{"id":25310,"date":"2025-10-25T09:06:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T13:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25310"},"modified":"2025-10-25T09:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T13:06:56","slug":"kinetic-windstream-speeds-2025-10-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/kinetic-windstream-speeds-2025-10-24.html","title":{"rendered":"Kinetic Windstream speeds 2025-10-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nSo far, this seems pretty reliable:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\n<a title=\"740 Mbps up, 598 Mbps down, 2025-10-25, 08:39:18, speedtest.net, Kinetic Windstream\" name=\"Speeds:X740-Mbps-up-598-Mbps-down-20251025-083918-speedtestnet-Kinetic-Windstream\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-10-24--kinetic\/2025-10-25--kinetic-speedtest-08-39-18.html\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-10-24--kinetic\/2025-10-25--kinetic-speedtest-08-39-18.jpg\"  alt=\"[740 Mbps up, 598 Mbps down, 2025-10-25, 08:39:18, speedtest.net, Kinetic Windstream]\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-10-24--kinetic\/2025-10-25--kinetic-speedtest-08-39-18.html\">740 Mbps up, 598 Mbps down, 2025-10-25, 08:39:18, speedtest.net, Kinetic Windstream<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s 598 Mbps down and 740 Mbps up.<br \/>\nYes, faster uplink than downlink.<br \/>\nBoth more than half a gigabyte.<\/p>\n<p>\nThere were some issues getting the fiber 2,000 feet up our driveway.<br \/>\nBut, unlike AT&amp;T many years ago, we did not have to pay for that.<\/p>\n<p>\nIf you have one of these flowerpots next to the road at your driveway<br \/>\nin an unincorporated area of Lowndes County, Georgia,<br \/>\nyou may be next.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\n<a title=\"Flowerpot at road, 2025-10-01, 10:30:12\" name=\"FP:Flowerpot-at-road-20251001-103012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-10-24--kinetic\/20251001_103012.html\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-10-24--kinetic\/20251001_103012.jpg\"  alt=\"[Flowerpot at road, 2025-10-01, 10:30:12]\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-10-24--kinetic\/20251001_103012.html\">Flowerpot at road, 2025-10-01, 10:30:12<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSee also, Windstream, PR, May 2, 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.windstream.com\/news\/news-details\/2024\/39-million-Public-Private-Partnership-To-Bring-Fiber-Internet-to-16000-Locations-in-Lowndes-County\/default.aspx\"><br \/>\n$39 million Public Private Partnership To Bring Fiber Internet to 16,000 Locations in Lowndes County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\n<p>\nFor more information, visit www.gokinetic.com or call Kinetic\u2019s local office at 229-317-1607.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n -jsq\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research.  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">donate to LAKE today<\/a>!<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far, this seems pretty reliable: 740 Mbps up, 598 Mbps down, 2025-10-25, 08:39:18, speedtest.net, Kinetic Windstream That&#8217;s 598 Mbps down and 740 Mbps up. Yes, faster uplink than downlink. Both more than half a gigabyte. There were some issues getting the fiber 2,000 feet up our driveway. 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