Topic '[NV] New speeds live in Vegas' in forum 'Cox HSI' - dslreports.com

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 02 May 2013 03:33:50 EDT

Beezel posted :

said by force113 :

Here is link from COX forum. We have issues connecting and this was explained to us by a COX rep.

»forums.cox.com/forum_home/intern···spx#6569

In Vegas if you are in a building and not a house. There maybe problems in the building wiring. That is one downside to living in a building. The building owner may be responsible for it.

But a D3 modem is really recommended in the Vegas market. Due to the population here being on-line, and not having channel bonding without one.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 02 May 2013 03:28:26 EDT

Beezel posted :

said by airmax32:

i used to be a premiere user then I switched over to preferred. It's ok. I got this speed when I upgraded into a docsis 3 modem.

That is only a test with speed boast enabled. That isn't you real sustained speeds.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:42:15 EDT

anon posted : Here is link from COX forum. We have issues connecting and this was explained to us by a COX rep.

»forums.cox.com/forum_home/intern···spx#6569

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:44:23 EDT

airmax32 posted : i used to be a premiere user then I switched over to preferred. It's ok. I got this speed when I upgraded into a docsis 3 modem.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:58:26 EDT

Beezel posted : I am on Premier and get my full 50/10 speeds 24/7.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:22:10 EDT

airmax32 posted : are you guys under the ultimate plan?

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:50:57 EDT

lilstone87 posted : Well if you have the money, and are on premier or ultimate, upgrade to a 8x4 modem.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:42:39 EDT

jincuteguy posted : Yes, that's exactly what I asked is the benefit of having more bandwidth. Since you said in the above post that going from a D2 modem (1 channel) to a D3 modem (4 channel) will get the speed more steady during peaked hours. That's why I asked you if that will apply to going from a 4 downstream D3 modem to an 8 downstream modem.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:18:58 EDT

lilstone87 posted : The question is, are you having speed slowdowns during the evening? if yes, then it would be smart. but really going from a D3 4x4 to 8x4 only going to give you more downstream channel's, and more bandwidth being available.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:52:55 EDT

jincuteguy posted :

said by lilstone87:

You will be better for the future, as for now, it depends on if your area has more then 4 downstream channel's available. For VegasG he's still on a D2 modem, so it wouldn't make sense to upgrade to one of the older D3 4x4 modem's. Also if your a premier/ultimate customer I do recommend a 8x4 modem, even if you don't have the faster speed's upgrade yet.

My area does have 8 downstream and 4 upstream. But my main question is will I get the benefit of using an 8x4 modem such as the Motorola SB6141 during peaked hours over my current 4x4 SB6120? Im not talking about the speed here, im talking about the benefit of moving from an 4x4 modem to a 8x4 modem during peaked hours.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:44:38 EDT

lilstone87 posted :

said by jincuteguy:

said by lilstone87:

said by VegasG:

Hey All,

I'm in Las Vegas and currently use the Preferred Plan with Cox Cable.

I'm seeing lots of messages from Cox about upgrading to a DOCSIS 3.0 modem. Any opinions on whether I can expect a detectable difference in either speed or quality of connection if I upgrade my cable modem?

Also, doesn't Cox's notorious traffic shaping really negate any of the benefits of upgrading? During peak hours, ShaperProbe shows my connection being neutered by Cox (I just realized how funny that sounds but I think you know what I mean.)

During peak hours, your connection wasn't being neutered by cox. It was more about the limits of a D2 modem only being able to connect to a single downstream channel, with a max bandwidth rate of around 38mbps. Which is shared bandwidth on your node with other's in your area that also have cox internet. As for a D3 modem, your connection should be more stable, as the modem is able to bond to multiple downstream, and upstream channel's. The newer D3 modem's can bond up to 8 downstream channel's, and 4 upstream channel's.

If I was you, I would suggest for sure to get a D3 modem for the future if/when you have the money to buy one. As for newer D3 modem's that are 8x4. Cisco DPC3010, Motorola SB6141/SB6180, and Zoom 5341J(only the Model J version is 8x4).

