Hey man, i think there is a problem with your cable line.  Because i am getting about 580kB/s Downloads Speeds and about 32kB/s Upload Speeds.  Thats the 5000/256 Plan.  I live in West Frankfort, and i usually never have a problem

I live in sugar grove with mediacomm cable and at peak times it's real nasty.  Right now I'm getting horrible d/l . 

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 552 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 748 kB)
Download Speed is:: 67 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sat Dec 3 17:19:38 CST 2005
Bottom Line:: 10X faster than 56K 1MB download in 15.28 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 16.38 % of your hosts average (mchsi.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-M701TL29Z

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 231 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 28 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sat Dec 3 17:21:03 CST 2005
Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 36.57 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 95.06 % of your hosts average (mchsi.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-G9CJBMY1I

I'd love to help with your situation. My name is Scott Westerman and I'm the Region Vice President for Mediacom with responsiblity for Northern Illinois. If you'd like, please feel free to send me a note or call me directly and we'll get working on this.

Scott Westerman
Region Vice President
Mediacom Communications Corporation
scottwesterman@mchsi.com
309 743-4100

I am a former mediacom customer. i live about 20 minutes from westerman's office. the service sucks here too. go to DSL, you'll be a lot happier, with a lot less headaches, and a lot less often. and to boot, youll get a lot better service.

The problem isnt the techs mediacom employs, its the crappy burueacracy that makes it impossible to get any service in any REASONABLE time frame and usually requires more than one trip from said techs.

mediacom sucks. go with DSL. When VP shows up on a forum to do damage control, that should be a big clue something is not right. Bail, youll be happier.

ev

Actually have to disagree with you there ev,  after Mediacomm did their major upgrade in our area (to support VoIP on their networks) my speeds have been kick ass.  Sorry I can't post them I'm writing from work.  My friend who switched to DSL during the bad times gets way slower speeds and his modem resets itself often.  Sounds like he's the one with a headache now.

Voice over IP (internet) like vonage, though ISP's do it via modem...

When I first got my internet it sucked I had the 5 mb download speed and was getting 2 mb at top, but they fixed it with the lines or whatever, and ended up with like 4 mb download, but then I got the max thing, and have been getting like 8 mb and 700 upload.  Only downside is there cable service sucks.  They haven't added anything in the year and a half ive had it.