I am staying long-term at the Best Western San Benito Inn located in Hollister. The facility has 30-MB cable Wi-Fi provided by Charter Communications. However, because there are several large hotel/motel facilities on the same node which include many private residences and numerous businesses, the download/upload speeds are worse than the old v90 dial-up speeds used to be.
I just checked the internet speeds here on toast.net, speedtest.net, dslreports.com, and charter's own speed test. All of the results were virtually identical with download speeds of 212 kb (!!!) and upload speeds of 975 kb.
This is a far, far cry from the contracted-for 30 MB speeds that Charter advertises and charges for.
In the past 10-days, Charter techs have been to this facility AT LEAST 3 different times. They have verified that all of the equipment here at the hotel is more than adequate and working properly and claim that their speeds are fine (as they said with a smirk). One of the technicians admitted to me that there were too many people on the same node using up all of the bandwidth and described the problem as having 50 people on the same street all trying to use the same garden hose at the same time so that each house only gets dribbles of water instead of a full stream of water.
Charter's internet service is so bad that I have been unable to send out even basic emails for work so I have recommended that the Best Western management file suit against Charter Communications and I have contacted my lawyer to proceed with "restraint of trade" litigation against Charter since their contracted service is preventing me from performing my employment and depriving me of income while at the same time forcing me to use Office Max and Staples in Gilroy (15-miles away) to send emails, faxes, and download construction designs.
I would strongly recommend that everyone use another internet provider other than Charter Communication! read more