cmc0
join:2001-08-03
Bowie, MD
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August 10th, @12:36AM
| Switched from Verizon Fios and regretting it!
Two weeks ago, after using Fios for one year and having to deal with a price hike to 54.99 (around $62 with taxes) a month since my one year suscription expired, I made the plunge and switched from Verizon to Comcast (mostly because Comcast here is advertising HSI for $19.99 for 12 months). But the conly complaint I have so far is about the speed. Before I had Fios, I had verizon DSL at 3meg/768kbps, and the main reason I went to DSL was because of the 768k upload compared to the pitiful 384kbps comcast was offering. Now,when I went to Verizon Fios, my speeds were a constant 15Mbps download/1.5mbps upload so I was happy camper until my price whent up so I jumped to Comcast last week, for ther 12meg service. Only thing I don't like is the fact that on speed tests here, Comcast easily beats out my Fios with 15-22mbps download and 2-2.5Mpbs upload but it doens't hold for my Orb'ing (a service like Slingbox). With Orb, I can only stream video at 2Mpbs for around 1 minute then it cuts down to 384kbps which makes the video quality suffer and almost useless. I know all of this is becasue of the Powerboost! that comcast offers but I was wondering,do you guys know if I can do anything to get this upload a little higher until my 12 months $19.99 promotion ends and I can go back to Fios. Should I call Comcast and ask for the Boost! config file or is there a option so I can get at least 768k upload like DSL here offers? Even the 3Mpbs 19.99 plan Verizon offers here offers 768kbps upload so why is a plan that has so much download speed crippled by a pitiful upload
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deblin
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Middletown, DE
 ·Verizon FIOS
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| Which plan did you sign up for exactly? AFAIK, the slowest tier that comes with speed boost is the 6Mbit tier, and I thought most areas had been upgraded to 768 upstream with the 6Mbit plan. So effectively, you are seeing 6Mbit down and 384Kbit up (after speedboost)? If so, your only option at this point might be to see if there are promotions for the 8Mbit plan, which should have 768K upstream in the areas that are still on 384Kbit for the 6Mbit downstream plan.
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MysticGogeta
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League City, TX
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Switch back? You get what you pay for in most cases. |
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cmc0
join:2001-08-03
Bowie, MD
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So when will my upload be increased to 768kbps, both Verizon Fios and RCN Starpower offer at least 768kbps-5mpbs upload and both are availble in my location.
I don't know what I signed up for. About 2 weeks ago, I got a postcard flyer in the mail saying to come back to Comcast and I would get speeds up to 16megs for $19.99 a month for 12 months. I mean the dowload is nice, I normally get 15-20Mpbs and the DL doens't cut off after a minuted, but the upload at first starts off at 2Mbps, but then plummets down to 384kbps after one minute. I mean come on, Comcast has been increasing their download speeds but why is the upload speed the same as it was in 2003? |
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MysticGogeta
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clubs: | Money thing upload costs them more. I wish I had competition its Comcast or dial up around my parts. Verizon is to far from me so I can't get DSL.
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cmc0
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Bowie, MD
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said by MysticGogeta  :Switch back? You get what you pay for in most cases. Verizon still hasn't cut off my Fios (plugged it into my deskop) and here's what I get with my Fios connection
And here's what I get with Comcast on the same computer:
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cmc0
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Bowie, MD
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said by MysticGogeta :Money thing upload costs them more. I wish I had competition its Comcast or dial up around my parts. Verizon is to far from me so I can't get DSL. So is there a line I can call to get my upload to at least 768kbps (DSL upload heh!) but for $19.99 a month, I'll take it
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MysticGogeta
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August 10th, @12:57AM
| I think you could call your local area customer service line and you can buy the "Premium" or "Blast" (I just got switched from Time Warner so the names are different from them) I do believe the "Premium" tier has 768kbps. Oh and that FIOS speed test rocks  Personally I would stay with FIOS because the Premium HSI service runs about 52 dollars a month from Comcast and for 8 dollars or so more you get twice the upload.
