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Comments on news posted 2008-06-03 09:53:10: A Comcast insider tells me that sometime between today and Thursday, Comcast will be boosting upload speeds (users in FiOS areas may have seen the bump already). ..

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I have had 1000 upload for some time

I guess it is now official. But I have had the 1000 upload speed for at least a month. The additional upload came in handy when I uploaded video and pics from a nieces wedding. Made that process go much faster than it did when I did the same thing a year ago for another wedding.
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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

Do I have to do a speed test to see if I have the 1 mpbs?
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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

»www.speedtest.net/
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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

My 50mb/20mb FIOS connection laughs at Comcast.

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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

So does your lower bank account. lol

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said by Scree See Profile :

So does your lower bank account. lol
Money isn't everything but speed is! LOL right back at ya'
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So does my 20/20 FTTH!
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Just a question but do they limit downloads/uploads on the fios 50/5?
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said by ditka_b See Profile :

Just a question but do they limit downloads/uploads on the fios 50/5?
I haven't had any limitations on my fios line. Just this past month or so I've uploaded over 2 Terabytes and downloaded about 300GB.

No notices or anything. Though if you consider a standard 3mb/768k connection, that'd be equal to about 60GB monthly upload.

Relatively speaking, not all that much.
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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

oh, I am sure they notice, they just havent said anything yet.

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said by Justin0232 :

Do I have to do a speed test to see if I have the 1 mpbs?
Depending on your cable modem, you can see the speeds by going in to the cable modem and browse the config info. The address varies, but »192.168.100.1 is a heavily used address.

Powerboost makes it difficult to determine if you have the new upload speed. You need to do an extended upload to see if it is powerboost or the new 1 mbps speed. Try uploading to a web server and use a PC based tool to see if you have it or not. Microsoft has a free web site under the "live.com" banner called Skydrive, where you get 5 GB of space for free. »skydrive.live.com

I use the free Netlimiter 2 Monitor tool to determine my upload and download speeds for large file transfers.

Download for 32 bit Windows systems found here:
»www.netlimiter.com/download.php
The 64 bit version can be found here as well:
»www.netlimiter.com/download.php
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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

said by TKJunkMail See Profile :

said by Justin0232 :

Do I have to do a speed test to see if I have the 1 mpbs?
Depending on your cable modem, you can see the speeds by going in to the cable modem and browse the config info. The address varies, but »192.168.100.1 is a heavily used address.

Powerboost makes it difficult to determine if you have the new upload speed. You need to do an extended upload to see if it is powerboost or the new 1 mbps speed. Try uploading to a web server and use a PC based tool to see if you have it or not. Microsoft has a free web site under the "live.com" banner called Skydrive, where you get 5 GB of space for free. »skydrive.live.com

I use the free Netlimiter 2 Monitor tool to determine my upload and download speeds for large file transfers.

Download for 32 bit Windows systems:
(removed direct link to exe-tmpchaos)
The 64 bit version can be found here as well:
»www.netlimiter.com/download.php
Powerboost only works on the downstream.

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said by BSD24 See Profile :

Powerboost only works on the downstream.
Nope. Powerboost is upstream & downstream.

6/1 boosts to 2mbps on the upstream for 20MB(?)
8/2 boosts to 3.5mbps on the upstream for 40MB (confirmed)

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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

said by espaeth See Profile :

said by BSD24 See Profile :

Powerboost only works on the downstream.
Nope. Powerboost is upstream & downstream.

6/1 boosts to 2mbps on the upstream for 20MB(?)
8/2 boosts to 3.5mbps on the upstream for 40MB (confirmed)
Power boost boosts the speed during an extended download of a large file. Uploads are not boosted by "Powerboost" - but are as usual based on various circumstances that can affect speed other than the technology Comcast dubbs' "Power Boost" which is more or less a script/protocal that again boosts downloads by 2x during a download of a large file.

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said by BSD24 See Profile :

said by espaeth See Profile :

said by BSD24 See Profile :

Powerboost only works on the downstream.
Nope. Powerboost is upstream & downstream.

6/1 boosts to 2mbps on the upstream for 20MB(?)
8/2 boosts to 3.5mbps on the upstream for 40MB (confirmed)
Power boost boosts the speed during an extended download of a large file. Uploads are not boosted by "Powerboost" - but are as usual based on various circumstances that can affect speed other than the technology Comcast dubbs' "Power Boost" which is more or less a script/protocal that again boosts downloads by 2x during a download of a large file.
You are wrong!! Comcast has upload Powerboost:
»www.comcast.net/powerboost/

If you have proof otherwise, please provide it.
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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

said by TKJunkMail See Profile :

You are wrong!! Comcast has upload Powerboost:
»www.comcast.net/powerboost/

If you have proof otherwise, please provide it.
I stand corrected! I should have looked but thought I knew it. Thanks guys.. Things change and i should have known better lol.

