Topic '[NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present' in forum 'Cox HSI' - dslreports.com

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:19:05 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by derek7:

I feel silly complaining about what is reported as better than 93% of the US, but the up still seems a little weak. I get the same speeds via the router and directly connected. Thoughts?

PM me your new MAC address - that download is looking better, but yeah, your upload is still weird.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:10:50 EDT

acid343211 posted : 46/10 But but why cant i get this 170 am 97 miles from cox HQ.. Not for $ 160 per month fools.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:29:46 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted : Try this test:
»speedtest.verizon.com/fios300/

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:08:49 EDT

derek7 posted : Just a follow-up on the 6141. I got it installed tonight, and my new speeds are:

[att=1]

I feel silly complaining about what is reported as better than 93% of the US, but the up still seems a little weak. I get the same speeds via the router and directly connected. Thoughts?

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:19:49 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by SatManager:

I do have a question - I have a Cisco DPC 3010 modem that is of course using 8x2. Does Cox assign less channels to the those with lower tier packages and keep a few channels only for Ultimate level customers?

We don't distinguish between service tiers for load balancing or channel usage purposes. How exactly the channel assignments and such occur vary market to market, and could vary node by node. Generally any scheme to do so would not make an efficient use of bandwidth on the cable plant, which we have to manage very carefully (remember DOCSIS channels compete with analog TV, digital TV, VOD, etc. etc., and it's all in around 150 channels worth of space.... and the upper 23 can't be used fully as they're so high a lot of receivers (and DOCSIS 2.0 modems) can't tune them.... and we need a COUPLE channels left unallocated for emergency "OMG" situations... and there's a few that are unusable due to noise, regulations, or the like.... it gets awfully tight, awfully quick.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:18:05 EDT

SatManager posted : CoxVegas - Just want to say that I am very happy with the upgrade. Everything is working great and seeing over 150M with my Ultimate level service.

I do have a question - I have a Cisco DPC 3010 modem that is of course using 8x2. Does Cox assign less channels to the those with lower tier packages and keep a few channels only for Ultimate level customers?

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:35:24 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted : I use a SB6141 and have no issues.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:05:06 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by derek7:

Anyone have thoughts on the SB6141? Best Buy seems to stock those.

The 6141 will work as well.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:36:22 EDT

derek7 posted : Thanks for looking into it.

Anyone have thoughts on the SB6141? Best Buy seems to stock those.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:29:04 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by derek7:

On Ultimate, I'm seeing max. 115/4 to both speedtest.net and test.lvcm.com. Sometimes the 4 is a 3. Should I be seeing more?

Got your PM. Your modem is only 4 downstream channel capable, so you're basically maxing out those channels at 102.95. You'll need to upgrade to an 8x4 DOCSIS 3 modem (6180 or 3010 or similar) to get all the way to 150.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:18:02 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by EyeInTheSky:

How has the Vegas infrastructure been handling Queen Beatrix's gift?

Why do you think we had to wait so long to do it? We weren't idle on our side, I can tell you that... I still need to hibernate a month or so to catch up on sleep.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:15:19 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by derek7:

On Ultimate, I'm seeing max. 115/4 to both speedtest.net and test.lvcm.com. Sometimes the 4 is a 3. Should I be seeing more?

You should be getting more. PM me your cable modem's HFC MAC address and I'll take a look to see if something weird is going on.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:03:57 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted : I get this on Ultimate in Vegas:

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:42:55 EDT

derek7 posted : @CoxVegas - Thanks for all your hard work on this.

On Ultimate, I'm seeing max. 115/4 to both speedtest.net and test.lvcm.com. Sometimes the 4 is a 3. Should I be seeing more?

[att=1]

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:54:06 EDT

acid343211 posted : Cox vegas,

the service Cos Provides is so 2000 Look at Google Fiber and the price only $ 70.00 for 1 GIGBIT a Sec. NO CAPS.
I pay $ 70 for the mess i have :huh:

Why Does Cox Communications have to be so over prices i know a monopoly :uhh:

Where everyone gets this 136/50 etc my area got the New UPgrade to 46/10 :hmm: Oh btw am 97 Miles from Cox HQ :uhh:
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Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:29:41 EDT

Optimus2357 posted : Oh thanks for the answer. I was hoping maybe it was something new. I have always wondered why the basic design (with improvements) have stayed the same so long. Imagine coaxial with ThermaVolt dielectric insulation, graphite nano-wrap shielding and a ICP core. Were talking cable so thin you could lay it on the wall and paint over it and not even notice. Ahh yes, but it all boils down to cost and compatibility. That's why RJ11 hasn't changed in what..60 years?

