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Mike Wolf
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Comcast hostnames

When will Comcast be changing their hostnames to Xfinity?
For example my hostname currently is c-##-##-###-###.hsd1.nj.comcast.net and I'm wondering when it will be c-##-##-###-###.hsd1.nj.xfinity.net

Also on a separate question, what the heck does hsd1 mean?

gar187er
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doubt they will ever change, no need to. why do you assume they will?

hsd - high speed data

Mike Wolf
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Well with Comcast changing their entire branding over from "Comcast" over to "Xfinity' on their products, commercials, bills, and trucks, even their uniforms, it's a safe assumption, plus it just looks more modern.

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said by Mike Wolf:

Well with Comcast changing their entire branding over from "Comcast" over to "Xfinity' on their products, commercials, bills, and trucks, even their uniforms, it's a safe assumption, plus it just looks more modern.

99% of their customers probably don't even know what a "hostname" is or how to find theirs.

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said by Mike Wolf:

Well with Comcast changing their entire branding over from "Comcast" over to "Xfinity' on their products, commercials, bills, and trucks, even their uniforms, it's a safe assumption, plus it just looks more modern.

AT&T pushes their U-verse brand name just as much as Comcast pushes the Xfinity brand name, but their network "domain" names are still att.net, sbcglobal.net, bellsouth.net...

FWIW, Comcast does use Xfinity as a "host" name as in »xfinity.comcast.net and »xfinitytv.comcast.net .

There is a difference between a "host" name and a "domain" name. And you also have to consider that Xfinity is just a brand name; Comcast is still the official corporate name for the owner of the Xfinity brand.

Also FWIW, Comcast has registered the xfinity.com and xfinity.net domains, but http requests to those domain names redirect to »xfinity.comcast.net/ (and AT&T handles http requests to u-verse.com and u-verse.net similarly, by redirecting to »uverseonline.att.net/ ).
videomatic3
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Hsd1 stands for high speed docsis 1
If you noticed in traces you get te he and pos
Te means ten gigabit
Pos means 40 gigabit
Not sure what he means

EG
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said by videomatic3:

Hsd1 stands for high speed docsis 1

Think it means as was previously stated " High Speed Data"

If you noticed in traces you get te he and pos

Te means ten gigabit

Ten gigabit *ethernet*

Pos means 40 gigabit

More directly it means a Packet Over SONET interface.

»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa ··· ONET/SDH


Not sure what he means

he means a hundred gigabit ethernet interface

derekivey
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pos means sonet I believe. See slide # 20: »www.nanog.org/meetings/n ··· _Sun.pdf

he = head end maybe?

EG
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said by derekivey:

pos means sonet I believe. See slide # 20: »www.nanog.org/meetings/n ··· _Sun.pdf

he = head end maybe?

Have you read this thread ?
derekivey
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Sorry... I did not see your post.

dmk08809
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That's an excellent presentation from NANOG -- thanks for sharing the link! Its is indeed very true that interpretation of traceroute outputs has changed over the years and it takes someone who comprehensively understands both the theory and mechanics behind it. This fellow who did the presentation definitely seems to "get it". A great read, highly recommend!
videomatic3
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Thanks for the clarification but I know I'm not wrong about hsd1 or pos

EG
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said by videomatic3:

Thanks for the clarification but I know I'm not wrong about hsd1

Why would it be DOCSIS 1 when it is no longer a DOCSIS 1 system ?

or pos

Didn't say you were "wrong" about pos, I just expanded.


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Asked/answered. I retract my unnecessary post.
videomatic3
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It's docsis 1 because when they made the domain names docsis 1 was the only thing that existed. Even docsis 3.0 uses everything docsis 1 uses, just higher qam symbol rate and more channels and better security

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MVM
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That wasn't very forward thinking of them