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There is no magic to this technology, "PowerBoost" is just a simple tweak in how Comcast configures their traffic shaping algorithm.

When you configure traffic shaping you have 3 basic settings: burst allowed, limited rate, and measurement interval. All Comcast is doing is provisioning the modems with up/down sync greater than the provisioned rate, and cranking the 'burst allowed' parameter out to 20-40MB after which your 'limited rate' is your subscribed rate.

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said by BSD24 See Profile :

said by espaeth See Profile :

said by BSD24 See Profile :

Powerboost only works on the downstream.
Nope. Powerboost is upstream & downstream.

6/1 boosts to 2mbps on the upstream for 20MB(?)
8/2 boosts to 3.5mbps on the upstream for 40MB (confirmed)
Power boost boosts the speed during an extended download of a large file. Uploads are not boosted by "Powerboost" - but are as usual based on various circumstances that can affect speed other than the technology Comcast dubbs' "Power Boost" which is more or less a script/protocal that again boosts downloads by 2x during a download of a large file.
Um, I believe Powerboost is up as well....

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said by Cheese See Profile :

Um, I believe Powerboost is up as well....
It is, I was wrong when I said that powerboost doesn't work on the upstream... It does in both directions.

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said by BSD24 See Profile :

Powerboost only works on the downstream.
When I was on the 6/1 plan (before I moved to Blast!) I had power boost on BOTH upstream and downstream channels. The upload would run at 1.8-2mbps for the first ~6MB(?) of the upload and then settle at 1mbps for the remainder of the upload.

In fact I had power boost with 384kbps upload before we got the 1mbps bump back in February.

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In my area Powerboost works to assist my upload to about 2mbps and then it falls back down to 768k (8/768k service). I know this because the last few days I was uploading files to FTP space, and noticed the dramatic speed drop after a few megs of transfer. If I cut the connection to the FTP server, and re-establish it, I would have boost again for a few megs, but each time was shorter and shorter boost, unless I kept the connection quiet for a longer period of time. I would love to see a static 2mbps on the upload, as it would greatly benefit legitimate uploading, e-mailing attachments, etc. Honestly, I'd rather have symmetrical 8/8 mbps than even 50/2 mbps.

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cmon guys we're in BBR why not just give this guy the speed test website from BBR???
»/speedtest

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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

said by dee da deeeee :

cmon guys we're in BBR why not just give this guy the speed test website from BBR???
»/speedtest
Because the speed test here at BBR and most others as well don't last long enough to determine the underlying provisioned speed. The BOOST lasts during the whole time of the test and gives a misleading number for both upload and download.
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Sure, videos for a nieces wedding. You know as well as I do that anyone who needs to upload is a pirate ripping off honest, hardworking music & movie industry executives. How can you sleep at night?

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hey...this isnt bad

Speed Test #51954877 by dslreports.com
Run: 2008-06-03 09:45:56 EST
Download: 3328 (Kbps)
Upload: 1936 (Kbps)

this is on a wireless g 1 floor away behind brick partitions. This is compraptic!
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said by vpoko See Profile :

Sure, videos for a nieces wedding. You know as well as I do that anyone who needs to upload is a pirate ripping off honest, hardworking music & movie industry executives. How can you sleep at night?
Vonage Line 1 = 90kbs
Vonage Line 2 = 90kbs
My Ventrilo connection = 70kbs
Wife's Ventrilo connection = 70kbs
My WoW(online game) = ~100kbs
Wife's WoW(online game) = ~100kbs
Daughter's laptop (pogo/IM) = 50kbs

Total = 570kbs

no pirated music or movies. huh I guess I'll sleep just fine.

