G. Not sure what 2 Gbps will achieve.

If
you are capturing video streams, the streams are delivered faster, so it
takes less time to snag them.

Eh?

Type any faster.
Oh, puh-lease. Your computer is waiting eons between each keypress.
Even when back on 2400 baud modems, your keypresses were far slower on
your computer; however, the time to transfer your input to server is
shorter.

Shorter, sure. Impossible to notice on the human timescale.

kill zombies any quicker
Visit some gaming forums. they're always extolling how faster bandwidth
makes their online video games more enjoyable, like faster reaction time
to outplay another gamer, less hesitation, greater FPS, and so on.

Latency is what matters not bandwidth. FPS is driven by your local
hardware. Primarily the GPU. Internet bandwidth makes like difference nowadays.

Yes, you can drink your coffee through a stirrer straw. Or you could
put your lips on the cup rim to swallow. You get some coffee either
way.

Argue as you may, I noticed everything is snappier.

--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 01:45:37 -0600, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

Of all the chats I've had with Comcast, no one mentioned moving my
computer to the red-lined port. A red line. Who the hell would know
that?

Crazy, right? That's a fairly significant feature. No idea why they'd
downplay it like that, but I'm glad you saw good results as soon as you
made the change.


--- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 1/11/2026 10:19 AM, Chris wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

After a supposed upgrade from 1 Gpbs to 2 Gpbs for Internet speed, I am >>>>>>> still getting downstream and upstream speeds that I had before. No >>>>>>> increase in speed. I got the upgrade for free, but I'd still like to >>>>>>> effect the upgrade.

Everything from source to endpoint needs to capable of running at 2 Gbps >>>>>> under load and with other traffic being managed.

This is not going to happen except for things that are extremely close to
your "edge" to the internet. Then you've got your router and internal >>>>>> cabling.

Most hardware is rated "upto" certain speeds which will be only possible >>>>>> under ideal/lab conditions. I doubt you ever see anything close to 1 Gbps
in real life.

You're not trying hard enough.

That's my point. In order to benefit from such high bandwidth you need make
sure every pipe between you and the source is capable of those speeds at >>>> load. For 99.9% of people that means buying new kit. And for what? You >>>> can't type any quicker, watch films any quicker, kill zombies any quicker, >>>> ...

I disagree, and have proof.

Watch films any quicker.
The video doesn't play any faster since obviously you would end up
watching the video in fast forward. However, the time to buffer the
movie to eliminate jitter or other artifacts will be shorter.

Of course. The human experience is no different, however.

For
example, when viewing a Youtube video, the time to load the buffer to
when you get to start playing the movie is shorter. Much shorter.

I experience sub-second response on 4G. Not sure what 2 Gbps will achieve. >>

If
you are capturing video streams, the streams are delivered faster, so it >>> takes less time to snag them.

Eh?

Type any faster.
Oh, puh-lease. Your computer is waiting eons between each keypress.
Even when back on 2400 baud modems, your keypresses were far slower on
your computer; however, the time to transfer your input to server is
shorter.

Shorter, sure. Impossible to notice on the human timescale.

kill zombies any quicker
Visit some gaming forums. they're always extolling how faster bandwidth >>> makes their online video games more enjoyable, like faster reaction time >>> to outplay another gamer, less hesitation, greater FPS, and so on.

Latency is what matters not bandwidth. FPS is driven by your local
hardware. Primarily the GPU. Internet bandwidth makes like difference
nowadays.

Yes, you can drink your coffee through a stirrer straw. Or you could
put your lips on the cup rim to swallow. You get some coffee either
way.

Argue as you may, I noticed everything is snappier.

Placebo effect ;)


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