 CivrockPremium
join:2005-06-25
North Wilkesboro, NC
4 edits | [!!!] Charter HSI Speed Increases, Now Official "You have been asking for it, and you got it! NEW speeds: 8/1, 16/2, 25/3...and you are getting the increases for FREE!!!"
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CivrockPremium
join:2005-06-25
North Wilkesboro, NC | Re: [HSI] Speed Increases, Now Official  |
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 chaudSerious Business
join:2004-07-09
Anderson, SC | reply to Civrock
Re: [!!!] Charter HSI Speed Increases, Now Official 
Thanks Charter, when you actually work, you work well! (Most of the time) |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Civrock
So actually reducing my service a few months ago from 20/2 to 10/1 isn't so bad since I'm at 16/2 now.
3 questions.
A) How come when I was 20/2 or 10/2 the upload always topped out at 1900 now it tops out at 2100. It's still 2 Mbps upload. Not sure how increasing download helped with the upload.
B) Not that they are enforcing caps anyways but the 10/2 tier had a 100 GB cap. Accoring the their TOS that applied to 15 Mbps and under. Since I'm now at 16 Mbps I'm assuming the cap is 250 GB.
C) Did they get rid of powerboost? |
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CivrockPremium
join:2005-06-25
North Wilkesboro, NC
1 edit | A. They likely increased capacity to support the new speeds in most if not all markets. DOCSIS 3.0.
B. If the TOS weren't updated for the new speeds, then yes. They might still adjust them, though, just haven't gotten to it yet. *shrug*
C. Seems unclear after several user reports so far. Some are getting what's advertised, others are getting some more in speedtests. I'm getting a bit more myself. They may have simply toned down the "boost" a bit, if they didn't remove it completely. I've also read people mentioning that the caps (hard config caps for DL/UL) in their modems were removed during the upgrades which might be another reason for faster than advertised speeds. |
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zed260Premium
join:2007-09-30
Cleveland, TN
kudos:1
1 edit | reply to Civrock
looks like it is docsis 3 tier for 25/3
according to umatter2charter |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by Civrock:. I've also read people mentioning that the caps (hard config caps for DL/UL) in their modems were removed during the upgrades which might be another reason for faster than advertised speeds. This is what my modem says now
Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 0
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 0
said by zed260:looks like it is docsis 3 tier for 25/3 according to umatter2charter So we need a docsis 3.0 modem to get the 25/3 tier? Any price differnce if you rent them from Charter vs docsis 1.1/2.0 modems? |
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zed260Premium
join:2007-09-30
Cleveland, TN
kudos:1 | as far as i know its same rental price i dont rent though |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by zed260:as far as i know its same rental price i dont rent though Yeah but if you got something like SB5120 you can't get the 25/3 speed even if you're on the 20/2 plan can you? |
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zed260Premium
join:2007-09-30
Cleveland, TN
kudos:1 | @bf69 as far as i know you cant |
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CivrockPremium
join:2005-06-25
North Wilkesboro, NC | I'm on a SB5101 and I'm getting more than the advertised DL speed and close to the advertised UL. Main advantage of a DOCSIS 3.0 modem will be channel bonding. |
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 fooo
join:2007-06-28
Spring Hill, TN | reply to Civrock
not for free. they just jacked prices up 5$. just sayin... |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by fooo:not for free. they just jacked prices up 5$. just sayin... link? according the website the prices are the same. and they have the new speeds listed. |
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fooo
join:2007-06-28
Spring Hill, TN | said by BF69:said by fooo:not for free. they just jacked prices up 5$. just sayin... link? according the website the prices are the same. and they have the new speeds listed. it was like a moth ago. i noticed my 29.99 promo went up to 34.99. i called & asked why. they were like..."you got a speed increase..so we raised the prices 5$ for your package" |
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zed260Premium
join:2007-09-30
Cleveland, TN
kudos:1 | reply to Civrock
@fooo post in charter direct forum that dont sound right |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to fooo
said by fooo:said by BF69:said by fooo:not for free. they just jacked prices up 5$. just sayin... link? according the website the prices are the same. and they have the new speeds listed. it was like a moth ago. i noticed my 29.99 promo went up to 34.99. i called & asked why. they were like..."you got a speed increase..so we raised the prices 5$ for your package" Well they don't know what they are talking about. The fact is the non promo price is the same. So no price increase |
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fooo
join:2007-06-28
Spring Hill, TN | @bf69 & @zed260
hrm...i have always thought the same. i'll give that thread a post & see what i can find out...
thanks |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by fooo:@bf69 & @zed260 hrm...i have always thought the same. i'll give that thread a post & see what i can find out... thanks Well you know I'm in TN too and the Charter website is showing the promos at $30, $40 and $55 |
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fooo
join:2007-06-28
Spring Hill, TN | interesting...
thx. i just posted int he charter direct section. we'll see if they answer why that happened |
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They are doing something for sure. I am on 5/1 plan and I used to get around 640KBsec down now I am over 1000KBsec downloading a large file after modem reboot. Nice charter |
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