areoh
join:2001-11-10
Sioux City, IA
| CableOne Bumping the 8.0Mb tier to 10Mb?
Just noticed this at CO's site:
»www.cableone.net/FYH/Pages/highs···net.aspx
So, if the page holds true, we should see an upgrade to 10Mb down and 1Mb up (from 500). Goin' to power cycle to see if there's been a true bump.
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areoh
join:2001-11-10
Sioux City, IA | Not yet seeing anything.
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John Patrick
join:2001-06-07
Sioux City, IA | reply to areoh
Hmm didn't even notice that and now the site it down for maintenance for the morning too. |
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areoh
join:2001-11-10
Sioux City, IA | Go figure, the site's down as John mentioned.
John, are you still on the 3Mb plan? I'm also curious if they'll be bumping you guys up as well. |
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John Patrick
join:2001-06-07
Sioux City, IA | reply to areoh
Yes still on the 3Mb plan guess now that site is up i see it maybe bumped to 5Mb will have to watch and see when that happens. |
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Pashune
Inhaling at 675 KB per sec.
Premium
join:2006-04-14
Gautier, MS | Now this is awesome. Even the 3 MB tier is getting a boost. I guess this would explain the random outages that were occurring 3 days ago?
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ISP: CableOne 3 mbit/300 kbit |
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areoh
join:2001-11-10
Sioux City, IA
| reply to areoh
I sent an email to CO over the weekend. They gave me a call this morning. I can confirm that the new tier is active in this area. However, you will need to contact your local CO office rep to have the bump official.
I will test once I'm back home. |
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jimbopalmer
Tsar of all the Rushers
join:2008-06-02
Greenwood, MS
 ·Windjammer Cable
| reply to areoh
I would bet good money that CableONE only loads the modem configuration on a reboot.
Cold Reboot:
Turn your router (or PC) off
Unplug Modem power
Unscrew Modem coax cable
wait 30 seconds
Screw in Coax
Plug in power
Wait for 4 green lights to go solid
power up router. (or PC if you only have one)
Then see if you have higher capacity.
It would be nontrivial to change the tftp boot file without a reboot of some sort, although it may take less of a reboot than I specify..
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areoh
join:2001-11-10
Sioux City, IA
| Jim, as stated, I power cycled my network over the weekend and that didn't result in any changes.
I'm now home and can confirm that they DID bump. Nice.
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areoh
join:2001-11-10
Sioux City, IA
| Good stuff. |
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John Patrick
join:2001-06-07
Sioux City, IA
·CableOne
| reply to areoh
I tried the power cycle myself this afternoon and still got same 3mb down. Called the local office and asked about the new speeds was told they went live on june 1st but, cableone is not doing auto upgrades to them. You must call at this time to get the new speeds. Simple 10 min call and i was up and running at the new 5mb tier at same price as my old 3mb. |
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air4ce
@cableone.net | reply to areoh
so if you have the 5 MB what your screwed |
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chuckie1
join:2006-06-05
Gulfport, MS | said by air4ce :
so if you have the 5 MB what your screwed
looks like the 3mb tier is now the 5mb tier and the 5mb remains the same. |
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SirRoxen
join:2006-10-26
Idaho Falls, ID | reply to areoh
I had to call in to get my 3Mb plan updated to 5Mb. No price increase.
Now I nearly get the 3Mb plan I paid for because I'm past the threshold limit all the time, yay! |
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dr3yec
join:2002-12-19
00000 | reply to areoh
I wrote an email about upgrading my speed. Lady wrote back said she increased my speed from 8mb to 10mb and my bill will be 10 bucks cheaper. Sounds ok to me. |
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slimmy
join:2008-03-30
Idaho Falls, ID | reply to areoh
I called in and was told that the 10mb was the same price as the 5mb I was paying for. So I had her upgrade me to the 10mb, but their website states different prices. So only time/bill will tell who is right. |
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Pashune
Inhaling at 675 KB per sec.
Premium
join:2006-04-14
Gautier, MS
·CableOne
 ·AT&T Southeast
1 edit | said by slimmy  :I called in and was told that the 10mb was the same price as the 5mb I was paying for. So I had her upgrade me to the 10mb, but their website states different prices. So only time/bill will tell who is right. I really hope your bill says otherwise. I was sharing my friend's business connection for a while and I'm thinking about going back to CableOne, but $49 per month for their standard package is insane. I was paying $39.50 last time I was with them for their standard package (Modem included.).
I refuse to go back to the hellish depths of Bellsouth DSL.
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crazyk4952
Premium
join:2002-02-04
united state
clubs:
·CableOne
 ·T-Mobile US
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·Gizmo5
| Looks like they turned the old 3 Mb tier into the 5Mb tier for no cost.
The old 5 Mb tier is now the 10 Mb up/1 Mb down tier.
If you had the old 8 Mb tier, you can call and get the new 10 Mb tier for $10 cheaper than you were paying!
But beware about these new tiers. The 5 Mb tier limits you to 3 GB of total usage per day (not just during noon-midnight) and the 10 Mb tier has a limit of 5 GB/day. If you exceed these daily limits more than half of the days in your bill cycle, they will deem you an "excessive user" and may turn off your account.
Isn't it fun living in small towns where the big bad ISPs can make policies like this and get away with it? |
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Boka
join:2004-01-12
Ocean Springs, MS
| reply to areoh
Just got my bump from 5M to 10M at no extra cost!
Wonder if CableOne knows they are not being talked about highly and is trying to make customers happy? Not publicizing the increase is a bit shady but I'll take the increase  |
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Boka
join:2004-01-12
Ocean Springs, MS | reply to areoh
Bill stayed the same, $53 for the 10Mb tier.
Sweet deal really but they should just do it instead of making customers call in. |
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