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said by FLengineer See Profile :

said by vpoko See Profile :

Sure, videos for a nieces wedding. You know as well as I do that anyone who needs to upload is a pirate ripping off honest, hardworking music & movie industry executives. How can you sleep at night?
Vonage Line 1 = 90kbs
Vonage Line 2 = 90kbs
My Ventrilo connection = 70kbs
Wife's Ventrilo connection = 70kbs
My WoW(online game) = ~100kbs
Wife's WoW(online game) = ~100kbs
Daughter's laptop (pogo/IM) = 50kbs

Total = 570kbs

no pirated music or movies. huh I guess I'll sleep just fine.
You forgot DNS requests, and overhead. Even with 1Meg connection the most you will get it something close to 920k.
The fact is with home networking you need a minimum of 2Meg upload.
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said by FLengineer See Profile :

said by vpoko See Profile :

Sure, videos for a nieces wedding. You know as well as I do that anyone who needs to upload is a pirate ripping off honest, hardworking music & movie industry executives. How can you sleep at night?
Vonage Line 1 = 90kbs
Vonage Line 2 = 90kbs
My Ventrilo connection = 70kbs
Wife's Ventrilo connection = 70kbs
My WoW(online game) = ~100kbs
Wife's WoW(online game) = ~100kbs
Daughter's laptop (pogo/IM) = 50kbs

Total = 570kbs

no pirated music or movies. huh I guess I'll sleep just fine.
that number for WoW is way off, you can play WoW on dial up.

and what are the chances you'll be talking on the phone AND ventrillo at the same time? zero unless you are rude and subject everyone to your phone conversations.

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You can play WoW on dialup if you don't mind huge lag spikes. I have 2 teenage kids so the chances of vent and the phone being used at the same time are very good. Thank you for asking though I'm sure some others was confused as well. I would take screenshots of PerformanceFU in game if I thought it was appropriate in the thread but it's not.
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said by vpoko See Profile :

Sure, videos for a nieces wedding. You know as well as I do that anyone who needs to upload is a pirate ripping off honest, hardworking music & movie industry executives. How can you sleep at night?
If I hadnt read your post well enough I was about to get on a soap box... but talked about honest, hardworking execs is just a great LOL ::watches Pirates of the Carr. III on a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate, after a nice round of Crysis::

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said by vpoko See Profile :

Sure, videos for a nieces wedding. You know as well as I do that anyone who needs to upload is a pirate ripping off honest, hardworking music & movie industry executives. How can you sleep at night?
Wow, Sounds like someones doing a great job of "ingesting" the media content. The need to upload is hardly a new fad, my father uses it for transferring files to and from a home office(x-rays, especially mris are huge), I use it to operate my computers remotely in and out of town. Wife uses it for working from home, however a second connection is still in use even since the upgrade to 16/2 last year. I know singles who make use of that kind of speed. So gets kinda tight at times, when you have a family of five doing there thing with 6 pcs and 3 laps. Currently building a server to decentralize file access. Already have a server thats serves one tv. But we decided to eventually attach it to the network as a distribution hub for the 3TB of dvd movies and IPTV files.
Some think it's grown a bit out of control, but its a bit more of necessity and convenience, nothing beats streaming a movie, speaking of which, a buddy of mine, who has a security firm is talking me into the convenience of streaming our security system video like he has, but its just to much craziness. Currently working on a way to have redundancy ever since there was an outage with the fios
I think eventually comcast will have to do away or raise the hidden caps to compete with fios, at least in some markets, we had to move the iptv and dvd downloading from the comcast line to the fios line several months ago. Not sure if they'll suspend an employees line but we don't want to be the first to test that theory. heh

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You wrote...
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Wow, Sounds like someones doing a great job of "ingesting" the media content. The need to upload is hardly a new fad, my father uses it for transferring files to and from a home office(x-rays, especially mris are huge), I use it to operate my computers remotely in and out of town. Wife uses it for working from home, however a second connection is still in use even since the upgrade to 16/2 last year. I know singles who make use of that kind of speed. So gets kinda tight at times, when you have a family of five doing there thing with 6 pcs and 3 laps. Currently building a server to decentralize file access. Already have a server thats serves one tv. But we decided to eventually attach it to the network as a distribution hub for the 3TB of dvd movies and IPTV files.
Some think it's grown a bit out of control, but its a bit more of necessity and convenience, nothing beats streaming a movie, speaking of which, a buddy of mine, who has a security firm is talking me into the convenience of streaming our security system video like he has, but its just to much craziness. Currently working on a way to have redundancy ever since there was an outage with the fios
I think eventually comcast will have to do away or raise the hidden caps to compete with fios, at least in some markets, we had to move the iptv and dvd downloading from the comcast line to the fios line several months ago. Not sure if they'll suspend an employees line but we don't want to be the first to test that theory. heh
But I only read...
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I'm a pirate!
Nah, I was just giving TK Junk Mail a hard time about uploading since he doesn't believe anyone else uses upload bandwidth, bit torrent, etc legitimately.
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I'm in Comcast Territory and I'm getting:

20,629 Down and 4,689 Up with no PowerBoost crap. Oh and did I say, while comcast wanted to charge me 67 bucks a month for Internet, verizon is only charging me 49 (with taxes).

