 gatorkramKaBOOM BabyPremium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
kudos:2
 ·Suddenlink
| What about my market? I don't know why they are in such a hurry to announce a very lopsided 107/5 service, when here in my market, we can't even get the 20/2 or 36/2 plans yet.
107/5 is just silly.
While I think its a move in the right direction, and it's great to see the company I use doing serious upgrades, I hope they come to realize, people want more upstream too.
20/5 or 50/5 would be solid packages to roll out.
The 107 should be as fast as you can sync for the upstream.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast
| Some providers are even more lopsided (Qwest 20/896 comes to mind) though SUddenlink is up there...
Personally, I don't think SUddenlink will increase upstream speeds beyond 5 Mbps until their competitors do the same; remember that SL is mostly competing against DSL-based technologies, which max out at 1-3 Mbps up depending on whether you're talking about standard-grade ADSL, CenturyLink bonded ADSL2+ or AT&T U-Verse. SL has VERY little fiber to compete with in their footprint, so there's no hurry to speed things up.
Also, going above 5 Mbps up on a cable system requires 64QAM upstream channels to do. SL is probably using 16QAM right now, and would have to clean up their plant in order to get the higher QAM. It's not incredibly difficult...Comcast and Cablevision have both done it...but SL may not have what it takes at the moment. |
