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Re: [Speed] Speed increase. No changes to Blast! packages in greater Chicago, IL. |
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Heard an ad on the radio (WRIF Detroit) from Comcast saying they were going to double the speeds on some of the most popular tiers "soon".
A little cryptic...but a good sign.  |
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 TheToroPremium
join:2003-06-05
N8B3L8 | said by mustang50:Heard an ad on the radio (WRIF Detroit) from Comcast saying they were going to double the speeds on some of the most popular tiers "soon".
A little cryptic...but a good sign.
Any thing about Ann Arbor, MI? Did the ad say when? we have performonce here |
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2 edits | Nah, they weren't too clear on where or when, just soon.
I'm sure it will be most areas near Detroit. There's some info here..
»Source: New Comcast Speeds Arrive For Most in March
So we'll just have to wait and see. |
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 jblues
join:2001-04-28
Allen Park, MI | Thanks for the heads up, Mustang. Nice to see Michigan won't be the "last in line." |
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I've apparently already received some kind of speed upgrade:
./prober
DiffProbe beta release. October 2009.
Shaper Detection Module.
Connected to server 64.9.225.142.
Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 5783 Kbps.
Downstream: 27033 Kbps.
The measurement will last for about 2.5 minutes. Please wait.
Checking for traffic shapers:
Upstream: Burst size: 4900-4995 KB; Shaping rate: 3192 Kbps.
Downstream: Burst size: 9636-9991 KB; Shaping rate: 17061 Kbps.
For more information, visit: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~partha/diffprobe
Was originally 6/1. A year or so later: Got a free bump to 12/2. Under 12/2 I never saw burst rates over about 22 down and 5 up, IIRC. So I'm seeing both higher sustained down/up and, it looks like, higher PB.
Don't know when it started. I first looked sometime last week or so, in response to an article somewhere else on DSLR.
I'm on Business HSI, btw.
Jim |
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 pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | Not really, that's what business class 12/2 was upgraded to like 4 months ago.
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"I drank what?" -Socrates |
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How about in Portland,OR?
I'm on Blast Plus (30 Mbps down 5 Mbps up). |
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| I haven't seen anything so far in PDX.
We'll just have to wait a bit longer. I'm thinking we'll have it in March or April. |
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join:2010-03-21
Bethel, CT | So far, no change here.
ShaperProbe results have been fairly consistent for weeks...
Upstream: Burst size: 4919-4977 KB; Shaping rate: 2128 Kbps.
Downstream: Burst size: 9634-9821 KB; Shaping rate: 15978 Kbps. |
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jblues
join:2001-04-28
Allen Park, MI | reply to mrschultz02
Re: [Speed] Speed increase I saw the Xfinity ad here in Detroit.
Rolling across the top, it said "Doubling speeds on our 2 fastest tiers soon" and "200meg service coming this summer." |
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 Chris 313Come get somePremium
join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
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| said by jblues:I saw the Xfinity ad here in Detroit.
Rolling across the top, it said "Doubling speeds on our 2 fastest tiers soon" and "200meg service coming this summer."
If you can, please post screenies or a captured radio ad if possible. I want to see/hear this with my own eyes/ears. |
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| I heard the ad again too. This time I listened better and as jblues said double for 2 fastest tiers (I would guess is Blast and extreme).
But they also said about 60% faster for their most popular tier, which I assume is performance.
Kind of hard to record the ad going 75 on the freeway  |
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Chris 313Come get somePremium
join:2004-07-18
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2 edits | said by mustang50:I heard the ad again too. This time I listened better and as jblues said double for 2 fastest tiers (I would guess is Blast and extreme).
But they also said about 60% faster for their most popular tier, which I assume is performance.
Yeah, I'd say Blast and Extreme as well. Basically a mirror of what the NE area got a year ago.
And according to here, Performance is getting updated to the current Blast! speed of 25/4
»Source: New Comcast Speeds Arrive For Most in March
PS: Record it when you can. It's understandable going down the freeway. |
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said by mustang50:Kind of hard to record the ad going 75 on the freeway
You're only going 75 mph on a Detroit freeway? When I lived there you'd be run over by the gasoline tankers doing 90 mph. In fact the state cops didn't stop folks on I-96 going less than 90 because there were plenty doing 100 mph or higher between Detroit and Lansing. |
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relish
join:2009-07-21
Sterling Heights, MI | reply to mustang50
Re: [Speed] Speed increase. said by mustang50:Heard an ad on the radio (WRIF Detroit) from Comcast saying they were going to double the speeds on some of the most popular tiers "soon".
A little cryptic...but a good sign.
It will be a miracle to not have to wait 3 more years for the upgrade! Fingers crossed for a March deployment. |
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1 edit | reply to Chris 313
Re: [Speed] Speed increase here ya go...same ad I just saw on news 4.
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO7v5HbC1fs |
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join:2004-06-05
Newtown, PA
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I have Blast (Freedom region) upgraded us about a year ago to 50/10. Just ran shaperprobe now so you can see:
DiffProbe release. January 2012. Build 1008.
Shaper Detection Module.
Connected to server 203.5.76.139.
Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 10411 Kbps.
Downstream: 50064 Kbps.
The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait.
Checking for traffic shapers:
Upstream: No shaper detected.
Median received rate: 10229 Kbps.
Downstream: No shaper detected.
Median received rate: 50213 Kbps. |
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