I've been on FIOS about 6 months, best thing ever since peanut butter & jelly sandwich.

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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

You want a cookie? Goto the Fios forum.
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Show off! With your FiOS and your great speeds and stuff.
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you live in jersey city aka the armpit of the country, enjoy ur fios while living in poverty

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This is with powerboost on the 8/768 plan from mid February.I know this is from a flakey speed test site, but should I expect a higher upload rate with the new upgrade? In other words, would it be a higher upload speed or just a more sustained (longer) upload speed at the current rate.


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Ok so when I did an upload test, for the first 10MB I was getting 303 KB/sec upload. After that I was getting 128 KB/sec upload. I think 128 KB/sec equates to 1mbps upload. I'm on the 8mb tier with CDV. I thought it's supposed to be 8/2 not 8/1 ?

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Re: I have had 1000 upload for some time

said by cypherstream See Profile :

Ok so when I did an upload test, for the first 10MB I was getting 303 KB/sec upload. After that I was getting 128 KB/sec upload. I think 128 KB/sec equates to 1mbps upload. I'm on the 8mb tier with CDV. I thought it's supposed to be 8/2 not 8/1 ?
Powerboost most likely, I was hitting about 1.2 upload last night and I am on 8/768 right now.

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Simply amazing!

Yet another speed boost and NO price increase! Comcastic!
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I have had 8/2 for 6 months

I am paying for 6Mb, but I have been getting 8/2 for 6 months or more.

Parkville, MD.

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I didn't see this coming!

I had no idea this was even on the radar. This cures the biggest problem I have with my Comcast service -- the 384k upload (I'm on the 6Mbps package and didn't feel justified in paying for a higher tier just for more upstream bandwidth). This will be great for all the files I often need to upload to the office server, and for the photos and videos I upload to my website.

We're in a Scientific Atlanta headend area, wonder if we will get the upgrades on schedule? I've found that we seem to be an "exception" to most of the Comcast rules, for better or for worse.
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Converting to DOCSIS 2.0?

A DOCSIS 1.1 channel has an upstream limit of 9mbps, whereas DOCSIS 2.0 is 27mbps. (3x scaling factor) 384k x 3 = 1152k 768k x 3 = 2304k If you're upgrading your CMTS to DOCSIS 3.0, you get full support of previous revisions including DOCSIS 2.0 as well. It might just be coincidental, but the idea seems pretty compelling that after upgrading the CMTS hardware they are creating DOCSIS 2.0 upstream channels (gaining 300% capacity) and adjusting customer upstream rates up by roughly the same amount.

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awesome

I am quite happy to see this increase. I currently have the 8000/768 plan. For starters, 8000 down satisfies me plenty. More than doubling the upload is a treat. Secondly, we haven't seen a nationwide upgrade that applies to every market in awhile.

Edit: I'm currently living in MI, but back home my modem still says 8800/768 (have not done a cycle yet). When I get back to my apartment here, I'll run a test and check the upload (modem here in MI doesn't have configuration specs).

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I joke around but....

It is nice news for you guys, especially after all the negative press they have been getting.

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I have an elderly friend...

Who I help with her computer. She is on Comcast. Recently, I used Log Me In to do some work on her computer. While there, I had to download some files.

139-150Kbs. That's all.

All the announcements of great speeds mean exactly nothing if that is all that they can deliver.

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Re: I have an elderly friend...

you file transfer was probably slowed by the source. Also you was connected remotely that connection was using bandwidth as well.

Also what does downloading a file have to do with upload speeds?

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Re: I have an elderly friend...

1. I was downloading from Majorgeeks. That is usually not a problem there, especially from the Florida servers, which I was using.

2. Overall quality of service. I might add that since upload has a direct effect on the Log Me In session, that there were periods of complete unresponsiveness of the remote admin session.

Any way you attempt to spin it, those were crappy numbers and conditions for a 12/1. But of course, in usual Comcastian fashion, somehow, some way, it was someone else's fault. *sigh*

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Re: I have an elderly friend...

Again this thread is about upload speed increase, take your download problems somewhere else. Must be one of the few elderly people I know of that has a use for a 12/1 connection, haha.

