Topic 'Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business' in forum 'Comcast HSI' - dslreports.com

Re: [Business]Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business spee

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:02:05 EDT

mario02423 posted :

How did you guys get in touch with Corporate Escalation?

All I did was post in the Comcast Direct forum here about being stuck on the old 22/5 tier. The issue was then forwarded to corporate by one of the Comcast staff that monitors that section, SteveTeow . I thought that having corporate deal with it themselves was a bit excessive at first, but they dealt with it very quickly (four hours from Steve's post to resolution).

That's the first time I've had an issue forwarded up to corporate. I don't know how common it is for that to happen.

Thanks, n_w95482. I've set up a thread. My fingers hurt! :)

Re: [Business]Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business spee

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:26:13 EDT

n_w95482 posted :

said by mario02423:

How did you guys get in touch with Corporate Escalation?

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:06:40 EDT

n_w95482 posted :

said by pflog:

It'd be interesting to see if the Netgear works with 27/7 properly in your location...I don't suppose you know any other business class people in your area? :)

I know of two other business-class installs in town here, but I have little/no say in getting them to have their modem replaced (both are using SMC 8014s). One of them appears to be on an old 6/1 config file. I didn't even know the Netgear was an option until you mentioned it in an earlier post. Now if only they would approve an 8x4 conventional modem...
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Re: [Business]Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business spee

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:40:05 EDT

mario02423 posted :

said by NetFixer:

said by mario02423:

I call tech support, they tell me there's no such thing as Power Boost.

If only that were really true for business class (at the very least as a user selectable option). I would dearly love to see my d11_m_sb6121_bciwidebandstarter_c05.cm config file replaced by a d11_m_sb6121_bciwidebandstarter_noboost_c05.cm config file. PowerBoost totally screws up any applications/devices that try to use auto-sensing QoS.

If only there was a way to extract our config files. I'd send you mine, and I'd use yours.

Re: [Business]Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business spee

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:36:31 EDT

NetFixer posted :

said by mario02423:

I call tech support, they tell me there's no such thing as Power Boost.

Re: [Business]Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business spee

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:48:56 EDT

mario02423 posted : This has been all sorts of mess. After the upgrade, I dropped from 93/30 PB to 35.9/7.8 consistent which, granted, is more than my contracted rate (12/2, or whatever the new one is).

On top of that, my service has been out for two days and I'm told that the technicians are a bit stumped.

I worked with Comcast_John on the CCBCI forums, but he didn't seem to get anything accomplished. When I call tech support, they tell me there's no such thing as Power Boost. Where do I go from here? How did you guys get in touch with Corporate Escalation?

Thanks!

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:26:47 EDT

pflog posted :

said by n_w95482:

I forgot to mention in my above post that I'm using an SB6120 modem that I own. Also, it posted the config file in the log (SW Download INIT - Via Config file d11_m_sb6120_bciwidebandpremium_c05.cm) when they forced it. I think it's the same as before.

It'd be interesting to see if the Netgear works with 27/7 properly in your location...I don't suppose you know any other business class people in your area? :)
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:17:34 EDT

n_w95482 posted : I forgot to mention in my above post that I'm using an SB6120 modem that I own. Also, it posted the config file in the log (SW Download INIT - Via Config file d11_m_sb6120_bciwidebandpremium_c05.cm) when they forced it. I think it's the same as before.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:34:30 EDT

pflog posted : They never responded to my post in the direct forum.

I wish Comcast's left and right hands would talk to each other...

You're getting massive PB like we were before AND your speeds are consistent. Looks like your CMTS is configured correctly.

If only we could get the engineers from your area to talk to the engineers in other areas where the CMTS isn't working correctly with the 27/7 profile. :huh:
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:30:33 EDT

n_w95482 posted : I made a post in the direct forum last week about the missed upgrade, and SteveTeow contacted me this morning saying it had been escalated to corporate. They called and emailed me during lunch to say it should be all fixed now. I then RDP'ed to my PC and tested it.

Those two small spikes in the picture were from me dragging windows around.