So as what you said, should I get a Motorola SB6141 modem then? Currently I'm using the Motorola SB6120 (4x4). Will I get a more steady speed with SB6141 (8x4) compare to my current one SB6120? I have Premiere from Cox. Any more infos on this would be appreciated.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:56:49 EDT

jincuteguy posted :

said by lilstone87:

said by VegasG:

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:09:30 EDT

lilstone87 posted :

said by VegasG:

Thanks, lilstone. That's great info. I can upgrade my modem today as the price is not a problem. I just hate dishing out the dollars and then not detecting any difference (it has happened before.)

Well one thing that should be for sure better, is your speed's staying steady even during peak usage hours of 6/7pm-11pm/1am. Also with one of the listed D3 8x4 modem's, you should be good to go modem wise for at least next 3 years, and I could see next 5 years. As the modem bonding 8 downstream channel's has about 320mbps of bandwidth available. This is shared bandwidth, but still is a good amount compared to your current D2 modem, that is stuck with a max of around 38mbps on a single downstream channel.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:48:12 EDT

VegasG posted : Thanks, lilstone. That's great info. I can upgrade my modem today as the price is not a problem. I just hate dishing out the dollars and then not detecting any difference (it has happened before.)

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:45:49 EDT

lilstone87 posted :

said by VegasG:

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:37:41 EDT

VegasG posted : Hey All,

I'm in Las Vegas and currently use the Preferred Plan with Cox Cable.

I'm seeing lots of messages from Cox about upgrading to a DOCSIS 3.0 modem. Any opinions on whether I can expect a detectable difference in either speed or quality of connection if I upgrade my cable modem?

Also, doesn't Cox's notorious traffic shaping really negate any of the benefits of upgrading? During peak hours, ShaperProbe shows my connection being neutered by Cox (I just realized how funny that sounds but I think you know what I mean.)

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:50:38 EDT

bbz_Ghost posted : Well I have to say you're incredibly fortunate to have whatever plan or rates you're getting - if that's not some kind of promo for a few months, you've got to be either the luckiest person that's ever used Cox (which you probably are) or there's a bug in their system someplace that's allowing you to get that kind of pricing. I couldn't get that kind of pricing even if I worked for 'em... ;)

Hopefully nobody will notice and you'll stay at that pricing for a long time to come because that's just not right - I'm incredibly jealous at the moment and yes even envious as well.

I only have Preferred and I'm being charged almost what you're being charged for Premiere and apparently the phone service as well (which I have no use for since I use VoIP these days from Google Voice).

$32.50 a month, my word that's amazing. :D

Edit:
I just re-read your post and apparently you ARE under a promo pricing plan for 12 months so... unless that 12 month period has long since passed, when it does end you'll get the kick to the higher pricing.

Either way, it's still amazing overall.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:20:03 EDT

Rakeesh posted : Yeah the phone people are so hit and miss. I remember when I first got HSI in 1997, I called them up and they told me it wasn't available in my area in spite of putting hangers on my door telling me to order. I called a month later and found they had the wrong address on record (WTF?) they didn't even bother to check.

Last time I called cox, I happened to get a tech that didn't just tell me to reboot my computer. That's like a one in a million chance right there, and to my surprise the guy actually understood networking. Cox needs to hire more people like him.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:10:32 EDT

Beezel posted : Well after going through several phone jockeys I found one that checked the flag on my account where it didn't have D3 on it. He set it and I got my premier speed upgrade. Others just wanted to blame my equipment and send a tech. Glad there are some that take time to go through things instead of just trying to get off the phone with you. :D

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:48:24 EDT

Rakeesh posted : I asked if they had any discounts and the guy just offered it to me when I was changing services.

At first he was saying there would be an install fee unless I got triple play, and I was saying that would be fine because I *might* use the phone for a fax.

He then said there was a deal to get 50% off (or something like that) your internet service for 12 months for getting triple play. I asked if that would still apply if I got rid of the phone service, and he said yes.

After about a week of having the phone service, I found my free (no monthly fees) VoIP service worked fine with my fax, so I dropped it. No point in paying $20 a month (phone $13, taxes $7) for something I won't use.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:48:32 EDT

eric89011 posted : How did you manage to get it for $32 a month? That's less that the promotional 6 month price

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:21:41 EDT

Rakeesh posted :

said by bbz_Ghost:

said by Rakeesh *snip*

Not bad for $32 a month.

