Comcast Will Be Shaking Up Their Speed Tiers

said by pjhofmann:

So I'm currently on 16/2, to get the new speeds I have to ditch my 5120 for Docsis 3.0 modem it seems?

said by gary0922:

How hard is it to switch from a 5120 to a DOCSIS 3.0 modem?

Is it plug and play? Or, do I have to reconfigure my router(s)?

I have 3 Airport Extreme and 1 Airport Express on a Wireless Distribution System.

said by Rob:

Yes. Comcast required you to use a DOCSIS 3.0 modem for their 22/5 and 50/5 tiers.

said by alfnoid:

Nope, I have Ultra (22/5) with an old sb5120 (owned) and it works fine.

said by Rob:

Of course it works. I didn't say it doesn't work.

However, to get the full advantage of DOCSIS 3.0 with the bonding, Comcast requires you to use a 3.0 modem. The fact that you are able to use a 2.0 just means that either Comcast hasn't detected that yet for your account, or doesn't care since you own the modem.

said by alfnoid:

You didn't say it didn't work, but you told pjhofmann that he/she would indeed need to get a new modem once this takes effect....which of course isn't true.

Try re-reading what you posted and see where the misunderstanding took place.

All you had to say was that technically you don't need one, but comcast would like to see you have one or something similar.

Have a nice day

said by alfnoid:

You didn't say it didn't work, but you told pjhofmann that he/she would indeed need to get a new modem once this takes effect....which of course isn't true.

Try re-reading what you posted and see where the misunderstanding took place.

All you had to say was that technically you don't need one, but comcast would like to see you have one or something similar.

Have a nice day

said by Rob:

Yes. Comcast required you to use a DOCSIS 3.0 modem for their 22/5 and 50/5 tiers.

said by pjhofmann:

So I'm currently on 16/2, to get the new speeds I have to ditch my 5120 for Docsis 3.0 modem it seems?

said by Lark3po:

I have the same modem and get 24/4 with Knology's DOCSIS 3 upgraded network in my area.

Edit:
You should be good up to 42/30 with a DOCSIS 2 modem.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS

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said by aaronwt:

The speed tier doesn 't matter much if it slows to a crawl every evening. Which is what would happen every evening to me when I had Comcast. It still happens to my brother and my Parents. all different neighborhoods.

I've never had that problem with FiOS. And those Comcast speed tiers are almost laughable compared to what FiOS offers. And the FIOS speeds are available 24/7/365

said by MSauk:

I have one in there already, and the person in there was great.

The person that called me informed me that signals were all okay and it would cost me money to have a tech come out to my house again.

I don't have extra money to waste to be honest or even take that chance. It is not cheap to have someone come out here.

It seems fine at my house, so it would have to be something outside of it which it seems no one can find.

Like I said something is not right, but I can't risk money to have a truck roll out and say everything is peachy

said by Boredness:

Yeah there is a huge gap between the 1m/384k economy tier and 12/2 perfomance in D3 areas. Does 4mb/768k sound better?

said by camaro92:

It's all in the markets my friend,when docis 3.0 hit the first roll out, my area i had it like the first day it was announced in the email, then i got upgraded to 16/2,now they offered me a deal with phone service so with that package i got upgraded to 22 package witch they said had to include a new moto modem.I am not complaining about new speeds great but like everyone said a price drop would be nicer,on a side note it sucks that the only docis 3.0 modem that consumers can buy is the moto though.

said by miami786male:

This is good news..Keep up the good work Comcast...