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Premium,VIP
join:2007-10-28
Philadelphia, PA
| A little context, FWIW The URL listed is for a Speed Test site used by our technicians. They go to that URL and can jump off to the closest regional datacenter to their market in order to run a speed test (many local services are distributed down to these regional sites). As we are rolling out DOCSIS 3.0 speeds nationwide from 2008 - 2010, we located a speed test server in each one of those regional sites and labeled them as such. There is not a correlation between the regional sites (since we're in each of them) and the markets that we'll be launching in 2008.
Also, the fact that there is a special speed test for DOCSIS 3.0, is simply a reflection of our testing that special speed tests were needed when a customer has such a great amount of bandwidth. I would venture that the many public speed test sites may end up bandwidth constrained due to the bandwidth they purchase being limited (ex: how many simultaneous 50Mbps tests could be performed at the same time, as compared to 10Mbps tests).
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Comcablrtl
join:2003-10-25
Midwest | PowerBoost PowerBoost will give an additional 3-6 Mbps download boost, depending on tier, and a 1-2 Mbps upload boost...depending on tier. Good stuff! | |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY | overpriced. i'll keep this short and sweet. the service is way, way, way overpriced. should only be $50 for 20mbit and $79 for 50mbit | |
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Cjaiceman
Premium,MVM
join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO
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2 edits | Re: overpriced. said by tmc8080  :i'll keep this short and sweet. the service is way, way, way overpriced. should only be $50 for 20mbit and $79 for 50mbit Keep dreaming, you can't even get Verizon FiOS that cheap. Now, don't get me wrong, I would love to see those prices, but it just isn't going to happen.
FiOS:
20/5 - $52.99
20/20 - $62.99
50/20 - $139.99
*These prices are with home phone service on top of this.
Comcast:
16/2 - $52.95
22/5 - $62.95
50/10 - $139.99
I would say that FiOS is a better bang for the buck, but considering I'm in Qwest territory it just won't happen as they are a joke at best.
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join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| Re: overpriced. said by Cjaiceman :said by tmc8080 :i'll keep this short and sweet. the service is way, way, way overpriced. should only be $50 for 20mbit and $79 for 50mbit Keep dreaming, you can't even get Verizon FiOS that cheap. Now, don't get me wrong, I would love to see those prices, but it just isn't going to happen. FiOS: 20/5 - $52.99 20/20 - $62.99 50/20 - $139.99 *These prices are with home phone service on top of this. Comcast: 16/2 - $52.95 22/5 - $62.95 50/10 - $139.99 I would say that FiOS is a better bang for the buck, but considering I'm in Qwest territory it just won't happen as they are a joke at best. 50/20 is $90 in competitive markets such as NY Metro. Outside NY Metro (or the northeast corridor, where the majority of fiber is laid) things get more expensive due to limited infrastructure. Taking slower upstream into consideration... 50/10 should be $79..
However, competition sucks outside this market so, your stuck.. unless you build it yourself *OR MOVE* | |
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rwright872
@spcsdns.net | Cap non sense If they raise the speed limit to 100 MPH on the freeway you take to work, do you drive more or just get there faster ? | |
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DeeplyShrouded
@comcast.net
| Re: Cap non sense Well, the way I look at it is this:
In dialup days, it would take what, 10 minutes to download
a 1 meg file, an hour to download a 6 meg one?
Now under optimal conditions on the 6 meg tier, you can
download the same file in 6 seconds.
Not only are you not tying up the network for an hour,
by getting your file faster, the network is available for
others to use. The problem here is upload speed.
It doesn't matter if you have a 50 mb connection on your
node and you happen to be the only one on at the moment.
If Aunt Mary is sending you a file and her upload speed is
256k, you're going to see slightly less than 256k due to
TCP overhead, but near 256k will be the max speed no matter
how fast your download speed is.
Asymetric speeds should go the way of the dinosaur.
In an ideal world, faster speeds will increase network
efficiency because people would spend less time on the
network, but we don't live in an ideal world do we?
People WILL find a way to use whatever speed is offered
to them. Some will argue no speed can be too fast.