Cord cutting is imminent. Once that happens I'll probably change my review to reflect the improvement of service.

That "$32 a month" has me wondering... are you referring to a package as part of a bundle (the $99/month cable/phone/Internet thing)? Just curious...

Nope, just $32 (well, 32.50) a month for premier internet. I also pay $34 for economy TV with 3 cable cards. After taxes and whatnot I pay about $66.50 a month.

There's no tax for internet, so once I cut the cord, I'll only be paying $32.50

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:46:29 EDT

genzoulv posted :

said by lilstone87:

said by genzoulv:

What's everyone's opinion on the best router to use for the new speeds?

There is never a best router, but the current router I am using, and think is very good router is the Asus RT-N66U.

I am using a gigabit router. The Netgear WNDR4000. I found out there's a bug in the DD-WRT firmware for it that limits the WAN port to 100Mbps (even though it says it's connected at gigabit speed). I just upgraded my modem and it still wont do over 100Mbps, (with the router attached, but I max my speeds without it going straight from PC to modem) so I decided to check the DD-WRT forums and found a few people have confirmed the same problem with no solution. I'm thinking about getting another router now unless I can find out which version of DD-WRT will fix this bug. The stock firmware is horrible, so I'd rather not go back to that. :P

If anyone knows a solution it would be much appreciated. :)

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:31:40 EDT

Beezel posted : Well calling in was useless as normal. Phone rep said my router was the problem. Even though I bypassed it and still have the same speeds. Set up for a tech visit, which won't do any good. But we will see. Asked for a re-provision on the modem and phone rep didn't even do that, said everything looks good. Scheduled a tech visit. Lets see what the tech says tomorrow. ;)

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:03:46 EDT

lilstone87 posted :

said by CoxVegas:

said by lilstone87:

Yes if you use either the RT-N66U, or RT-AC66U, and you just use the asus stock firmware. Look to use RMerlin's asus based build's, as he correct's a good amount of issue's, and has added a couple nice little features. While still keeping his build's based off of asus's own build's.

Yeah, I just keep hoping DD-WRT gets updated - I use VLANs at home, and while I've used RMerlin's JFFS-based scripts and hardware hackery to do it, would be nice to have it in the GUI.

My one big complaint is the thing reboots for ANY change - even just updating port forwarding causes the router to reboot resulting in nobody having any connectivity for 2-3 minutes... arrrrgh.

I was just thinking why not use shibby's/Toastman's tomato firmware, but I don't think they support your RT-AC66U yet, they do the RT-N66U ;). I am sure they will get one out probably in next couple month's.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:48:20 EDT

Beezel posted : Sent... Thanks...

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:47:17 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by Beezel:

Well I have rebooted several times along with the router, and I still have 25/2 on Premier. No speed increase for me I guess. :(

PM me your MAC address.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:38:19 EDT

Beezel posted : Well I have rebooted several times along with the router, and I still have 25/2 on Premier. No speed increase for me I guess. :(

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:28:03 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by lilstone87:

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:50:22 EDT

Guzzler posted : Life is good for me in Tempe:

[att=1]

[att=2]

Cisco DPC3010 modem
Asus RT-N56U router (custom firmware)

These results were from my laptop connected via 2.4GHz wireless to the router :o

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:41:46 EDT

lilstone87 posted : Yes if you use either the RT-N66U, or RT-AC66U, and you just use the asus stock firmware. Look to use RMerlin's asus based build's, as he correct's a good amount of issue's, and has added a couple nice little features. While still keeping his build's based off of asus's own build's.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:32:50 EDT

anon posted : Just get a new gigabit router and you'll be all set :)

(Your perference on DD-WRT or Tomato compatibility narrows it down which is where you doing some work comes into play).

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:30:32 EDT

CoxVegas posted :

said by EyeInTheSky:

said by lilstone87:

There is never a best router, but the current router I am using, and think is very good router is the Asus RT-N66U.

I use that one as well.

