Topic 'Massive price drop on Extreme 50/10 tier!' in forum 'Comcast HSI' - dslreports.com

Re: DOCSIS 3.0 Available in Laurel, MS

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:19:22 EDT

Early Cuyler posted : Looking good! Service has been much better since DOCSIS 3 was turned on and they have apparently finished with checking all of the connections along the path.

Re: DOCSIS 3.0 Available in Laurel, MS

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:36:28 EDT

sportsfan54 posted : Here are my results:

Re: DOCSIS 3.0 Available in Laurel, MS

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:51:41 EDT

Early Cuyler posted : Wonder why it took so long? I have been running DOCSIS 3 since the beginning of January.

Here is my results from the very North end of town. I would be interested in seeing what your results are with ShaperProbe.

DiffProbe release. January 2012. Build 1008.
Shaper Detection Module.

Connected to server 38.102.0.87.

Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 4921 Kbps.
Downstream: 35758 Kbps.

The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait.

Checking for traffic shapers:

Upstream: No shaper detected.
Median received rate: 4816 Kbps.

Downstream: Burst size: 10158-10484 KB;
Shaping rate: 30837 Kbps.

For more information, visit: »www.cc.gatech.edu/~partha/diffprobe

DOCSIS 3.0 Available in Laurel, MS

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:54:49 EDT

sportsfan54 posted : Got it here in SE Ms. I ordered the Blast service in February and got the DOCSIS 3.0 modem. The Blast configuration file did not get pushed until yesterday.

DOCSIS 3 Available in Florence, AL

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:46:02 EDT

taz291819 posted : I can now confirm that Docsis 3.0 is available in Florence, Al. We've (our studio in Florence) actually been billed for it for the past few months, and they are delivering a D3 modem within the next few days.

DOCSIS 3 Available in Savannah, GA

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:13:32 EDT

generix posted : Just got an SB6121 tonight and it shows 4 bonded downstream channels, but still only 1 bonded upstream. We do have 30 Mbps Blast and Extreme 50, but no higher.

This is in Savannah, GA.

DOCSIS 3.0 Available in Florence, AL

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:37:29 EDT

taz291819 posted : I just went on Comcast's site, and noticed that Extreme50 is now available in Florence, Al. I spoke to an online agent, and they confirmed it is.

I don't live there anymore, so I can't definitely confirm or deny.

See also ---> »DOCSIS 3 Available in Florence, AL

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:32:42 EDT

sortofageek posted : Please, then, do not post in this huge thread again until you can demonstrate the rollout is complete at your location.

Please actually read this. Again ...

What do you see here when you enter your location info? ---> What products are available in your area?

If they are offering ...
Blast tier 20+ down
and
Extreme 50 (50/10 Mbps) or (50/15 Mbps)
Extreme 105 (105/10 or (105/20 Mbps)

... then show us a screen shot of the offer in this topic, please.

We are not looking for speed test results. We are not looking for evidence of testing on your local network. We are not looking for evidence of physical upgrades (downstream/upstream bonding), but can you actually order a DOCSIS 3.0 tier and actually be upgraded? That's what we are trying to determine here.
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Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:27:52 EDT

anon posted : ok all I know the docsis 3.0 is here but in a test form so has a a Comcast customer in Santa Fe NM I am looking it being fully out buy this summer or the end of the year 2012 will let you know more when I see it is fully out in Santa Fe NM

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:02:38 EDT

gr33dy posted : Perhaps Santa Fe has been upgraded, but please do not suggest this for all of New Mexico.

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:02:31 EDT

sortofageek posted :

said by sportsfan54:

I haven't seen anybody posting from Mississippi. Here's mine. Got it about 2 weeks ago.

Please see my comments/questions here ---> »Re: For the News Guy: Anyone else not have DOCSIS 3.0?

What do you see here ---> What products are available in your area?

Your screenshot shows evidence of physical upgrades, but can you actually order a DOCSIS 3.0 tier and actually be upgraded? That's what we are trying to determine here.

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Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:49:07 EDT

sportsfan54 posted : I haven't seen anybody posting from Mississippi. Here's mine. Got it about 2 weeks ago.

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:24:54 EDT

sortofageek posted : How do you know?