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Re: I have an elderly friend...

My, you are quite the jerk, aren't you?

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Re: I have an elderly friend...

Sometimes yes, sorry.

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here are the details

Maximum synchronization speed (Maximum usable speed)

Version DOCSIS Downstream Upstream
1.x 42.88 (38) Mbit/s 10.24 (9) Mbit/s

2.0 42.88 (38) Mbit/s 30.72 (27) Mbit/s

3.0 4channel +171.52 (+152) Mbit/s +122.88 (+108) Mbit/s

3.0 8channel +343.04 (+304) Mbit/s +122.88 (+108) Mbit/s

Note: NTSC 6MHZ channel spacing will allow 10 bonded 6MHz channels as MAX spectrum allocation for DOCSIS3.0 data, 60MHz spectrum allocation could increase with consumer needs and re-allocation of analog TV channels into compressed digital space, leveraging the capability of DOCSIS 3.0 infrastructure to allow for 1Gbps speeds in the future
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quote:
Note: NTSC 6MHZ channel spacing will allow 10 bonded 6MHz channels as MAX spectrum allocation for DOCSIS3.0 data, 60MHz spectrum allocation could increase with consumer needs and re-allocation of analog TV channels into compressed digital space, leveraging the capability of DOCSIS 3.0 infrastructure to allow for 1Gbps speeds in the future
Some areas are upgrading to 1ghz, which gives them headroom for DOCSIS 3 without touching the existing cable spectrum.

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Re: here are the details

Yes that does, but analog channels take up sooo much space. Cable operators need to move them to digital for HD, and more bandwidth for future technologies and of course Docsis 3.0 But opening the range from 5-800 to 5-1000 is aweseome too.
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EPS

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Hingham, MA

Re: here are the details

The problem is, now cable is trying to push itself as the alternative to OTA converter boxes for people who use OTA TV and will be affected by the transition, so they'll have to keep analog even longer...

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Re: here are the details

said by EPS See Profile :

The problem is, now cable is trying to push itself as the alternative to OTA converter boxes for people who use OTA TV and will be affected by the transition, so they'll have to keep analog even longer...
Well actually, EPS, there is alot of miscommunications about the DTV and also the Analog to Digital Channel Migration. Comcast will be moving all but locals (Broadcast channels like ABC, PBS, CBS, NBC) to digital eventually.
openbox9

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Re: here are the details

said by BSD24 See Profile :

Comcast will be moving all but locals (Broadcast channels like ABC, PBS, CBS, NBC) to digital eventually.
And so will every other MSO for reasons listed above. Mine is already simulcasting digital/analog, so it's a matter of time before the analog channels start dropping to free up spectrum.

gimme5

join:2002-12-23
Kissimmee, FL

Nice!

If I had Comcast, I know I'd be power cycling my modem at least 5 times a day until it kicks in

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Re: Nice!

said by gimme5 See Profile :

If I had Comcast, I know I'd be power cycling my modem at least 5 times a day until it kicks in
ROFLMAO!!! I guess you would really give your modem a work over.
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gimme5

join:2002-12-23
Kissimmee, FL

Re: Nice!

Yes. I'd be thinking "maybe it's there now..." kinda like when I was a kid going on vacation and me and my sis would ask my dad "are we there yet?" a ridiculous number of times.
b10010011
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Bellingham, WA

For real real, not for play play?

So does this mean 1 megabit uploads after the power boost quits?

I have seen 1 megabits for the first ten seconds of a large upload for quite sometime. After ten seconds it gets slapped down to 380 kilobits and stays flat for the duration.

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Re: For real real, not for play play?

said by b10010011 See Profile :

So does this mean 1 megabit uploads after the power boost quits?
Yes. "PowerBoost" upload is 2mbps, and then falls back to 1mbps.

Kfedka
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Spokane, WA

About Time

All I can say is that its just about time!

mod_wastrel

join:2008-03-28

Re: About Time

Way past time if you ask me. It was just about time 5 years ago when Verizon DSL went to 768 for upload, but better late than never I guess.

michaelj

@comcast.net

question

Is this upgrade only for powerboost users, or is it throughout comcast's entire infrastructure?

FLengineer
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Leesburg, FL

Re: question

The article says for 6Mbs and 8Mbs users. Both of those are Powerboost tiers.

Cjaiceman
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For everyone?

The article didn't say either way, but I am assuming this is for ALL comcast users. If this is true, its about freaking time. They should have done this at least a year ago. Do you realize for people without Blast! that its been roughly 3 years since the last upgrade? Think about what has changed in the last 3 years as far as the internet goes.

