openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| reply to Gage
Re: Whats the point
said by Gage :
The point is that what is the point of the EXTRA load that the is suppose to be, if we at the end of the backbone never see it. Did you ever think this might be one of the reasons why Comcast is increasing bandwidth? |
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neufuse
join:2006-12-06
Indiana, PA | reply to Gage
There is a lot more stuff going down the comcast backbone then internet... they send digital channels across the country on it including vod content to its distribution servers |
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espaeth
Digital Plumber
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
 ·voip.ms
·Vitelity VOIP
·Callcentric
·VoiceStick
·ViaTalk
 ·Comcast
·Embarq
| reply to Gage
said by Gage :
The point is that what is the point of the EXTRA load that the is suppose to be, if we at the end of the backbone never see it. The point is that this bandwidth quite literally translates into things that people "see". All of that On-Demand content doesn't magically fall out of the sky -- they use the majority share of their backbone bandwidth for video distribution. |
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PGHammer
join:2003-06-09
Accokeek, MD
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to Gage
The issue (with both the new speeds and that Comcast will use their existing network) is that this is the second most congested of their SuperClusters (arguably their *most congested*, as it consists of Greater Philly, Baltimore Metro, Washington Metro, Tidewater, and Greater Richmond, in addition to the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland miniclusters). The traffic *just within the SuperCluster* is approaching saturation, if not oversaturation, and it will only get worse (two Comcast-owned RSNs lie within the SuperCluster, in addition to Comcast's corporate HQ). By moving medium-haul traffic within the SuperCluster to the faster 100 gigabit pipeline, this will give priority traffic a faster pipe within the SuperCluster (always a good thing). It will also reduce congestion in the slower pipes within the SuperCluster (also a good thing). Being able to do so for minimal extra cost, or even no extra cost at all? Priceless! |
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Gage
@comcast.net
| reply to neufuse
The point is that what is the point of the EXTRA load that the is suppose to be, if we at the end of the backbone never see it. If we never see the EXTRA stability and still have our service go out every time the wind blows. What is the point of all this extra capacity if we never get the bandwidth we pay for, as I am in my case. I don't use P2P or any file sharing of any kind, and can never reach the speeds I am paying for.
If you cannot take the negative and view point along with the positive ones, then what is the point of YOU being here and reading these responses. |
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neufuse
join:2006-12-06
Indiana, PA | reply to Gage
Personally, I say whats the point of people replying to stuff like this like you did? The whole point of the backbone network is to make the network more stable and handle more load, not give customers higher speeds... |
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SKYWARP
join:2005-02-02
Portland, OR | reply to Gage
This is backbone we're talking about, this is expanding their ability to handle all of their traffic, that helps everyone. |
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majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY | reply to Gage
This speed will be needed if they do infact go with docsis 3. This tech is for their backbone which will need to handle all the increased speed that everyone will have with docsis 3. |
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Gage
@comcast.net
| Whats the point of these super speeds if none of us will ever see it outside of these testing environments. Also, even if those speeds would EVER reach a wide audience of Comcast users, with all the traffic shaping that Comcast does, who know what we will or won't be about to download. I mean Comcast has started with P2P traffic, but who says they have to stop there. I mean they would filter anything they choose apparently and call it "reasonable network management", and the FCC would do nothing, as they have shown recently.
So this high speed is very nice and dandy, but when I don't even see the 6Mbit that I am paying for, and with Comcast playing big brother and then some, what is the point.
Sorry for the negative spin. |
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