 hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:8 | reply to Racerbob
Re: Time Warner Boosting Standard Speed to 15Mbps "I have never heard of Powerboost kicking in at the end of a large download. Maybe Hob can shed some light on that."
No I cant, I have never heard of this either!
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Mele20Premium
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Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | It very well could be because I have problems with my connection. There is no power boost on 15/1 (actually Sam Knows shows power boost on 15/1 to be lower than sustained speed most of the time. That's rather funny).
If you do a short speed test like speedtest.net that folks here like but I don't care for you will see the burst at the end usually. I always did when I had 10/1.
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I've had PowerBoost with both Comcast and now with TWC and it's always been at the beginning of the download.
After being upgraded to 15/1 a few months ago, I still get 3-4 seconds of PB. |
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All the while the Insight/RR subs TWC bought are ignored. |
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 fartnesscomputersoc dot comPremium
join:2003-03-25
Look Outside | reply to Dampier
Will this happen for those on EL? |
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1 edit | said by fartness:Will this happen for those on EL?
I am on EL and I checked and I ran a speedtest and I am now getting 15/1.
Also I forgot to say make sure you powercycle your modem. Unplug it for 30 seconds then plug it back in again and wait until it syncs. That is what I had to do. |
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join:2001-08-18
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Is there a list anywhere of which markets are now seeing the 15/1 upgrades? How about Dallas / North TX?
I could obviously just power-cycle the modem and see, of course, but I like validation. 
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fartnesscomputersoc dot comPremium
join:2003-03-25
Look Outside | reply to Dampier
Yep, on EL, rebooted modem, took about 15 minutes for it to come back up, now I have the new speeds of 15/1 instead of 10/1. I'll take it. |
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Cortland, OH | I am still at 10/1 in N.E.Ohio |
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They have been doing a lot of work in my neighborhood opening all the time warner boxes and working on them yesterday they had 3 time warner vehicles. And like 6 people. I wonder if they are trying to prepare for the speed increase or maybe future speed increases for the extreme and ultimate users since docsis 3.0 which is available where I live can support like 300mbps and extreme is only 30mbps. |
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Manhattan, NYC (10016) is now 15mbps. Surprisingly though, I got some sort of boost too. I was downloading some stuff, the speed hit 40+ mbps for over 5 minutes before it drops down and stays at 15mbps. |
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | reply to Dampier
Hawaii will NOT be participating in this upgrade until AT LEAST END OF FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR. That is if Oceanic is allowed by corporate to make the decision.
CEO should not open his mouth if he doesn't have his facts straight. Oceanic does not have enough available bandwidth to do it by the end of this year. Of course, corporate could FORCE the upgrade via the RDC, located since January 2005 at Orange RR, like they did when Oceanic refused to upgrade to 5/1 in January 2005 like the rest of the franchises did. Oceanic claimed they weren't ready then either and stated that corporate could not force them to do it until they were ready which they estimated to be by end of July 2005.
Corporate responded to that defiance by ripping the RDC away from Oceanic at Mililani, Oahu and putting it at Orange RR and instructed Orange to forcibly push the upgrade which Oceanic had said they would block but with no RDC at Oceanic anymore....well the upgrade was pushed end of January 2005 and Oceanic's network ground to a complete halt about two weeks later. For 4.5 days no one in the state (including businesses) had RR connection. It was a terrible mess from then on until end of July.
I wonder if corporate will force Oceanic to upgrade us before the end of this year like the CEO's announcement stated. If so, I wonder what havoc this may wreck on the Hawaii RR network.
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hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:8 | "well the upgrade was pushed end of January 2005 and Oceanic's network ground to a complete halt about two weeks later. "
Why did it take two weeks?
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DampierPhillip M Dampier
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Rochester, NY | reply to dcn66100
said by dcn66100:They have been doing a lot of work in my neighborhood opening all the time warner boxes and working on them yesterday they had 3 time warner vehicles. And like 6 people. I wonder if they are trying to prepare for the speed increase or maybe future speed increases for the extreme and ultimate users since docsis 3.0 which is available where I live can support like 300mbps and extreme is only 30mbps.
Wishful thinking I am afraid. When you see this much activity and they are opening all sorts of pedestals, it is probably a service-related problem like hunting for a bad cable or ingress point for interference.
