bicho6
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3 edits | About the 12/2 upgrade
Split from this topic ---> »Let's keep all DOCSIS 3.0 Discussion in this thread, please
I got the email from comcast stating my area was upgraded for free. I went to the local comcast office and traded my old modem to a DCM425. A list of approved cable modems that was published by comcast didn't list my old modem. I get home set everything up and I am able to get out to the internet. I go to test my connection on the comcast speed test website and I consistantly get 12Mb down and 6Mb up. I ran the test over several days with the same results. I did the same test on speakeasys website and my numbers there are consistantly 6Mb downdown and 700Kb up. Is anyone seeing the same issue, I dont know if I got the speed upgrade or not.
Mod Note: Per this post, this is about an upgrade to the 12/2 tier, so it would be more appropriate for this topic ---> »Discuss 16/2 or 12/2 speed tiers here, please
We'll let it stand alone, however, since it really is also appropriate as an individual help topic. |
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cypherstream
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2 edits | Re: Let's keep all DOCSIS 3.0 Discussion in this thread, please
The RCA DCM425 is not a DOCSIS 3.0 modem.
»www.thomson.net/GLOBALENGLISH/PR···ult.aspx
What kind of speeds are you expecting? |
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CUBS_FAN
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1 edit | reply to bicho6
said by bicho6  :I got the email from comcast stating my area was upgraded for free. I went to the local comcast office and traded my old modem to a DCM425. A list of approved cable modems that was published by comcast didn't list my old modem. I get home set everything up and I am able to get out to the internet. I go to test my connection on the comcast speed test website and I consistantly get 12Mb down and 6Mb up. I ran the test over several days with the same results. I did the same test on speakeasys website and my numbers there are consistantly 6Mb downdown and 700Kb up. Is anyone seeing the same issue, I dont know if I got the speed upgrade or not. These speed test sites are prone to include powerboost levels and not your sustained speeds. I consistently get well over 10Mb down and 6 to 7 Mb up and I'm on the 6000/1000 tier. |
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bicho6
join:2004-07-30
home | ya.. but I should be on the 12/2 teir, I was supposedly upgraded. |
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Ethrem
join:2008-10-03
Arvada, CO | reply to bicho6
Re: About the 12/2 upgrade
www.testmy.net
Go to download speed tests and hit the 100MB link
That should give you your true speed. Those speed test sites simply don't use large enough test files. |
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EG
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2 edits | said by Ethrem :www.testmy.net Go to download speed tests and hit the 100MB link That should give you your true speed. Those speed test sites simply don't use large enough test files. That site bites for accuracy as well...
In 3 years of testing, I have never gotten anything near reality there..
It is still subject to distance between client and server, load on server at any given moment, possible routing latency just like any other site/server.
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I don't think so..
I'm on Blast 16/2, however, I am currently getting sustained uploads of 10Mbps due to D3 stress testing in my area.
Real world large file downloads from known to be fast and close by servers, and large file uploads via FTP to my Comcast personal web space indicate that I am indeed getting 16Mbps sustained download speed after the Powerboost burst subsides, and also indeed getting 10Mbps sustained upload speed with not trace of the Powerboost effect. |
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MalibuMaxx
join:2007-02-06
Chesterton, IN | reply to bicho6
www.dl.tv FTW... |
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EG
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Union, NJ | Now that's a good place for testing. Especially when using a download manager and downloading multiple files concurrently. |
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dadkins
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| said by EG :Now that's a good place for testing. Especially when using a download manager and downloading multiple files concurrently. Sure is! 
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beavercable
join:2008-05-11
Beaverton, OR | reply to bicho6
bico6 are you in the northwest cause if so the speed doubling doesn't go into effect untill the 16th. |
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Kearnstd
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Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to bicho6
backend upgrades are nearly finished i think, the bootfile push is pending.
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