Please see my questions here ---> »Re: For the News Guy: Anyone else not have DOCSIS 3.0?

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:48:21 EDT

SteveEFX2012 posted : New Mexico Now Docsis3.0 as of February 14, 2012 finally :)

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:41:31 EDT

SteveEFX2012 posted : Santa Fe New Mexico now D3 four channel downstream now after a 20 minute outage Woo Hooo

Cable Modem Downstream
DS-1 DS-2 DS-3 DS-4
Frequency 621000000 615000000 627000000 633000000
Lock Status
(QAM Lock/FEC Sync/MPEG Lock) Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y
Channel Id 202 201 203 204
Modulation 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM
Symbol Rate
(Msym/sec) 5.360537 5.360537 5.360537 5.360537
Interleave Depth I=32
J=4 I=32
J=4 I=32
J=4 I=32
J=4
Power Level
(dBmV) 9.50 8.04 9.57 10.00
RxMER
(dB) 35.97 35.60 36.61 37.09
Correctable
Codewords 16 3 0 1
Uncorrectable
Codewords 1593 1421 1425 1336

DOCSIS 3 Available in Monroe, MI

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:02:17 EDT

defiant posted : Screenshot courtesy of my leased SMC D3GNV.

SMC D3GNV

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:15:10 EDT

BobWadd posted : Still waiting here in Ocala Florida. I recieved a letter about five months ago stating that I needed to upgrade my MODEM to a DOCIS 3.0. Which I did but still only have DOCSIS 2.0.

We also only have a handfull of HD station and the migration to all digital is not yet compleated.

Bob

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:04:40 EDT

RR Conductor posted :

said by dvlogic:

I'm in the same boat - seems the Santa Cruz area is one of the last in the nation to get D3. Strange being how close we are to Silicon Valley and having a pretty educated high-tech population... Too bad there isn't any real competition - I'm sure that would help!

If we have D3 up here in Mendocino County, I can't see why they wouldn't have it in Santa Cruz, the only thing I can see getting in the way is the super NIMBY's you guys have in that area, I think only Berzerkley and Sebastapol are ahead in that game. You guys have more competition than we do here, and a lot more money, so that's definitely not it.

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:56:26 EDT

dvlogic posted : I'm in the same boat - seems the Santa Cruz area is one of the last in the nation to get D3. Strange being how close we are to Silicon Valley and having a pretty educated high-tech population... Too bad there isn't any real competition - I'm sure that would help!

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:27:42 EDT

Minicoop831 posted : I know it's funny huh, I have reset the modem multiple times. Last week the cable and internet went out I was hoping that they were upgrading but no I was wrong. I guess we will never see it

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:53:17 EDT

EG posted :

said by Minicoop831:

Even though they offer 105, but there is no channel bonding I bought the D3 modem over a year ago in hopes they would upgrade.

Hmmm.. FWIW, that speed would be impossible to deliver without multiple bonded forward carriers.

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:55:04 EDT

Minicoop831 posted : Still no docsis 3.0 in Santa Cruz, Ca.................Thanks Comcast................No evidence of it changing anytime soon. Even though they offer 105, but there is no channel bonding I bought the D3 modem over a year ago in hopes they would upgrade.

Re: DOSCIS 3 Rollout Complete?

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:42:51 EDT

JuggernautJC posted : Products Available:

Performance @ 20/4
Blast @ 30/6

Shows Extreme 105 is available, but it's said that for the last six months, my downstream light turned blue just a couple days ago, at the same time they removed everything but the basic analog channels.

Re: DOSCIS 3 Rollout Complete?

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:35:45 EDT

sortofageek posted : That would indicate your area is at least working on upgrading the physical network, but doesn't tell us if DOCSIS tiers are available.

What do you see here ---> What products are available in your area?
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DOCSIS 3 Available in Colchester, VT

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:11:42 EDT

JuggernautJC posted : Four bonded downstream channels here in Burlington, VT. Still one upstream.

Re: DOSCIS 3 Rollout Complete?

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:41:50 EDT

sortofageek posted : There was a link to that article on BBR Thursday Links section yesterday and Karl Bode just published a front page article here ---> »Comcast Says DOCSIS 3.0 Upgrades Complete
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Re: DOSCIS 3 Rollout Complete?

