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Comcast increasing its upstream channel bonding activityAn article on Comcast increasing its upstream channel bonding activity on the FierceCable site today, which directly references the » [Signals] Evidence of Upstream Channel Bonding - Post Here thread in this forum: User reports suggest Comcast is increasing upstream channel bonding activity FierceCable - March 5, 2012 » www.fiercecable.com/stor ··· 12-03-05 |
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I'd like to have channel bonding... I'm not picky, it can be upstream or downstream. Lol |
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"Channel bonding doesn't do anything to increase overall upstream capacity, but it does combine several channels to boost peak upstream speeds"
Isn't that factually incorrect? More channels = more capacity, it has nothing to do with "peak" speeds. |
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What will Comcast do when Verizon starts offering speeds faster than 150mbps? |
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DarkLogixTexan and Proud Premium Member join:2008-10-23 Baytown, TX |
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said by nysports4evr:"Channel bonding doesn't do anything to increase overall upstream capacity, but it does combine several channels to boost peak upstream speeds"
Isn't that factually incorrect? More channels = more capacity, it has nothing to do with "peak" speeds. It can better load balance the data as they have the channels already (ok not always) they just aren't bonded so if you end up with a few light users on one channel and a bunch of heavy users on another then they aren't very balanced but then bond them together and its better balanced and can give higher burst speeds so in saying it doesn't add capacity while technicaly true it does better make use of the capacity, and then they're also cleaning up the upstream to allow more of the upstream channels to be used, or used at higher QAM configs though I agree the wording is suspect as it can be misleading to some and thus shows some bias |
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said by voipnpots:What will Comcast do when Verizon starts offering speeds faster than 150mbps? to the 12 people that get fios? Probably nothing. |
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NetFixerFrom My Cold Dead Hands Premium Member join:2004-06-24 The Boro Netgear CM500 Pace 5268AC TRENDnet TEW-829DRU
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Comcast has once again started upstream bonding tests in my area. I currently have 3 bonded upstream channels and the Comcast speed test results typically show ~15-20 mbps upstream on my 12/2 service. Here is a screen shot that I just took showing a nearly symmetrical 27/28 mpbs test result on my 12/2 service:
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gar187erI DID this for a living join:2006-06-24 Seattle, WA
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said by DarkLogix:and then they're also cleaning up the upstream to allow more of the upstream channels to be used, or used at higher QAM configs
we do that all day every day |
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DarkLogixTexan and Proud Premium Member join:2008-10-23 Baytown, TX |
said by gar187er:said by DarkLogix:and then they're also cleaning up the upstream to allow more of the upstream channels to be used, or used at higher QAM configs
we do that all day every day Good keep at it, I want 4 upstream channels bonded. |
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said by voipnpots:What will Comcast do when Verizon starts offering speeds faster than 150mbps? Maybe migrating to EPoC (Ethernet PON over Coax) - see: DPoE, EPoC: What's It All About? By Leslie Ellis, Technology Analyst Multichannel News - March 5, 2012 » www.multichannel.com/blo ··· out_.phpEdit: and also see: Cable Could Get FTTH-Esque Leg Room With EPoC Could Offer Symmetrical 10 Gbps Over Coax By Karl Bode, DSLR - January 12, 2012 » Cable Could Get FTTH-Esque Leg Room With EPoC [46] comments |
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Gotta love it, it amazes me how many ways "they" have found to increase cable internet speeds... 5 years ago I was lucky to have something like 3\.7 and now I have 25\4 for roughly the same price. 15 years ago I was thrilled when my modem would connect at 33kbps to AOL Can't wait to see what epoc brings |
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I have had 8 down 2 up for months now.
Are there still areas that only have 1 up? |
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said by Devious:I have had 8 down 2 up for months now.
Are there still areas that only have 1 up? Wow, just 4 down and 2 up here. |
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Unfortunately, I'm still suffering in my part of NJ with only 1 upstream channel. It freaking sucks! I had upstream bonding in July of last year, but it disappeared in the middle of the month. It seems every area around me has bonding, yet closest to Philadelphia there is nothing. I've tried both the SMC D3G modem and the SB6120, but I still only get one channel. I'm a business class customer, so I don't know if that has an affect on my results. Is there a difference between residential and business customers?
