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AnonQuestion
Anon
2014-Oct-22 9:24 pm
[Connectivity] Is it true Comcast has stopped "sharing" customer connections???Is it true that in Pittsburgh PA they have STOPPED sharing the internet??? I'm due to get there 105MB down speed PLUS all the channels EXCEPT PPV and 2 Movie channels AND Phone... Also, which modem would u reccomend??? I ABSOLUTELY H8 there Gateway modem that they give you... Thanks ALOT for all the answers that I get... Sorry for all the caps |
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train_wreckslow this bird down join:2013-10-04 Antioch, TN Cisco ASA 5506 Cisco DPC3939
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Re: Is it true???said by AnonQuestion :STOPPED sharing the internet??? eh, come again? As far as modem recommendations, if you're getting phone then you will need an eMTA (just a modem/phone combo unit). One good contender is the Arris TM822G; it's available for rental and retail purchase (although you should first check with your central Comcast office to determine whether your area allows customer-owned phone/modems.) |
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AnonQuestion
Anon
2014-Oct-22 10:03 pm
What I mean is that u used to share the Internet connection with yer neighbors that also have the internet thru Comcast |
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The neighborhood still shares the bandwidth available on their cable node. |
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NetFixerFrom My Cold Dead Hands Premium Member join:2004-06-24 The Boro Netgear CM500 Pace 5268AC TRENDnet TEW-829DRU
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said by AnonQuestion :What I mean is that u used to share the Internet connection with yer neighbors that also have the internet thru Comcast If you are referring to the public xfinitywifi hotspot that Comcast activates on its leased cable gateway boxes, that is still being done (and in fact is expanding) -- but if you get one of their leased gateways, you can log into your account on-line and disable that "feature" if you wish. If you are referring to the ancient DSL vs cable shared line argument, both use a shared medium -- the only difference is at what point in the ISP's network is the sharing done. |
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AnonQuestion
Anon
2014-Oct-22 10:20 pm
I was told that you dont share anymore, so we shall see... There due here 2morrow b-tween 12:30-2:30PM... Another ? I have is do the techs that come out to do the setup, do they go by last name to whom goes first?? IF so then I guess I WONT see them til closer to 2:30 |
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NetFixer
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2014-Oct-22 10:29 pm
said by AnonQuestion :I was told that you dont share anymore, so we shall see... Since you are being so coy about telling us what you are talking about, it is possible that you were told correctly (but if you were told anything by a Comcast sales person -- you can almost take it to the bank that it was a lie). |
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said by Darknessfall:The neighborhood still shares the bandwidth available on their cable node. But all systems do that.. DSL, Fibre, Cable.. All of them "share" or converge at some point in a Headend.. |
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AnonQuestion to NetFixer
Anon
2014-Oct-22 10:39 pm
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I was told by a Comcast Employee SIGH... BUT maybe there right ONLY time'll tell.... I hope there RIGHT tho... |
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said by NetDog:said by Darknessfall:The neighborhood still shares the bandwidth available on their cable node. But all systems do that.. DSL, Fibre, Cable.. All of them "share" or converge at some point in a Headend.. Yes, I was just answering his/her question . To be fair though, a cable node today typically has a lower bandwidth capacity to the neighborhood(with 16 downstream/4 upstream) than fiber or a DSL cabinet. Well, there are those companies with DSL that just have terrible bandwidth capacity to their DSL cabinets. |
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AnonQuestion
Anon
2014-Oct-22 11:12 pm
Thank you so very much fer the reply... I really appreciate it |
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mike34 Premium Member join:2004-07-17 Central City, PA Netgear CM500V Asus RT-AC68
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I just read this thread and I have no idea what point the OP is trying to make with the question about 'sharing' a connection.
Best I can come up with in his context is to say yes, it's shared, and so is the water he drinks, the electricity he consumes, and, by all means, the air that he breathes.
If, in his case, Comcast didn't 'share' his connection then they would run a separate wire from some mystical location to every customer. Millions of individual wires. |
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JohnInSJ Premium Member join:2003-09-22 Aptos, CA |
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I would guess he's talking about the old issue pre docsys 2.0 of a neighborhood having congestion and slowdowns if everyone actually used their internet connections. It's not been a problem for a number of years*. But yes, of course, the internet is a shared resource. Within your neighborhood you will be sharing a "node" with many other people, but your node, like all the others, has a fiber optic connection to the next hop in the great internetwork of goo that is the internet. This document has a nice overview of how it works: » ctcnet.us/SeattleCATVTec ··· port.pdf* except of course for those people who are on congested nodes. |
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AnonQuestion
Anon
2014-Oct-23 5:13 pm
That is EXACTLY what I was talking bout.... Tysvm for your reply |
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Anon
2014-Oct-23 6:26 pm
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ty for your feedback... |
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