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:28:57 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted : How has the Vegas infrastructure been handling Queen Beatrix's gift?

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:38:16 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by Rakeesh:

Who still uses RG59 and for what purpose?

Optimus2357 was asking what that thin coax cable in the picture at the start of this thread was.

We still have some in our lab for the short connections from the tap into some of the test cable modems.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:46:09 EDT

Rakeesh posted :

said by CoxVegas:

said by Optimus2357:

::Insert Eating popcorn GIF here::

Yea, I saw this coming. As soon as anyone mentions Caps...

Im still just curios what kind of coaxial compressors he used. Guess Im just a nerd. XD

Heh. The cable is mini RG59 - you can find it pre-assembled with the ends in a number of places. We, being a cable company, make our own, of course. :)

It isn't supposed to be used for high bandwidth, high frequency digital signals as it is not well shielded (only single - RG6 comes in double or quad shield), but that particular cable is 10 feet or so to our in-lab tap, so it works well enough. Plus, as you noticed, it's a lot more flexible and easier to run where we need it in a cramped lab.

Official line: Use RG6. Everywhere.

Who still uses RG59 and for what purpose?

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:46:46 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by Optimus2357:

::Insert Eating popcorn GIF here::

Yea, I saw this coming. As soon as anyone mentions Caps...

Im still just curios what kind of coaxial compressors he used. Guess Im just a nerd. XD

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:21:06 EDT

Kissler posted : [att=1]

And were online!

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:25:27 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by Kissler:

Still no where near 100mbps.

None of the new tiers are 100 - ultimate is 150 however. PM your MAC and I'll take a look at your account - you may have been one of the ones that has something weird on your account and needs to be manually updated.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:56:39 EDT

Kissler posted : Well, I tried it about 3 times this morning.

[att=1]

Still no where near 100mbps.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:01:48 EDT

Optimus2357 posted : ::Insert Eating popcorn GIF here::

Yea, I saw this coming. As soon as anyone mentions Caps...

Im still just curios what kind of coaxial compressors he used. Guess Im just a nerd. XD

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:51:30 EDT

Rakeesh posted : Not sure what all of this talk about caps is about. I almost always far exceed my cap (sometimes two to four fold) and haven't had any complaints. A friend of mine far south in the valley says he hasn't heard any either.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:18:41 EDT

digiblur posted :

said by nickphx:

Really? So all the hard costs on infrastructure for D3 upgrades and network backhaul from CMTS to peering points were free? Amazing!

D3 has been here since the last upgrade.

I just don't see the point... let's give people faster internet so they use up the cap faster. It's like getting a bigger trailer to haul stuff around with but the your new bigger trailer hauls the same exact weight as the last. Wha???

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:44:49 EDT

BryanInPHX posted : Cox AZ is getting the speed increase tonight also.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:30:27 EDT

nickphx posted : Really? So all the hard costs on infrastructure for D3 upgrades and network backhaul from CMTS to peering points were free? Amazing!

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:03:05 EDT

digiblur posted : The little extra boost on the upload is nice..but I see they updated the speeds on their Caps page but the same exact 400/250/200, etc numbers are there. Meh... yawn...this is stupid and really does nothing. It was only to pacify people that complained of the price increase. The expense of these extra speeds was absolutely ZERO unless of course you count the changes on the website and pushing the config files.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:30:08 EDT

dvd536 posted :

said by Needleinthha:

Really? 3x faster downstream and 4 times faster upstream (on ultimate at least) not even a "oh, cool". or "wow, thats a big upgrade". whine whine whine

powerboost poisoning combined with chrome browser. sorry, doesn't impress me.
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Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:28:26 EDT

dvd536 posted :

said by digiblur:

Wake me when the caps go up with the speeds... until then even 300 megabit down wouldn't impress me. Like putting a half gallon gas tank on a dragster. It's not getting far...

caps are to keep cord cutters at bay. don't hold your breath.
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Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:20:39 EDT

FourWheelKid posted : upgrade hit here:
»speedtest.net/result/2471249072.png

Re: Queen Beatrix to Abdicate the Throne...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:04:20 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by BryanInPHX:

AMSTERDAM—Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands said she would abdicate after 33 years on the throne, to be succeeded in the largely ceremonial role by her eldest son, 45-year-old Willem-Alexander.