DiffProbe release. January 2012. Build 1008.Shaper Detection Module. Connected to server 38.102.0.111. Estimating capacity:Upstream: 21943 Kbps.Downstream: 115656 Kbps. The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait. Checking for traffic shapers: Upstream: Burst size: 9483-10018 KB;Shaping rate: 7429 Kbps. Downstream: Burst size: 18061-19830 KB;Shaping rate: 28746 Kbps. For more information, visit: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~partha/diffprobe

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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:19:02 EDT

pflog posted :

said by ropeguru:

Off topic, but does the Netgear allow for native IPv6? If so, are you seeing it available at your location?

It's listed as not supporting IPv6 on the comcast site here:

»mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/

Don't see any IPv6 stuff in the Gateway Summary -> Network tab. But I imagine it does support it, just not configured/setup yet?
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:15:32 EDT

ropeguru posted : Off topic, but does the Netgear allow for native IPv6? If so, are you seeing it available at your location?

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:19:44 EDT

pflog posted : Yeah it seems pretty clear that the CMTS and 27/7 profiles are not playing nicely together in some areas, while they're ok in others.

I'm not even sure who needs to address this at this point? It seems like a localized issue that the CMTS engineers would need to fix/update, but how we get their attention is unknown to me.

ComcastDJ and jlivingood were/are both looking into this, but they were hoping the new Netgear modem would fix it. I'm not sure if they have the means or "authority" to push for CMTS updates in various places or if that all has to be driven locally. :(
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:29:26 EDT

espaeth posted :

said by pflog:

The tech brought up a good point. Powerboost fluctuates based on the load in the CMTS right? Could it be as simple as my CMTS thinking "powerboost is still uncapped" but the boot file is capping it? If the CMTS is "leaving the flood gates open", but the modem is clamping it, couldn't it cause exactly this behavior (packet loss, which causes the TCP stack to back off, then ramp back up, etc etc)?

Not really. This is a rate shaping vs rate limiting problem. TCP automatically rate limits itself in relation to RTT and packet loss.

Rate shaping is about exploiting that function of TCP and implementing a "leaky bucket" mechanism where you start discarding packets even before the rate threshold is crossed. This causes TCP to back off on how quickly it tries to scale the ACK window and when you zoom out a bit on the IO graph you get that relatively smooth line you're accustomed to seeing.

Rate limiting is generally implemented as a strict threshold limit. All packets under the "bucket" threshold are accepted, everything above the threshold is dropped. This creates problems for TCP because each time it scales the window it sees 0 drops while still under the threshold which causes it to continue to be aggressive with the scaling. Eventually it scales pass the threshold, loses more than a few % of a congestion window's worth of packets, and kicks in congestion avoidance by cutting the TCP window to 1/2 of what it was. That process results in the sawtooth graph you see above.

Given that you're seeing the same behavior with 2 different CPE devices, I would speculate they are probably implementing the downstream shaping on the CMTS (this is logically the best place to do it anyway). I suspect either the CMTS profile for the 27/7 offering is incorrect, or the configuration may have found a code bug that causes rate shaping to not operate correctly with these specific parameters used.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:33:08 EDT

pflog posted : Looks like unfortunately the Netgear device doesn't help with this 27/7 issue. Although the speeds are more sawtooth and less erratic now with the Netgear, there's clearly still an issue with the speeds after power boost ends.

However, the tech said something about pulling the boot file and config from my SMC and then pushing one or both to the Netgear, so perhaps he wasn't supposed to do that, not sure.

On the plus side, my SNR was sitting between 35 and 35.5 on the 4 channels on the SMC, and this Netgear's 8 channels are sitting at 37+, so I can't complain about that. :)

*edit* Adding shaperprobe results:

Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 10800 Kbps.
Downstream: 35398 Kbps.

Upstream: Burst size: 9795-9915 KB; Shaping rate: 7429 Kbps.

Downstream: Burst size: 20208-20442 KB; Shaping rate: 28560 Kbps.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:45:36 EDT

ropeguru posted : Looks like they have really fubar'ed something in the config now. When I run a shaper probe it is intermittently failing on too much packet loss. Pinging from the inside out I see the loss and when pinging from the outside to the default gateway IP on the SMC, it also starts throwing timeouts, which tells me the SMC is having issues.