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:42:18 EDT

RR Conductor posted : Interesting, I know they have done most of our county (Mendocino) here in NorCal, but from what I understand the work hasn't finished yet (ie.I have D3 in Redwood Valley, but they still have my Blast! Tier provisioned at 17/2, and I can't get any of the new Extreme Tiers yet).

"It's unclear if he meant that 100 percent of the MSO's footprint is now truly D3-ready, or if there are still some small pockets that haven't made the leap to wideband." That about sums it up.

DOSCIS 3 Rollout Complete?

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:49:46 EDT

Marcus Carr posted : Comcast 'Completes' Docsis 3.0 Rollout

January 5, 2012 | Jeff Baumgartner

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) has wrapped up its initial deployment of Docsis 3.0, the platform cable operators are tapping into to deliver speed bursts of 100Mbit/s or more while also forming the foundation of an IP video platform.

The rollout is "completed," Comcast CFO and Vice Chairman Michael Angelakis told the audience at Citigroup investor's conference on Thursday in San Francisco. It's unclear if he meant that 100 percent of the MSO's footprint is now truly D3-ready, or if there are still some small pockets that haven't made the leap to wideband.

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) estimated last fall that U.S. cable operators would have D3 deployed to 77 percent of the nation's households by the end of 2011. Comcast alone passes 52.38 million homes and businesses. (See The State of Docsis 3.0.)

Comcast has rolled out D3 at a steady pace ever since it debuted wideband services in April 2008 in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., and its highest-end cable modem speed tiers currently tops out at 105Mbit/s downstream. Comcast has not revealed how many of its 17.81 million high-speed Internet customers subscribe to a D3 tier. Comcast also sells wideband data services to business customers. (See Comcast Enters the Wideband Era .)

While big speeds have grabbed most of the Docsis 3.0 headlines in recent years as MSOs grapple with fiber-to-the-home competition, the technology is also expected to help underpin cable's move to IP video. CableLabs , for example, has been working on ways to optimize D3 for video, including improvements in the way that IP multicast works in the wideband environment so one video stream can be received by multiple destinations -- akin to the way switched digital video (SDV) handles linear video streams in the QAM video world today. (See Docsis 3.0 Tackles Linear IP Video.)

It looks like most of Comcast's markets should have access to spectrum that can be applied toward Docsis 3.0 channel-bonding or toward capacity for more HDTV channels and video-on-demand streams. Angelakis said the deployment of Project Cavalry, Comcast's big analog reclamation initiative, is "pretty much complete." (See Comcast's $1B Bandwidth Plan .)

Comcast has already deployed millions of standard-definition Digital Terminal Adapter (DTA) devices to spur that project along, and evidence is mounting that Comcast is getting close to deploying a new class of DTA that can support hi-def video signals. (See Comcast HD-DTAs Reach the FCC.)

— Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Light Reading Cable

[url]»www.lightreading.com/document.as···ws[/url]

DOCSIS 3.0 Available in Branford/East Haven, CT

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:24:03 EDT

Kommie posted : I am now on Docsis 3.0 in the Branford/East Haven, CT region.

DOCSIS 3 Available in Frederick, MD

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:27:30 EDT

brawney posted : Thanks! My bill says I have Performance with power boost. Comcast is offering me everything up to Extreme 105 when I enter my address. A speed test shows some great speeds (in my opinion).

[att=1]

[att=2]

[att=3]

Re: Where can I find out if DOCSIS 3 is available in my area?

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:41:13 EDT

sortofageek posted : From the Comcast site: About DOCSIS 3

You could try this

I don't know if that still works, though.

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Re: Any info on Maryland?

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:33:05 EDT

sortofageek posted : When you log into your Comcast account, are the DOCSIS 3 tiers available for order? Can you call and order a DOCSIS 3 tier at your address? Have you asked at your local Comcast office if D3 tiers are available for order?

If you check your modem signal page and see multiple downstream channels, that is indication the local network has either been upgraded or is in the process of being upgraded. Even if this is happening or has happened, that doesn't mean Comcast is ready to install a D3 tier yet. You would have to contact them to see if D3 tiers can be ordered. If you see only one downstream channel, it's fairly certain D3 isn't available for you.