Either way, in a few years as faster PC's come out and
more and more appliances etc. are hooked to the internet,
they'll just have to raise speeds again.
If there were a way to block all the spam and viruses
from ever getting onto the network in the first place,
that would also free up bandwidth.
Popups and flash ads need to go too. Waste of space IMHO.
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funchords
Hello
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Washington, DC
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| said by rwright872 :
If they raise the speed limit to 100 MPH on the freeway you take to work, do you drive more or just get there faster ?
You do both because now you have the time to do both.
I remember when someone automated the message SIGs on Compuserve (an old pay-by-the-minute service). The automation would jump online, download the messages, and go offline. Then you wouldn't be chewing up per-minute charges.
Result: Bills went down? NOPE! Instead, people joined even more SIGs.
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mrchris
We don't miss you Bush
Premium
join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY | They all should! Stupid, greedy, capitalistic CEO pigs! | |
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aybaybay
@comcast.net | Getting 12/2 now I reset modem and it's updated in twin cites already!
186k consistent up in utorrent. | |
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B_Top
join:2007-07-17 | Speed Increase Minneapolis/St. Paul Mn getting the speed boost
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper
Comcast boosts speeds, holds prices
Twin Cities customers are the first in the nation to get the boost in high-speed Internet. | |
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claykin
join:2003-08-22
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Miami/Fort Lauderdale Naples, but not Miami/Fort Lauderdale? What are they smoking at the Comcast Corporate offices? Hope that list is not accurate!! | |
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ztmike
Mark for moderation
Premium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | Chicago upgraded Looks like Chicago area was upgraded, I'm seeing 2meg upload speeds from my old 6/1 tier here in NW Indiana.
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | Which markets? Give me an
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ztmike
Mark for moderation
Premium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN
·Comcast
| Re: Which markets? said by dvd536 :Give me an F I O S That's all nice and dandy, but my city is served by AT&T which is going nowhere here for speeds. Closet Fios here is Fort Wayne, IN and that's over 200 miles away I believe.
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doughnet
join:2002-03-22
Newark, CA | Comcast has horrible routing? Anyone notice how the speeds get worse and worse the farther away you do a speedtest from your home location. It is understadable if it changes a minimal amount, but mine drop from like 17mbit to 5mbit or worse. | |
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Assman
join:2007-11-06
Dildo, NL |  Where the hell are they getting these prices???
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bbscript
join:2004-11-09
Fairfield, PA | When for PA havent seen any speed upgrades for the gettysburg systems as of yet just powerboost and 8/2 current speeds when can we see the new 16 changeover? | |
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jasqid
Fiber In Your Diet?
join:2002-04-02
East Palestine, OH | Something happened... I notice I have a new firmware in my SB5100. Now I'm getting faster upload!
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heatsker151
join:2007-10-14
Lebanon, PA
| Soon enough, all of them 
I think most areas have the plans for which cable spectrum to be set aside for docsis 3 rollout. FWIW, Comcast has tentative plans to have it in markets that are 750+ MHz by summer '09.
I'm posting this because I'm on an 8/2 plan (powerboosted I know) but this is still done with docsis 1.1, the difference for most who choose these newer plans will be that their speed isn't temporary. | |
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Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs: | Hmmm I tried that link for Naples and it said the file was not available. Hmm.... | |
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Unit649
I B U, Who U B?
Premium
join:2000-01-22
Stockton, CA
·Comcast
| They can take their time here..... Plenty of speed where I'm currently at. Probably won't even notice the boost once it does happen-since most sites don't send files at the full speed I have now. I'm not a downloader, nor a gamer, so I could care less.
Take your time, guys  Keep the uptime going, so my weather station can keep uploading like it has been. That is more important to me than more speed. | |
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antec
@comcast.net | Re: They can take their time here..... well its the 31st, and dont see 3.0 yet | |
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perfidy47
join:2006-06-05
Beaverton, OR
1 edit | Comcast Speedtest site Just got 66/7 from the San Jose server from here in Portland....my modem isn't even 3.0 WTF??
edit: and yet....
seems like a little comcast propaganda | |
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