Update: Even when pinging the WAN DHCP IP address on the SMC, it also starts timing out along with the other IP's. So this is definitely a SMC issue all around not just a router processing issue within the SMC.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:26:43 EDT

hhahn posted :

said by NetFixer:

said by hhahn:

I also still don't have Powerboost. I tried rebooting the modem today, but no change. It's completely gone on both the download and upload.

This sucks.

I had to buy a managed switch so that I could limit the negative effects of Comcast's PowerBoost, and you get Comcast to do it for you for free.

This really sucks.

Yeah, it really sucks when you're working over a VPN and every time you save, it takes 10-15 seconds to finish a save command.

Maybe if Comcast would simply offer halfway decent upload speeds, especially on their god damn business tiers, there wouldn't be as much of a demand.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:55:57 EDT

NetFixer posted :

said by hhahn:

I also still don't have Powerboost. I tried rebooting the modem today, but no change. It's completely gone on both the download and upload.

This sucks.

I had to buy a managed switch so that I could limit the negative effects of Comcast's PowerBoost, and you get Comcast to do it for you for free.

This really sucks.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:36:01 EDT

hhahn posted : I also still don't have Powerboost. I tried rebooting the modem today, but no change. It's completely gone on both the download and upload.

This sucks.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:08:55 EDT

ropeguru posted : All of my stats are the same (ie. still no power boost). My graph isn't quite as bad as yours but does have som hiccups. I have power cycled the SMC multiple times too.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:51:47 EDT

pflog posted : New boot files were released apparently. Is anyone seeing improved behavior of the speeds on 27/7 on SMC devices? I power cycled mine, but still getting the same erratic speeds after PB. :(

It does look like upstream PB is back, albeit less than before.

Powerboost results #1 (re-ran due to 'high packet loss' thing on download):

Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 14081 Kbps.
Downstream: 34882 Kbps.

Upstream: Burst size: 9717-9951 KB; Shaping rate: 7466 Kbps.
Downstream: Measurement aborted due to high packet loss rate.

Powerboost results #2:

Upstream: 13751 Kbps.
Downstream: 34769 Kbps.

Upstream: Burst size: 9574-9792 KB; Shaping rate: 7466 Kbps.
Downstream: Burst size: 18692-18878 KB; Shaping rate: 29008 Kbps.

Wireshark I/O graph attached (will re-attach, that previous one was the packets/s not bytes/s).

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:38:30 EDT

pflog posted :

said by csiemers:

said by pflog:

Weird, you're getting 22/3 instead of 15/3. Enjoy that while it lasts and keep that modem on a UPS so it doesn't power cycle :)

It's been powered cycled many times and it's remained the same speed.

The point is, there is no 22/3 plan. So enjoy it while it lasts. ;)
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:38:02 EDT

csiemers posted :

said by pflog:

Weird, you're getting 22/3 instead of 15/3. Enjoy that while it lasts and keep that modem on a UPS so it doesn't power cycle :)

It's been powered cycled many times and it's remained the same speed.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:16:31 EDT

pflog posted : Weird, you're getting 22/3 instead of 15/3. Enjoy that while it lasts and keep that modem on a UPS so it doesn't power cycle :)
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:00:14 EDT

csiemers posted : On my 12/2 here's what Sharperprobe says:
DiffProbe release. January 2012. Build 1008.
Shaper Detection Module.

Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 7044 Kbps.
Downstream: 33854 Kbps.

The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait.

Checking for traffic shapers:

Upstream: Burst size: 4389-4531 KB;
Shaping rate: 3136 Kbps.

Downstream: Burst size: 6214-7088 KB;
Shaping rate: 21989 Kbps.

And here's what SpeedTest says:
[att=1]

The SpeedTest values are the same ones I've been getting since I signed up for Comcast back in August of 2011.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:33:23 EDT

ropeguru posted : For me, yes, my upload powerboost is gone. I used to have download in the 70Mb range and upload was 10Mb. Now my PB iw 35/7.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:15:12 EDT

hhahn posted : Did Comcast completely kill PowerBoost on the upload?