Not speaking for my employer (obviously), but I use the RT-AC66U, the slightly newer brother of the RT-N66U, and it works really well for me. Check out Merlin's firmware build for it as well, until DD-WRT or somesuch finalize theirs. (And I knew Merlin when he was still an Amiga dev on IRC as RMerlin... mohahaha)

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:27:40 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted :

said by lilstone87:

said by genzoulv:

What's everyone's opinion on the best router to use for the new speeds?

There is never a best router, but the current router I am using, and think is very good router is the Asus RT-N66U.

I use that one as well.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:08:26 EDT

lilstone87 posted :

said by genzoulv:

What's everyone's opinion on the best router to use for the new speeds?

There is never a best router, but the current router I am using, and think is very good router is the Asus RT-N66U.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:00:56 EDT

genzoulv posted : What's everyone's opinion on the best router to use for the new speeds?

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:29:14 EDT

lilstone87 posted : Well the one i linked you to, runs for a longer period of time compared to the comcast one, which is as quick as the standard speedtest.net site. For a speedtest one that runs a little longer when testing is always better :).

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:15:36 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted :

said by lilstone87:

Yeah i am pretty sure all there servers are setup for there FIOS 300 service, so them servers can handle very well, and I have tested from many different server's with very good result's.

This one as well: »speedtest.comcast.net/

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:59:07 EDT

lilstone87 posted :

said by EyeInTheSky:

said by lilstone87:

said by EyeInTheSky:

Looks like the Cox Vegas Speedtest site needs to be upgraded. Cant seem to handle over ~100Mb. Speedtest.net works fine though.

Well now that I have 100/20 since november, I use verizon's speedtest for speedtesting. as there servers are setup to handle faster speed's. Here is the link to it »speedtest.verizon.com/fios300/

That test site works well.

Yeah i am pretty sure all there servers are setup for there FIOS 300 service, so them servers can handle very well, and I have tested from many different server's with very good result's.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:57:16 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted :

said by lilstone87:

said by EyeInTheSky:

Looks like the Cox Vegas Speedtest site needs to be upgraded. Cant seem to handle over ~100Mb. Speedtest.net works fine though.

Well now that I have 100/20 since november, I use verizon's speedtest for speedtesting. as there servers are setup to handle faster speed's. Here is the link to it »speedtest.verizon.com/fios300/

That test site works well.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:13:58 EDT

lilstone87 posted :

said by EyeInTheSky:

Looks like the Cox Vegas Speedtest site needs to be upgraded. Cant seem to handle over ~100Mb. Speedtest.net works fine though.

Well now that I have 100/20 since november, I use verizon's speedtest for speedtesting. as there servers are setup to handle faster speed's. Here is the link to it »speedtest.verizon.com/fios300/

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:06:57 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted : Looks like the Cox Vegas Speedtest site needs to be upgraded. Cant seem to handle over ~100Mb. Speedtest.net works fine though.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:24:19 EDT

anon posted : Me = Jealous!

Nice upgrades there! :D

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:52:00 EDT

lilstone87 posted : Well your getting 150/20, there is always a little over provision done by the ISP.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:48:09 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted :
Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 25627 Kbps.
Downstream: greater than 200 Mbps.

The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait.

Checking for traffic shapers:

Upstream: Burst size: 3813-3948 KB;
Shaping rate: 21373 Kbps.

Downstream: Burst size: 29100-31519 KB;
Shaping rate: 163632 Kbps.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:42:14 EDT

m8trix posted : on preferred

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:40:30 EDT

lisster posted : Oddly enough after a reboot just now my 8 channels down i already had now get me 65 down (up from 30ish) but still only have 2 channels up at the same 2mb.
On premier in summerlin

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:28:00 EDT

lilstone87 posted :

said by EyeInTheSky:

So is Ultimate in Vegas officially 150/20 (without Powerboost)?

Do you have ultimate? if so just run shaperprobe, and see what kind of results it gives you.

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:20:10 EDT

EyeInTheSky posted : So is Ultimate in Vegas officially 150/20 (without Powerboost)?

Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:18:23 EDT

ezuniga posted : A 4x4 Docsis 3 modem is fine for the 50mb tier but it's pushing it with the 150mb tier.