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cmc0
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August 10th, @01:01AM
| Yeah, I would be on Fios today if it wasn't for the pricing, for the first year I was paying $39.99 for those speeds even when Comcast was 6mbps/384k before Powerboost, but last month, my wife noticed my bill was $64 for Fios and I was told my rate was promotional so I switched to Comcast when I noticed that my neighbors with them got awesome speeds on DSLreports, but because of powerboost, I couldn't tell that Comcast still left the upload after all these years at 384kbps
Edit: Also one thing, I don't get, why come my download can still sustain 15-20mbps (I download a 300MB Windows XP service pack, and a 7GB Torrent any my download never went below 1.62MB/sec) but the upload goes down to 40KB/sec after one minute of uploading at 200KB/sec |
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MysticGogeta
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| I wouldn't really rely on the power boost if I were you I would try and call Verizon to ask for a lower price or you will switch to Comcast and tell others about their deal. Perhaps they will offer then 39.99 dollars a month deal again to keep you.
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cmc0
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| said by MysticGogeta :I wouldn't really rely on the power boost if I were you I would try and call Verizon to ask for a lower price or you will switch to Comcast and tell others about their deal. Perhaps they will offer then 39.99 dollars a month deal again to keep you. I did. they only offered me $49.99 with a two year contrat agreement and I would have to take 5Mbps/2Mbps. Even though I was paying $39.99 for 15mbps/2mbps with only a one year
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MysticGogeta
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clubs: | Hm that kinda sucks I thought the pricing was 44.99 for the 15/2 and 39.99 for the 5/2 I guess I was wrong.
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cmc0
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August 10th, @01:24AM
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Here are the DOCSIS states from my modem
Procedure Status Comment
Acquire Downstream Channel: 615000000 Hz Locked
Connectivity State: OK Operational
Boot State: OK Operational
Configuration File: OK
Security: Enabled BPI+
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DOWNSTREAM CHANNEL
Lock Status: Locked
Modulation: QAM256
Channel ID: 0
Symbol Rate: 5360537
Downstream Frequency: 615000000 Hz
Downstream Power: -4.1 dBmV
Provisioned Rate: 17600 kbps
SNR: 34.6 dBmV
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UPSTREAM CHANNEL
Lock Status: Locked
Modulation: QAM16
Channel ID: 1
Symbol Rate: 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream Frequency: 30000000 Hz
Upstream Power: 48.0 dBmV
Provisioned Rate: 384 kbps
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Current System Time: Fri Aug 10 00:07:00 2007
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cmc0
join:2001-08-03
Bowie, MD
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said by MysticGogeta :Hm that kinda sucks I thought the pricing was 44.99 for the 15/2 and 39.99 for the 5/2 I guess I was wrong. That's if you already have phone service for them, and it's also dependent what market your in, and whether you sign a one or two year agreement. As you figured out, I don't have phone service with verizon and I'm in the DC area
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MysticGogeta
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I got some rough signals take a look
Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Frequency : 561000000 Hz
Downstream Modulation: QAM256
Downstream Interleave Depth: 32
Downstream Receive Power Level: -5.8 dBmV
Downstream SNR: 30.8 dB
Upstream Channel ID: 5
Upstream Transmit Power Level: 55.5 dBmV
Upstream Symbol Rate: 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream Frequency: 27008000 Hz
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 2
Never have a problem nor do I disconnect but they sure don't look pretty. Verizon is building out in this area and soon will build in my neighborhood. If their pricing shapes up like that I might just stay with Comcast that is worse then they are. (We pay 39.99 a month)
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cmc0
join:2001-08-03
Bowie, MD
clubs: | I think Verizon gives deals on Fios pricing if you also suscribe to home phone service and/or FiosTV
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deblin
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Middletown, DE
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| said by cmc0 :I think Verizon gives deals on Fios pricing if you also suscribe to home phone service and/or FiosTV Yes, they have their own equivalent to triple play I believe. Same price ($99/mo), which includes 5/2 internet, FiOS tv, and unlimited voice.
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cmc0
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| said by deblin :said by cmc0 :I think Verizon gives deals on Fios pricing if you also suscribe to home phone service and/or FiosTV Yes, they have their own equivalent to triple play I believe. Same price ($99/mo), which includes 5/2 internet, FiOS tv, and unlimited voice. Yeah, that was I was offered before I cancelled the Fios. Don't know why the triple plan from Verizon is only 5Megs for download
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deblin
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Middletown, DE | Probably because it is not targeted at a power user. Perhaps they will offer the same with 15/2 for an additional $20/mo or something?
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
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17.6/384 config? thats a new one |
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