Ever since Comcast's support reset my modem, I'm not getting upload speeds any greater than my plan.

Here's what I have from my last test:
[att=1]

This is a test from before the new tiers. It's the most recent I was able to find.
[att=2]

It's pretty pathetic that Comcast had no problem rolling out new, much faster tiers for a wide variety of residential modems, yet they can't even get their config correct on a whopping three modems for business customers.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:58:15 EDT

muranternet posted : OK I seem to have my packet loss issues worked out (there were like 4 contributing factors) and got my SB6121 provisioned.

- location

St Paul, MN

- what modem do you have

SB6121

- original speed plan

12/2

- new speed plan

No notifications, but it looks like 15-16/3

- shaperprobe results

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

Connected to server 38.102.0.87.

Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 11112 Kbps.
Downstream: 32957 Kbps.

The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait.

Checking for traffic shapers:

Upstream: Burst size: 4601-4892 KB;
Shaping rate: 3210 Kbps.

Downstream: Burst size: 9047-9978 KB;
Shaping rate: 16837 Kbps.

- do you see power boost? if so, is it more or less than before?

Powerboost is weird; I get inconsistent reported down (anywhere from 11-25) but ridiculous up.

»stage.results.speedtest.comcast.···4372.png

- do your speeds remain consistent after powerboost? or are they erratic as in the link

Seems stable at 2.0MB/s after boost on a 1.5GB test download.

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Update: Techs reworked my line today because it was pretty old and grounded to a water pipe. Speedtests look normal now:

»stage.results.speedtest.comcast.···6662.png

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:26:31 EDT

noc007 posted : Cumming, GA
SMC D3G
Old: 12/2
Apparently new: 15/3

This past summer, my speed tests were looking like this:
[att=1]
I call BS on the accuracy of the results since my real world usage of downloads and uploads supported the bottom tier I'm on with PB being quite high. When I first signed up, my speed tests had PB pegged usually around 75/40. I don't have a shaperprobe log for this time period though.

Now my speed tests are more like this:
[att=2]
Based on real world usage and speed test this is relatively accurate and my PB has definitely been lowered, especially the upload, like others have reported.

Here is the shaperprobe I took today:

DiffProbe release. January 2012. Build 1008.Shaper Detection Module. Connected to server 38.107.216.34. Estimating capacity:Upstream: 4012 Kbps.Downstream: 21497 Kbps. The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait. Checking for traffic shapers: Upstream: Burst size: 4939-4968 KB;Shaping rate: 3192 Kbps. Downstream: Burst size: 9765-10006 KB;Shaping rate: 17061 Kbps.

This is really a bummer given the higher cost and no promo offers for business lines. Personally I'm only paying the premium for no caps, 1being inline with the TOS, and better support. Based on the service I've been getting all around, I'm not sure it's worth the premium. The last problem I called about, it took them half a week to send a tech out.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:52:13 EDT

anon posted :

said by JohnInSJ:

said by NetFixer:

that's not even remotely correct - you can use true static mode with static IPs. Your static IP is routed thru the modem. It's a standard config

This is TRUE for STATIC IPs, EVERYBODY, all you need to do is set Disable Firewall for True Static IP Subnet Only / Disable Gateway Smart Packet Detection on the firewall page, and then
use YOUR OWN ROUTER, and Do not use DHCP to get IP address from the SMCD3G, put in the REAL STATIC IP address in YOUR ROUTER, and the SMC will pass all traffic straight thru. (This way your only NAT'd once, as long as you set that up inside YOUR OWN ROUTER. Not that hard to setup traffic rules inside Cisco routers, and almost any security appliance with NAT cabability will work well. We let windows assign DHCP addresses on the LAN side, the Cisco/Security appliance only needs to know what the
address range is. We do not let the Cisco/Security appliance divy out DHCP addresses, even though it can. In a Windows-Server enterprise its better to let it keep track of DNS/DHCP that way it keystones everything and integrates better with Active Directory.

