The Joker
join:2003-08-01
00001 | Cool!
WOW! |
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California Dreamin'
join:2002-02-08
California | Charter where are you?
Come on Charter! |
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fegul
Premium
join:2004-08-23
united state | reply to The Joker
Re: Cool!
x2, I can't wait to see this one |
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MarkyD
Premium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs: | Yeah.
One might add that, at least on Cox, users seeing a relible 15mbps connection are few and far between. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
Premium
join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
| I'll get excited...
When the 500ms latency and 80% evening slowdowns are gone. While they certainly should provide the service to areas that have the infrastructure to handle as I mentioned in another thread I wish Comcrap would give equal attention to those areas like mine that are plagued with constant problems. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| still lacking
what is it with the last century uploads? I would happily remain at my current d/l speed (4M) for double the upload (or more) of the current 384K for that tier.
Besides 4M,5M,6M, all sorta the same ballpark. Next jump I wanna take is to 10M or 15M (can you hear me now?). |
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou
·Charter Pipeline
| This much speed is unrealistic
Faster speeds are fine, but unless cable ISP's have drastically changed their networks, it seems like they will head into congestion problems like they had 5 years ago.
Allowing a smaller and smaller number of users to saturate the bandwidth in a given area seems counter productive. I'm seeing that just with 5mbps, there are only a limited number of Internet related things that will deliver that much bandwidth consistantly. Why will giving users 2 and 3 times as much speed be any better: 1) to me? 2) to the network?
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Justin413
join:2003-07-22
Methuen, MA | reply to oliphant
Re: I'll get excited...
so does this mean if i already have the gold tier, it will be increased to 8Mbs/768, but then there will also be another tier that i can upgrade to for an additional fee?.. please tell me that isnt so... i think i pay enough as it is now.. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
1 edit | reply to fegul
Re: Cool!
said by fegul  :x2, I can't wait to see this one I hope it is true. But it will have little impact on browsing speeds. May allow large downloads of MS software fixes to run a little quicker.
What is needed is faster upload speeds, not faster download speeds.
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
Premium
join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA | reply to Justin413
Re: I'll get excited...
You'll get bumped up. |
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Jim Gurd
Premium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
·Comcast
1 edit | DSL
Talk America will soon be offering DSL in my area. They are asking $24.95 for 4000/384 service (assuming you are close enough to the CO). For those who don't know, Talk America is an alternative local telephone company (CLEC). Unlike most CLEC's they are actually facilities based as opposed to reselling SBC service through UNE-P. I ported my number over to them several years ago.
I called them and they told me I am on an older system and will be transitioned to the new system on July 29th so I should call back about a week later. They will then run a line test to see if I can get DSL. If so I will most likely switch. Comcast is charging $45.95 per month including modem rental. Even if I only get half the rated speed it's still worth the price savings.
Comcast is going to be forced to cut their prices and not just offer faster speeds in order to retain customers. They may not want to cut prices but will have no choice if DSL keeps undercutting them.
One other thing I've noticed is that more and more spam is slipping through the Brightmail filters. Hopefully with a new e-mail address that doesn't end in @comcast.net I will get less spam if I switch providers. |
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jagged
join:2003-07-01
Boynton Beach, FL | Pffft
just a 384 upload? How stingy. A 512 or 768 would have been nice. Sending a 300MB file to the office is not fun. |
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Matsayz
Premium
join:2005-02-08
Tucson, AZ | do you not have a cd-burner??? good lord, i'd never send that over the net. |
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Justin413
join:2003-07-22
Methuen, MA | hahaha honestly... burning it and mailing it out would be more safe. |
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lkjiin lkjciw
| reply to jagged
you know..using cable there is a top end upload speed... and if theres a lot of folks on your node all at the high end speeds, then things kind of STOP.
I'm just waiting for FIOS to become available.... |
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Racerbob
join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY
 ·FrontierNet Intern..
·RoadRunner Cable
| Waiting on RoadRunner now
Come on RoadRunner. 6000/512 would be nice here in Rochester, NY area. From inside sources...Frontier DSL is having a silent roll out in this area to 6000 kb/sec speed and is prepared to go as high as 10 mb/sec speed eventually. Competition is good in this area for sure. Frontier DSL still available for $29.95/month for 2 years. |
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Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
Premium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
| reply to nasadude
Re: still lacking
said by nasadude :what is it with the last century uploads? I would happily remain at my current d/l speed (4M) for double the upload (or more) of the current 384K for that tier. Evey time speed upgrades are mentioned someone complains about the upload (come to think of it, I think it's you who complain about the upload). You aren't going to get it because upload increases are relatively expensive, and for the most part no one will notice except for the P2P crowd, which no ISP really wants to deal with anyway.
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| reply to jagged
Re: Pffft
Until Comcast migrate everyone's upstream modulation to QAM-16 instead of the current QPSK, they are going to be severely limited on upstream bandwidth.
I have a suspicion that a lot of the downstream packet loss that people are seeing is actually due to upstream congestion which causes the acknowledge packets to be lost. This seems worse on older modems. I guess they have less buffer for upstream packets and therefore timeout quicker. |
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SirChaos
join:2002-01-15
Marysville, WA
| Blah Blah
You know it's great seeing all the great news about Comcast.....Verizon.....Cox......but.....COME ON BRIGHTHOUSE TAMPA! This is sad.....no news....no plans.....and I'm stuck at 5.0 with 384 upload. No Fiber in my area.....man....I wish I had other choices. |
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mikejz84
join:2001-09-03
Gainesville, FL | I love this line
It's not clear if they'll match Cox and Adelphia's respective 15 & 16Mbps tiers (in competitive markets).
Yeah, this is a cable company, how many competitive markets are there exactly?:) |
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