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[OK] Oklahoma speed upgrades

My employer has been paying for my Cox Business Internet at home for the past several years, which has been really nice. Well, they decided to do away with that recently, so I had to convert to a consumer-side account. I was shocked to learn how much the prices have increased since I last paid for my internet service. 65.99 for Premier 25/3 service. $100 for Ultimate 50/5. I was especially bummed to see that while prices have gone way up, speeds have pretty much stayed the same.

I see lots of other markets getting speed upgrades. Has anyone had any luck getting info out of them on upgrades in the OK market? When I called, they said "before the end of the year..." but we all know they never really know at the call center.
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Someone a while back posted Q3 of this year was the target. Not sure how official their source was.

I'm still on 8x1, near 89th/santa fe.

When the main competition in the area is at&t you dont need to try that hard to stay ahead

..with AT&T increasing their speeds, Cox will have to adjust, but look at the prices, we need some real competition. It will never happen, if you want to, move to a FIOS area. I'm sure there's a map of where it's available across the country.

-Rob

Arizona doubled speeds here. And there is no competition.

Centurylink DSL cannot even come close!

Just wondering if anyone has any newer rumors on timelines for OKC to get the upgrades. I seem to recall another thread here mentioned that the tornado damage/reconstruction in Moore had taken priority and pushed this back, but not sure how long.

Anyone have any new rumors for OKC?

I will be quite surprised if it happens this year.

People have moved to get better 'net

-Rob

He didn't say how many. Of course some people have moved for better 'net. You're deluded if you think some people have not.

Cox is way behind here. I was talking to a guy who pays $50 a month for 50down/10 up. Premier as you note is $65.99 and is only 3 up. Rip off.
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I know several people that eliminated some homes from their list because of their Internet provider.

My premier is 20 up.

How are you getting that? If you're going by the results of Speedtest.net, I can assure you that it's WAY off. It always MASSIVELY overstates the actual speed you get.

I have a Samknows monitoring unit and Cox's premier I have consistently maxes out at 3.2 up, sometimes less.

Just got an email from cox that upgraded speeds are coming to my area "within the next few weeks."
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No word yet for OKC/Moore.

I trust the Samknows unit because of the consistency of measuring speeds over time, and it lines right up with my streaming results.

Various speed tests seem to over-report. I think it's to do with "Burst" transfers from "Speed Boost."
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini

I have been in contact with SamKnows about this and hopefully I hear back from them shortly.

I received the same e-mail. It would be nice to know to what each tier is going to be upgraded too.

Overnight I got an email from SamKnows saying I will need a new box.

Here is what they said.

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Hello Scott,

Thank you for contacting SamKnows about your speed upgrade.

I believe your new speed is beyond what the Netgear can handle, so it may be best for you to replace the router with one of your own that can handle higher speeds. If you wish to continue participating in the testing project, we're happy to send you one of our newer style devices which connect to a router and run tests independently (as opposed to being the router as well). We no longer send out devices configured to be used as a router and hardcode all of our devices as transparent bridges now.

Kind regards,

Ati

The SamKnows Team

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Still no word here, but have another friend in Moore that got the email yesterday afternoon as well.

Krk, Samknows is sending me out a new white box that will plug into my Router and be able to handle the higher speeds. Sounds like you might need one too once the update is complete.

If the Internet connection is faster than the Sam Knows gear I suspect we're doing something right