Another thing I do at our office is this :
I connected a cheapy Netgear wireless router directly to one of the 4 ports on the SMCD3G, and I set it up to get a DHCP address from the SMCD3G 10.1.10.X address and I let guests that visit our office use the netgear for internet access, and that keeps them off of the LAN side of our Cisco PIX thus securely on the otherside, just like any other internet user would be. This also makes a nice way to test Cisco VPN Tunnelling software inside our office, thru the Cisco firewall.

There is one more great benifit of setting this type of IPV4 setup, if you ever change providers, then you will only need to make minimal changes IN YOUR OWN ROUTER. all internal IP's would never change, thus no more changing the entire enterprise's IP addresses, as you would keep the NAT'd IPs that you setup in your OWN ROUTER. Change your domain records, update your DNS records, change the static IP in YOUR OWN ROUTER. and the whole change to a new provider would be done quickly.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:47:19 EDT

JohnInSJ posted :

said by NetFixer:

said by pflog:

He then went on to ask me what the problem was, and he said something like "the DNS server is not set, I will enable that and it will fix your problem". :uhh:

I've gotten that same advice too, and also have been told that the SMC gateway will not even work unless you enable its DHCP server, and that the SMC gateway's 1-1 NAT was the only way you could use your static IP addresses.

said by pflog:

Naturally, it didn't fix the problem. Then he asks where I'm testing from and I tell him various mirrors and he tells me "engineering requires you to test from speedtest.comcast.net to get an accurate speed result". SIGH, and I was just talking about how the business class support reps were more knowledgeable.

While the ratio of real techs to script readers is better with business class, it's still the luck of the draw when you call for support.

that's not even remotely correct - you can use true static mode with static IPs. Your static IP is routed thru the modem. It's a standard config
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:45:06 EDT

JohnInSJ posted :

said by NetFixer:

said by WheatridgeCO :

SMC D3G Hardware Version 1.01 / Firmware Version 1.4.0.49.7-CCR / Running in Bridged mode with 5 Static IP's thru a Cisco Pix 525

Is this a new connection? I was not aware that Comcast allowed that configuration. I was told that you had to use an SMC gateway in gateway mode in order to get static IP addresses.

Or are you confusing not using the SMC's NAT with bridge mode. Unfortunately, that is something that a lot of uneducated (and/or unethical) Comcast CSRs seem to do, and their referring to doing that as bridge mode in turn confuses a lot of customers.

He means "true static" mode - that's normal with static IPs - its the same config I use with my static IPs
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:52:39 EDT

GusHerb94 posted : I rebooted the SMCD3G at our shop today and we have the new speed!:

"Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 3978 Kbps.
Downstream: 20856 Kbps.

The measurement will last for about 2.5 minutes. Please wait.

Checking for traffic shapers:

Upstream: Burst size: 7060-7098 KB; Shaping rate: 3173 Kbps.

Downstream: Burst size: 9899-10028 KB; Shaping rate: 17024 Kbps.

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

[Process completed] "

Looks like it's 17/3 for us! Also one thing I noticed is that the Powerboost is no longer unthrottled, before i was getting up to 50 MBps upload with PB

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:36:12 EDT

EG posted : Thanks for the correction. I will assume that they then have a configuration file for it so that it functions on their system ?

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:12:14 EDT

NetFixer posted :

said by biomesh:

said by EG:

FWIW, that device does not yet appear to be on their *Approved Modems List*.

It has for the last few days:

»mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/device.···so=&sc=0

Yep, I had to refresh my browser's cache to get it to show up in the main business class list, but it is now on the approved list. Strange that it does not yet appear to support IPv6; I would have thought that would have been a high priority requirement for a new device on the approved list.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:08:03 EDT

NetFixer posted :

said by EG:

FWIW, that device does not yet appear to be on their *Approved Modems List*.

True, but there are no Netgear modems or gateways on the business class approved modems list, and apparently someone from Comcast has proposed using a Netgear box to solve the problem being seen by pflog.