For the record, I had a 3 1/2 hour outage that started a little after midnight on 2/17. After that, it seems like all of the reports of upstream bonding began coming in. |
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said by hhahn:Unfortunately, I'm still suffering in my part of NJ with only 1 upstream channel. It freaking sucks! I had upstream bonding in July of last year, but it disappeared in the middle of the month. It seems every area around me has bonding, yet closest to Philadelphia there is nothing. I've tried both the SMC D3G modem and the SB6120, but I still only get one channel. I'm a business class customer, so I don't know if that has an affect on my results. Is there a difference between residential and business customers? I'm not in NJ, but I am a business class customer using an SMCD3G on 12/2 service, and I have 4 downstream and 3 upstream channels. We had upstream tests here last summer too that lasted about a month. Upstream bonding started again about a week ago. Here is the line monitor chart showing when it happened (the occasional local maintenance glitch is the only time I see an outage, so they tend to stand out).
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said by Devious:I have had 8 down 2 up for months now.
Are there still areas that only have 1 up? Yeah. Highly populated close to NYC areas... |
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said by EG:said by Devious:I have had 8 down 2 up for months now.
Are there still areas that only have 1 up? Yeah. Highly populated close to NYC areas... That sucks if you are getting left out, but from Comcast's perspective, they are still basically beta testing upstream bonding, so it is probably better to use less populated areas for the tests in case something unthinkable happens and the whole area goes dark. Been there, done that, and believe me you don't want to be the one whose fingerprints are on the equipment cabinet. |
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said by EG:said by Devious:I have had 8 down 2 up for months now.
Are there still areas that only have 1 up? Yeah. Highly populated close to NYC areas... I love it when we rural areas get ahead of the big cities, it happens so rarely. |
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I doubt its rural areas since the SF bay area was one of the first ones to get it It probably just depends on the local Comcast division and when their techs want to implement it. |
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said by crucialcolin11:I doubt its rural areas since the SF bay area was one of the first ones to get it It probably just depends on the local Comcast division and when their techs want to implement it. Well, it's rural up here I'm 120 miles north of SF, in Redwood VALLEY, not Redwood CITY. |
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said by RR Conductor:said by Devious:I have had 8 down 2 up for months now.
Are there still areas that only have 1 up? Wow, just 4 down and 2 up here. And just an hour south of you we have 36/6. Go figure! |
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said by gapboy118:said by RR Conductor:said by Devious:I have had 8 down 2 up for months now.
Are there still areas that only have 1 up? Wow, just 4 down and 2 up here. And just an hour south of you we have 36/6. Go figure! I'm getting 36/6 here in Redwood Valley too. We're on Blast, 20/4.
Edit-Okay, I see we have crossed channels, no pun intended. What I meant by my post was we have 4 bonded download channels and 2 bonded uploaded channels. |
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We had upstream bonding, lost it about a year ago, and just got it back. One thing I have noticed is that things were rock solid on my connection before upstream bonding was re-enabled, and now I am seeing T3 and T4 errors and my modem has rebooted spontaneously several times in the last couple of weeks.
Previously my modem would stay up until I rebooted....60 days or more. |
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Huh?
I meant I had 8 bonded channels down and 2 up on my modem. |
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I have 4 down and 1 up. |
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Chicagoland area? We had bonding on the upstream for several months, about a year ago and has since gone away. Anyone know when it's coming back? |
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said by DarkLogix:said by gar187er:said by DarkLogix:and then they're also cleaning up the upstream to allow more of the upstream channels to be used, or used at higher QAM configs
we do that all day every day Good keep at it, I want 4 upstream channels bonded. i dont....2 or 3 at most.....4 qams in the return band is a NIGHTMARE!!! |
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Sorry guys, I misread your posts. My eMTA is locked on to 4 down and 3 up. However, I do know that there are 8 channels allocated for HSI downstream, just only 4 in use for now in 860+ systems in this area. |
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I am in Patterson, NY and I have 4 channel bonding but I have not seen the symmetrical DS or US. I just upgraded to Blast Plus and the speeds are really good with the D3 Cisco modem. |
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DarkLogixTexan and Proud Premium Member join:2008-10-23 Baytown, TX |
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said by gar187er:i dont....2 or 3 at most.....4 qams in the return band is a NIGHTMARE!!! 2 or 3 would be nice, currently I only have 1 4 would be great |
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