Wow, I guess she's REALLY looking forward to her birthday present.... :)

Queen Beatrix to Abdicate the Throne...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:41:42 EDT

BryanInPHX posted : AMSTERDAM—Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands said she would abdicate after 33 years on the throne, to be succeeded in the largely ceremonial role by her eldest son, 45-year-old Willem-Alexander.

The queen, who turns 75 this week, announced her abdication in a prerecorded televised address Monday. The coincidence of her birthday and the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was the reason for her decision,

»online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142···528.html
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Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:31:42 EDT

Optimus2357 posted : Ahh ok, that makes sense. I thought it was something like that, but the Birthday thing was throwing me off. I thought it was some sort of inside joke I was missing. Was reading too much into it.

But yea, very cool. I have a feeling they will increase the cap right around the time they start charging for overages. Right now their Caps are pretty loose compared to other ISP's. But lets not turn this thread into a Cap debate. There's already like a thousand on this board.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:16:51 EDT

Rakeesh posted : I'm on premier and the opposite happened to me. Just ran a shaperprobe test and I got these results:

Estimating capacity:Upstream: 2349 Kbps.Downstream: 8301 Kbps. The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait. Checking for traffic shapers: Upstream: Burst size: 2104-2147 KB;Shaping rate: 1194 Kbps. Downstream: No shaper detected.Median received rate: 8101 Kbps.

Speedtest.net shows this:

»www.speedtest.net/result/2465406496.png

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:54:47 EDT

digiblur posted :

said by Optimus2357:

Don't dragsters have really small gas tanks already? I mean they only have to go a mile. Just sayin..

Im still curious though, could we get more info? How does Queen Beatrix tie in? Is this a new service coming soon?

I guess your analogy better explains it then. The OP is the dragster...real fast but doesn't really go anywhere. 100 mbit with a 400gig cap...30mbit with a 600gig cap...now we're talking!

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:32:50 EDT

bryant313 posted : yep there is no trolling here on my cox annual speed upgrade there have been multiple confirmations of speed upgrades posted for the January 31st

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:51:49 EDT

BryanInPHX posted :

said by Optimus2357:

I have a feeling I am being trolled. ::grin:: Ok ok..nevermind.

I believe CoxVegas is telling us in code (reference to Jan 31st) that is the date the speed increases go into effect, and that Ultimate is going up to approx 150Mbps .

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:23:13 EDT

Needleinthha posted : Really? 3x faster downstream and 4 times faster upstream (on ultimate at least) not even a "oh, cool". or "wow, thats a big upgrade". whine whine whine

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:57:14 EDT

Optimus2357 posted : I have a feeling I am being trolled. ::grin:: Ok ok..nevermind.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:08:37 EDT

BryanInPHX posted : Jan 31st is Justin Timberlake's Birthday too!!!

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:56:20 EDT

Optimus2357 posted : Don't dragsters have really small gas tanks already? I mean they only have to go a mile. Just sayin..

Im still curious though, could we get more info? How does Queen Beatrix tie in? Is this a new service coming soon?

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:53:01 EDT

digiblur posted : Wake me when the caps go up with the speeds... until then even 300 megabit down wouldn't impress me. Like putting a half gallon gas tank on a dragster. It's not getting far...

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:54:26 EDT

Optimus2357 posted : Only reason I was looking so close to see what kind of coaxial you were using. Looks too skinny to Quad shield, unless some kind of new tech? If so, I want it, would be perfect for wall fishing. Standard RG6 is so rigid.

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:47:24 EDT

CoxVegas posted : Heh, the IP we know about, won't really do anyone any good.

That yellow sticky note is (nearly) meaningless scrawls. :)

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:59:13 EDT

Optimus2357 posted : May want to be careful, there is both a IP and a phone number in that picture. FYI

::Edit:: By the way, whats the story behind this? I feel like I'm missing some kind of inside joke. Is that Ultimate, or running with some testing config?

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:14:06 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted : You mean Xmodem wasnt enough for you? ;)

Re: [NV] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands' Birthday Present

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:03:02 EDT

CoxVegas posted : I remember being ecstatic over upgrading from a 300 to a 2400 baud modem and downloading at 228 cps... and then an improvement to Z-Modem to get to 232 cps!!! Woot!