It is possible that this Netgear box may be under testing and consideration as a replacement for the SMCD3G-CCR which is apparently not being very cooperative in working with Comcast's native IPv4/IPv6 dual stack.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:07:01 EDT

biomesh posted :

said by EG:

FWIW, that device does not yet appear to be on their *Approved Modems List*.

It has for the last few days:

»mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/device.···so=&sc=0

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:01:53 EDT

EG posted : FWIW, that device does not yet appear to be on their *Approved Modems List*.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:55:45 EDT

NetFixer posted : Netgear does have a commercial grade DOCSIS 3 cable gateway box:
»www.netgear.com/service-provider···CR.aspx#

Not much information on the Netgear web site since it is apparently only sold to service providers, so Netgear doesn't feel that there is a need for potential end users to know very much about it.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:11:49 EDT

pflog posted : I believe I misunderstood the person about the Netgear they mentioned.

It sounds like it could be a new device I guess? It wouldn't make sense for them to offer the Netgear 8013/8014, since neither of them is DOCSIS 3 capable and I doubt they could do 27/7 reliably.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:46:18 EDT

espaeth posted :

said by NetFixer:

While the ratio of real techs to script readers is better with business class, it's still the luck of the draw when you call for support.

There was a noticeable drop in quality of rep when they centralized business support. The local Minneapolis support team was awesome, back when they existed.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:15:37 EDT

ropeguru posted : But yet they advertise as a "Business Class" service, charge business prices yet will not treat you like a business customer.

Typical of Comcast.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:12:13 EDT

NetFixer posted :

said by pflog:

He then went on to ask me what the problem was, and he said something like "the DNS server is not set, I will enable that and it will fix your problem". :uhh:

said by pflog:

While the ratio of real techs to script readers is better with business class, it's still the luck of the draw when you call for support.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:07:41 EDT

pflog posted :

said by ropeguru:

Let me know what you find out.

IO graph from the 50/10 profile. A few minor blips, but basically working properly.

Yet MORE evidence that the 27/7 profile is FUBAR. Now when will Comcast admit it? :mad:
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50/10 downloads are normal

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:52:46 EDT

pflog posted :

said by ropeguru:

Let me know what you find out.

So he said I can bump to 50/10, but they will charge my $6+ (so I'm paying for both.

He then went on to ask me what the problem was, and he said something like "the DNS server is not set, I will enable that and it will fix your problem". :uhh:

Naturally, it didn't fix the problem. Then he asks where I'm testing from and I tell him various mirrors and he tells me "engineering requires you to test from speedtest.comcast.net to get an accurate speed result". SIGH, and I was just talking about how the business class support reps were more knowledgeable.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:34:11 EDT

biomesh posted : With residential they like to charge $2 change fees. With business class you can change tiers with no extra charge. Just as long as you retain business class service, you are okay and will remain in contract. Just call in and talk to a tech rep to see what your options are.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:33:31 EDT

ropeguru posted : Let me know what you find out.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:31:55 EDT

pflog posted :

said by biomesh:

I have done this in the past and you will only be charged for the time you use each specific tier. So if you use it for one day, the 50/10 tier will cost you $3 extra over the 27/7.

Was this residential or business class? I'm not sure if the same applies, being in a contract and all. :) But still a great idea, going to give them a call now.
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Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:30:35 EDT

biomesh posted : I have done this in the past and you will only be charged for the time you use each specific tier. So if you use it for one day, the 50/10 tier will cost you $3 extra over the 27/7.

Re: [Business] [POLL] Do you have the new 15/3 or 27/7 business

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:48:31 EDT

pflog posted :

said by biomesh:

Could the issue possibly lie in the SMC firmware on how it handles bonded channels?

If you switch to 50/10 profile for a day, does it look the same?

I suppose I could call business support and ask them to bump me up and/or down to test that theory.

I don't see why it would be working 100% reliably on 22/5 but 27/7 somehow causes it to crap out?

I don't know who at Comcast owns these config files or how to get them to look at them, but that's a good idea, I will call them. I'll probably wind up being billed for a full month of 50/10 if I do this though. :huh:
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