I think Qwest is actually scared of this because thats the only thing they had over Comcast on their standard package was their 896kbps upload, but their 1.5mbps download was horrible. Now, people can get 6/1 for very little more than Qwest's 1.5mbps package. Truthfully I would take the 8/2 over Qwest's 20/1. Upload is important to me, which is why I got the Business 16/2. (Of course this would happen a few weeks after I get the business connection, but I do not regret my choice as I love the 16/2).

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Re: For everyone?

Yea and anyone who is paying for Fios 5/2 or the ugly DSL or VDSL
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said by Cjaiceman See Profile :

The article didn't say either way, but I am assuming this is for ALL comcast users. If this is true, its about freaking time. They should have done this at least a year ago.
If they're leveraging DOCSIS 3.0 compliant CMTS hardware to enable DOCSIS 2.0 upstreams channels, the hardware wasn't installed / didn't exist last year to do this.

Cheese
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SWEET!

Is this all areas?

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mattfal

@comcast.net

:(

This upgrade isn't in South Florida yet...

then again we don't have FIOS either so no reason to bring it down here.

Any idea if this upgrade is only for the FIOS/Powerboost areas?

gate1975mlm
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Will I get 2000 upload in speed tests now?

For the last year or so when I do a speed test I always get around 1500 upload speed. So with this new speed upgrade does that mean I will now get around 2000 upload speed in tests? Or will it still report around 1500 which is the fastest I ever get.

Should I restart the modem?


trent25

join:2005-11-28
Philadelphia, PA

Re: Will I get 2000 upload in speed tests now?

said by gate1975mlm See Profile :

For the last year or so when I do a speed test I always get around 1500 upload speed. So with this new speed upgrade does that mean I will now get around 2000 upload speed in tests? Or will it still report around 1500 which is the fastest I ever get.

Should I restart the modem?


Where in Philly are you? I'm not sure if the whole area was upgraded at the same time, but here (North, West and Northwest Philly region) we got the 1mbps upload on the 6mbps tier at the same time that Blast! was introduced in February/March.

As for speed test results I didn't notice a change at the time because the speed tests here at dslreports would anyway last for a shorter period than the powerboost on the upload stream lasts.

devicemanage
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Chalfont, PA

Could this be a bad thing?

Could this be a way to get the masses to bounce their modems and force some kind of new control over usage or is it done on their end?
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gate1975mlm
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Philadelphia, PA

Re: Will I get 2000 upload in speed tests now?

said by trent25 See Profile :

said by gate1975mlm See Profile :

For the last year or so when I do a speed test I always get around 1500 upload speed. So with this new speed upgrade does that mean I will now get around 2000 upload speed in tests? Or will it still report around 1500 which is the fastest I ever get.

Should I restart the modem?


Where in Philly are you? I'm not sure if the whole area was upgraded at the same time, but here (North, West and Northwest Philly region) we got the 1mbps upload on the 6mbps tier at the same time that Blast! was introduced in February/March.

As for speed test results I didn't notice a change at the time because the speed tests here at dslreports would anyway last for a shorter period than the powerboost on the upload stream lasts.
19152 far northeast

trent25

join:2005-11-28
Philadelphia, PA

Re: Will I get 2000 upload in speed tests now?

said by gate1975mlm See Profile :

19152 far northeast
I guess we're in different service areas then. I'm in University City 19104.

dvd536
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Phoenix, AZ

Is this real

2mbps upload[config file] or just through powerboost trickery.

Dogfather
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They can't handle the traffic they have now

They're already talking usage caps, already have phantom caps, already are having to traffic shape to deal with their capacity issues and for the sake of marketing they ramp up claimed speeds again.

What are they going to have to cap and traffic shape now to cover this new service that is just barely par with their fiber competitor?

Did Verizon and AT&T show them anything with their budget DSL offerings? They had record adds. And I'm not talking about giving up all that margin and going to $20 or anything. I'm saying that instead of trying in vain to keep up with telco competitors in terms of speed they should undercut telco tiers by a few bucks.

Price is king, speed is not; especially when they're having to cherry pick what you can actually use the speed for and for how long.

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pokesph
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West Coast

Of course, being on the west coast, we'll likely be among the last to see this speed boost, if we see it at all.
Hopefully it'll happen soon here too and happen without any problems.

2M upload is almost broadband should help with the ftp uploads and so on ..
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