US Cable Support > Comcast HSI > [Speed] Northeast speed changes coming.

reply to anon5324

Re: [Speed] Northeast speed changes coming.

reply to aguiar0016
What about areas in the Northeast like Springfield, MA that cannot get FiOS but are upgraded to D3.

reply to aguiar0016
Nice thread! After reading the FIOS Quantum announcement, I scrambled to the forums hoping to find a post like this.

This gives Comcast 6 months to roll out to all DOCSIS 3.0 markets by the end of the year. Michigan was one of the last states to receive the DOCSIS 3.0 upgrade, but now that the infrastructure is in place, I suspect the speed changes are only a matter of sending a config file update to their boxes. After all, I could get 100Mb right now if I wanted, so the capacity on their networks should be there. For those in other cities who waited FOREVER for DOCSIS 3.0, I don't think these speed changes will be as painful as a wait because the infrastructure is already there.

That's also an awesome article Chris 313. Just when I thought DOCSIS 3.0 hit its limits, they find a way to add more channels. I always loved the idea of fiber, but if cable can keep up, I think I can be content for a while. Just need to heighten those monthly caps...

Yes indeed. My area just got 16/2 a little over a year ago. Still no D3 goodies in sight until the end of the year or into 2013. So, speed upgrades/changes would be most welcome. If I went from 16/2 to 50/? it'd be worth the wait, but there's another thing. The 50 tier has been out for 5 years now and hasn't seen much upgrading. Wonder how long it'll take them to upgrade that to the new 75 speed that FiOS is rolling out now.

As for raising caps, see here: »Comcast to Raise Caps, Start Charging Overage Fees

As for the 32 channel modem, I want one. Getting something and probably not having to upgrade for years suits me well equipment wise. Now, if I get that 50 speed rumored here, I'll have to upgrade my router. Anything past 32-35 and I'll top out. And I want every bit of speed I pay almost 60 for.

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reply to IowaCowboy
You should be able to get the speeds.

reply to TriForce
No Comcast didnt piss themselves, Verizon pissed themselves when Comcast upped their speeds to 10Gbps. I assure you Verizon is playing follow the leader not vice versa, and still they are only offering up to 300Mbps as opposed to Comcasts 10Gbps, yes with a G.

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reply to aguiar0016
can not wait!!! hopefully it is real soon

reply to aguiar0016
Makes sense to me since here in CT there really is a fairly narrow difference between the Performance (which I have) and Blast tiers.

Here is what I have with ShaperProbe:

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

Connected to server 217.163.1.74.

Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 3843 Kbps.
Downstream: 24736 Kbps.

The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait.

Checking for traffic shapers:

Upstream: Burst size: 5042-5107 KB;
Shaping rate: 2053 Kbps.

Downstream: Burst size: 4790-5151 KB;
Shaping rate: 20197 Kbps.

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

Although the upstream capacity of Blast is decent, the downstream difference is hardly worth the cost differential from what I can see. Based on today's speeds it makes sense to increase the difference, and drop an unecessary tier, both simplifying and clarifying the tiers.

The reality is that they are in effect dropping the current Blast tier, but borrowing the name since having Blast 50 and Extreme 105 makes better sense name-wise from a marketing aspect.
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reply to Morac
Correction: Comcast might contract for building out the fiber to a given location, but once that's done they own the network end-to-end. That said, you're looking at $30,000 or more for that connection per month.

reply to aguiar0016
As long as comcast has bandwith caps and overages it will never be competitive with FIOS-Who needs a quatrillion gigabit per second if you have to wait a month until cap resets

reply to Morac
I do understand all of that, I work for Comcast Enterprise Service and it is in fact done on our own Fiber network 70% of the time the other 30% of the time is due to serviceability of our footprint and utilize level 3 in these cases so we can provide service across the country, UP TO 10Gbps.

reply to aguiar0016
This is going to cause alot of headaches in various departments within Comcast. Namely technical support and the headend managers pushing new configuration files to a boat load of modems. Looks like triple overtime pay

Because of the elimination of a higher speed tier configuration file, modems programmed with that file would go offline causing tech support calls and truck rolls which ideally would like to be avoided. After the IPv6 fiasco with the Netgear modems, all eyes are on everyone. In other speed increases, the configuration file isn't replaced, it's usually just modified.

Anyway it's going to require the extra work by rebooting and adjusting each affected account's modem individually.

FWIW, these days, the config files in the modem actually point to the correct rate limits for the provisioned / subscribed to speeds on the CMTS config. Rates are controlled at and by the CMTS.