runningwolf
join:2001-11-01
Pittsburgh, PA
| reply to sortofageek
Re: Is Blast! available in your area - Not PowerBoost Pt 2
I just received the letter saying they "upgraded" my account to blast service. It says speeds download up to 16 megs and upload up to 2 megs. I live in Pittsburgh btw. Going to run some tests as well as tweak my settings to make better use of this so called blast.. |
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frrrunnkis
@comcast.net | Runningwolf, is verizon FiOS available where you are??? |
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fonzbear2000
Premium
join:2005-08-09
Saint Paul, MN
| reply to Zilveari
said by Zilveari  :I'll pull up a screenshot of the config info from my surfboard when I get home. are you home yet? sure is taking you long enough! LOL 
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i wish qwest would die! i want FIOS! |
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EG
The wings of love
Premium
join:2006-11-18
Union, NJ | Heh Heh  |
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Junior2377
join:2002-01-07
Piscataway, NJ
| reply to runningwolf
i have Blast in Scotch Plains NJ.... it was 16/1 when i first got it, now it seems it has gone up to 16/2... here is one of my latest speed tests
Normally my download is a little higher... but since I have my xbox on and running, my gamefuel settings gives that priority |
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fonzbear2000
Premium
join:2005-08-09
Saint Paul, MN | junior2377, how do you know it's not powerboost?
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i wish qwest would die! i want FIOS! |
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Junior2377
join:2002-01-07
Piscataway, NJ
1 edit | cuz i pay for blast.... and i can sustain those speeds as long as i want
**EDIT**
here's a test with my xbox off
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Johkal
Cool Cat
Premium,MVM
join:2002-11-13
Happy Valley
clubs:
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 ·Comcast
·Vonage
| Do you have any info. from any source to indicate you now have 16/2? Currently 16/2 is offered in ex-Adelphia areas that are DOCSIS 2.0.
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Junior2377
join:2002-01-07
Piscataway, NJ
1 edit | no... no info... no press release... no modem config... just the speeds that i was getting compared to the speeds i'm now getting
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when i was on 16/1 my upload speeds always tested in the 950's range... 955...956... now all of a sudden i'm testing always in the 1500's |
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DrCable
@comcast.net
| said by Junior2377 :no... no info... no press release... no modem config... just the speeds that i was getting compared to the speeds i'm now getting **edit** when i was on 16/1 my upload speeds always tested in the 950's range... 955...956... now all of a sudden i'm testing always in the 1500's hmmm that is 1.5Mb up. Your DL is a little low for 16Mb also. Try other speed test servers.
Your UL on a true 2Mb should be about 225KB a second and you are only getting about 170KB. This has me curious if comcast is saying "up to 2Mb" and really just giving 1.5 in certain loctaions.
Does your bill actually say 16/2? |
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Junior2377
join:2002-01-07
Piscataway, NJ
| said by DrCable :said by Junior2377 :no... no info... no press release... no modem config... just the speeds that i was getting compared to the speeds i'm now getting **edit** when i was on 16/1 my upload speeds always tested in the 950's range... 955...956... now all of a sudden i'm testing always in the 1500's hmmm that is 1.5Mb up. Your DL is a little low for 16Mb also. Try other speed test servers. Your UL on a true 2Mb should be about 225KB a second and you are only getting about 170KB. This has me curious if comcast is saying "up to 2Mb" and really just giving 1.5 in certain loctaions. Does your bill actually say 16/2? ummmm... my download is over 16... so how is it low for a 16 meg package? and i've seen uploads as high as 1640.... that's over 1.5megs.... i haven't looked at the bill in awhile... so i don't know what it says... i'll check when the next bill comes in |
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Zilveari
join:2007-09-06
Nottingham, MD
| reply to sortofageek
On speed tests my UL only goes around 1500-1700 as well. But my XDCC bot/fserve on IRC has reached 300, and has sustained 200+ on 10-30 minute sends.
also i've kept my BT seeding speed between 200-300 constantly for 20 hours.
I've seen alot of people that have lieing speedtests on the UL side of the 16/2... |
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ztmike
Mark for moderation
Premium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | reply to sortofageek
Would be nice if people actually looked at the posting rules...to tell if Verizon FiOS is available to them.. |
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Johkal
Cool Cat
Premium,MVM
join:2002-11-13
Happy Valley
clubs:
·Comcast Digital Vo..
·Comcast
·Vonage
| said by ztmike :Would be nice if people actually looked at the posting rules...to tell if Verizon FiOS is available to them.. There are exceptions. I live outside of State College, PA which has FiOS and of course 16/2 Blast. My area is part of the State College system and I do in fact get 16/2; however, I'm not in Verizon's territory and can not get FiOS.
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uraclea
join:2003-02-24
Coraopolis, PA
| reply to sortofageek
Blast is available in my are of Moon Twp in Pittsburgh, PA.
FIOS is not currently available but is coming very soon. Most parts of Moon Twp do have FIOS available already. Comcast bumped me for free since i was a subscriber to the 8MB service. I am sure a preemptive move since I would likely be someone that would switch to FIOS. I needed a new modem as my original one was from 2002. |
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Movieman420
join:2007-08-28
Rivesville, WV
1 edit | reply to sortofageek
Blast Upgrade Available in Rivesville, WV
The Blast 16/2 tier is just now available in my area (North Central WV). Seems all customers who currently pay xtra for the 8Mb tier are getting a free upgrade to Blast 16/2. Verizon is in my area in the form of dsl only..thus far. Since CC usually offers Blast to compete with Fios, maybe that means fios is on the way to my area...w00t!! Would love to tell CC to stick it...sick of their tactics with BW limiting and manipulation of the bittorrent protocall.
Mod Note: See also --->
»Re: Comcast Bandwidth Abuse/Limits - Discuss here only |
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mikedz4
join:2003-04-14
Weirton, WV
 ·DIRECTV
 ·Verizon Online DSL
·Comcast Digital Vo..
·Comcast
| they are only doing blast in west virginia and eastern ohio because I think they want to have the same services available in all of the pittsburgh/tri-state regional systems. I asked my aunt who works for verizon and she told me that FIOS won't be available in any of west virginia to at least 2010!!! |
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komat
@comcast.net | reply to sortofageek
Re: Is Blast! available in your area - Not PowerBoost Pt 2
supprise they didnt upgrade morgantown, wv area yet... its been slow this year with the college kids back. but i think its just the downtown node with all the new appartments. |
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MadEagle1208
@comcast.net
| reply to sortofageek
I live in Paducah ky and this is the Speed im getting from this speed test site i don't know if this is blast but this from a 14 meg download and upload.
Download #9
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File size transferred : 14.75 MB (15468724 bytes)
Total time taken : 8.98 seconds (8985 milliseconds)
Throughput : 1721.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 1.72 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 13768.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 13.77 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]
Upload #1
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File size transferred : 14.75 MB (15468724 bytes)
Total time taken : 63.88 seconds (63875 milliseconds)
Throughput : 242.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 0.24 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 1936.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 1.94 Mbps [Megabit-per-second] |
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Moltomateo
join:2005-07-24
Pittsburgh, PA
1 edit | reply to sortofageek
Blast Upgrade Available in Pittsburgh, PA
I hope this is sufficient proof that I have blast. i noticed under Pennsylvania Pittsburgh was not added as a city even though multiple said we have it. Do I have to cut paste from my bill next month too? |
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