The first sign of DOCSIS 3 in your area will probably be a shrinking of your analog channel lineup, with 3-6 channels switched to digital. This is what frees up bandwidth to support the multiple data channels. A few months after that, D3 speeds usually arrive. As far as I have seen, the only speed variability out there is with D2 speeds in different markets.
For competitive reasons, or technical limitations, some markets/regions will have faster standard or turbo service than others. My guess is this has to do with how much node splitting and usage demand there is in that market, as well as what the competition is offering. If a smaller market is served with only slow speed DSL and TWC, you probably have slower speeds and waited the longest to see 10/1Mbps service. If you are in the northeast in particular, you probably have faster speeds to combat Verizon FiOS regionally.
I have not seen any markets offering anything but the traditional 30/5 and 50/5 DOCSIS 3 tiers, which suggests this is a national decision, not a regional one.
The take rate on 30/5Mbps service has been very good, but the 50/5Mbps tier has not drawn nearly as many customers, primarily because of the price.
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DampierPhillip M Dampier
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Rochester, NY | In an earlier conference call with investors, TWC admitted the overwhelming majority of 50/5 customers have Signature Home (which includes it in the bundle) and the Ultimate tier has a very low buy rate at its usual $99 price. "More promotional activity" was forthcoming to try and drive that take rate higher, which is why you now see some promos offering this for $79 a month for a year as part of a bundled service package.
For DOCSIS 3, the 30/5Mbps Extreme tier is the obvious sweet spot - priced $10 higher than Turbo. A lot of D3 customers signed up not for the downstream speed, but for the enhanced 5Mbps upstream.
In 2013, there will be more aggressive pricing promotions for broadband, mostly targeting D3. As Standard speeds hit 15/1, there will probably be a some Turbo customers downgrading, unless the upstream speed gets a boost.
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Valencia, CA
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Wishful thinking I am afraid. When you see this much activity and they are opening all sorts of pedestals, it is probably a service-related problem like hunting for a bad cable or ingress point for interference.
The latter is interesting because it was around 4 years ago, but as far as I know they are still not using the capacity they added! If dcn66100 did live in an area where he was spectrum-limited, it would make sense for them do this upgrade, so they can offer more HD channels and bonded DOCSIS streams.
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said by Mele20:Hawaii will NOT be participating in this upgrade until AT LEAST END OF FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR. That is if Oceanic is allowed by corporate to make the decision.
CEO should not open his mouth if he doesn't have his facts straight. Oceanic does not have enough available bandwidth to do it by the end of this year. Of course, corporate could FORCE the upgrade via the RDC, located since January 2005 at Orange RR, like they did when Oceanic refused to upgrade to 5/1 in January 2005 like the rest of the franchises did. Oceanic claimed they weren't ready then either and stated that corporate could not force them to do it until they were ready which they estimated to be by end of July 2005.
Corporate responded to that defiance by ripping the RDC away from Oceanic at Mililani, Oahu and putting it at Orange RR and instructed Orange to forcibly push the upgrade which Oceanic had said they would block but with no RDC at Oceanic anymore....well the upgrade was pushed end of January 2005 and Oceanic's network ground to a complete halt about two weeks later. For 4.5 days no one in the state (including businesses) had RR connection. It was a terrible mess from then on until end of July.
I wonder if corporate will force Oceanic to upgrade us before the end of this year like the CEO's announcement stated. If so, I wonder what havoc this may wreck on the Hawaii RR network.
first off TWC has upgraded the network since 2005! DOCSIS 3.0 supports faster speeds and does channel bonding so it won't be caos like you said. Secondly where did you get your info on it won't be done until first quarter?
I believe Oceanic TWC is doing some major upgrades as we speak as they have announced channels moving from QAM 122.x to 134.x statewide and from ??? to 135.x for military bases. well that I knew Oceanic TWC was 750MHz except for the 3 areas that had a 550MHz lineup until 2007-2008 time frame. So I am guessing TWC is finishing up a 750MHz to 860MHz/1GHz rebuilt on the islands. |
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said by Dampier:As Standard speeds hit 15/1, there will probably be a some Turbo customers downgrading, unless the upstream speed gets a boost.
I attempted to downgrade but was offered $5 off for 6 months which I agreed to take. Turbo is now a real runt of a deal unless you really need that extra upstream bandwidth. |
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hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:8 | " attempted to downgrade but was offered $5 off for 6 months which I agreed to take. Turbo is now a real runt of a deal unless you really need that extra upstream bandwidth."
Which is exactly what most of the posters here appear to want.
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