What tier are you paying for and what does shaperprobe tell you about your speed? Those two bits of information might help someone give you a good guess.
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Where can I find out if DOCSIS 3 is available in my area?

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:08:36 EDT

brawney posted : I read the first post and it is a bit overwhelming. I wasn't sure where to go to "ask" if DOCSIS 3 is available somewhere.

I found this thread (»[Speed] Ultra and Extreme tiers available in Frederick, MD yet?) and which is old and is my county. Someone replied in that thread and said to come over to this thread. So here I am.

How do we find out if DOCSIS 3 is available in our area?

Re: Any info on Maryland?

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:50:23 EDT

sortofageek posted :

said by brawney:

Didn't see my county (Frederick County Maryland) listed here:
»DOCSIS 3.0 Availability in Maryland/Washington D.C..

Were there any reports posted in this forum confirming DOCSIS 3 availability in your county? If so, please provide a link. I add links to posts confirming availability. I have no other way of knowing what to add there.

Did you read the first post in this thread? Is there some way I can make that post more clear that we are asking members to provide evidence of DOCSIS 3 availability in their area. I can then link to the reports to recap them from that first post.
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Any info on Maryland?

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:02:49 EDT

brawney posted : Didn't see my county (Frederick County Maryland) listed here:
»DOCSIS 3.0 Availability in Maryland/Washington D.C..

Is there any kind of official site we can visit to check out area?

Re: DOCSIS 3 Available in Sterling Heights, MI

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:31:08 EDT

jaynick posted : Holy crap Batman, I never thought I would live long enough to see this. D3 in my area of Sterling Hts.

Channel 0: 5.1 dBmV 39.4 dBmV
Channel 1: 5.0 dBmV 39.4 dBmV
Channel 2: 4.1 dBmV 39.0 dBmV
Channel 3: 4.1 dBmV 39.4 dBmV

Upstream Channels

Power Level
Channel 0: 45.8 dBmV
Channel 1: 0.0 dBmV
Channel 2: 0.0 dBmV
Channel 3: 0.0 dBmV

Re: Is the DOCSIS 3 rollout complete in your area? Post here.

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:35:20 EDT

RR Conductor posted : I'm on Blast! and D3, but mine doesn't look quite as good as yours-

DiffProbe beta release. October 2009. Build 1002.
Shaper Detection Module.

Connected to server 213.244.128.168.

Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 17502 Kbps.
Downstream: 24803 Kbps.

The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait.

Checking for traffic shapers:

Upstream: Burst size: 1402-1735 KB;
Shaping rate: 2090 Kbps.

Downstream: Burst size: 19611-19963 KB;
Shaping rate: 17042 Kbps.

Edit-However, add PowerBoost into the mix, and I get this-

[att=1]

Now, they did just get D3 here in Redwood Valley and Ukiah in October, and I know they still had some places (Willits, Fort Bragg) to finish up in our county (Mendocino, NW CA), but why I'm still provisioned at 17/2 is beyond me. I would think the work would be done in all of the county by now.

DOCSIS 3 Available in Sterling Heights, MI

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:06:55 EDT

relish posted : Holy crap I thought I would never see the day!*tear to eye*
I'm blown away though... 30/5???? I was expecting 26.5/4 but I'm not complaining! Also, looks like power boost on upload is no more. Thanks Comcast, I love you right now!

Upstream: No shaper detected.
Median received rate: 5301 Kbps.

Downstream: Burst size: 10049-10372 KB;
Shaping rate: 30912 Kbps.

EDIT: After performing a real sustained transfer, my speed is getting provisioned at 3.2 MB/s (25-26mbps). ShaperProbe is not correct.

Downstream 1 235 603.00 MHz 9.09 dBmV 38.26 dB 256QAM 1097474235 16 0
Downstream 2 233 591.00 MHz 9.01 dBmV 37.64 dB 256QAM 981263945 290 2031
Downstream 3 234 597.00 MHz 9.01 dBmV 37.94 dB 256QAM 948095150 684 1743
Downstream 4 236 609.00 MHz 9.65 dBmV 37.94 dB 256QAM 999933606 538 2131