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Re: Which Modems does Rogers Have and Which one...

said by hman:

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On dloading the game I waited for 30 seconds to see the normal speeds and it goes at 55-80KB/s. At first it went like 131, then it dipped down.

Tweaktest is to busy. BTW...Inoticed that its not snappy in loading pages. Im gonna switch back to trusty ole 34840 RWIN size.

Thanks

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reply to hman1
K DJ MAu. just after I finish my exams tommorow. Keep ye updated.

reply to hman1
mau this is clearly a problem on rogers' end... its pointless to get a new nic or plug out ur modem...
hman i mite've missled u by telling u 2 ask rogers for a docsis modem...
the modems dont make a difference... the cmts does... docsis has new ctms's... so there isnt too many ppl on them therefore u get better speeds... and u cant get a motorola modem in ur area... motorola is only used in ex shaw cable areas... rogers areas have lan city, 2 types of terayon's, rca and ericsson... in docsis areas u can use any docsis compliant modem...

reply to hman1
I agree DJ Mau!

Thats why when Im finished my exams tommorow, Im getting a new modem, I really want the Ericsson Piperider cuz its DOCSIS and ppl say its fast. What else should I bitch about to them? Should I ask them to give me a new node, etc? Im really gonna ask them for new cables, CAT5, Coxial cables and maybe even a 350MHz CAT5 Network Cable... Thank You for ALL your help. I'll keep u posted...

THANKS

It's only fast because there aren't many people on the DOCSIS modems. As they get loaded up they'll go slower. BUT you may get better stability.

I'm getting better download speed because I believe there is a hardware issue related to the Terayon CMTS card that limited the download speed to about 4* the upload ... so when they set my upload to 192, my download became under 800. Not all the CMTS cards did this ... but mine did!

Now that problem is gone, but I'm one of the few DOCSIS folks on this phub too ... so we'll have to wait and see what happens after we load up.

DOCSIS isn't the answer to everything, just *some* things. The Terayons do the job very well, if they're set up satisfactorily.

Stuart
[text was edited by author 2002-06-19 18:36:36]

reply to hman1
Im not on Docsis and am VERY VERY HAPPY with my connection
It may not be consistant but its always over 1500 kbits down and 250 up.

The max I got was 2813 kbits down and 334 kbits up.
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But I'll lay odds you don't have a TeraPro!

reply to hman1
he has motorola
heh the ma i got on this ericsson was 2002-06-15 20:06:58 Speed test (nyc.speakeasy.net) 2967/367 kbps
lol
check this out tho:
2002-06-19 17:02:26 Speed test (nyc.speakeasy.net) 2195/1018 kbps
2002-06-16 16:50:27 Speed test (nyc.speakeasy.net) 1763/1147 kbps
speed tests aint accurate sometimes

reply to hman1
Hi. Thanks all who replied. Just taking a break from Science.

Thank you sbrook for your comments and are you running a Terayon TeraPro? What kind of speeds are u gettin? Are u getting speeds like what Tupac is gettin on his Ericsson?
Is the Terayons DOCSIS? BTW..How do u pronounce DOCSIS? Do u say it like how it looks?

BTW... What kind of computer you guys have? Is this a factor? I don't really think so though..

My comp: 500 P3
685MB SDRAM PC-133
SB LIVE 5.1
SOHO NETWORK CABLE 10/100 PCI
FUJITSU 5400RPM 13.5GB HDD
and more...

Thanks

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System specs dont affect speeds that much, but video card does affect the webpage load up time.

Its recomended a 16mb or higher video card with updated drivers.

lol Ive got a programming exam friday and math exam tuesday
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reply to hman1
Hi gusy I forgot..

What is a node? What is CTMS? Whats this I hear about DOCSIS 1.1, 2.0,1.0? I should be gettin an Ericsson I hope, or what do u reccomend? Well I ask the same questions but, its worth it. Should I ask Rogers to change my nodes, ip, etc?

reply to hman1
DJ MAU, I feel your pain! Exams! They suck.

My video card is ATI rage fury 32MB SDR. Old but good. Im gonna get new drivers. Its like 2 months old. Thanks

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i play a fair amount of games and do a lot of surfing...that's why i spent a few bucks and got a high end video card when i had my system built.
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Im using a lousy Ati All In Wonder 128 16mb V.Card.

lol
All of yours are better then mine, exceppt for the fact I can capture video
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reply to skillton
I never use one speed test on its own ... and then I do it to lots of places, and check it with tracerts and pings to make sure there's no hangups on the way. I also never trust a speed test after about 3 pm (school's out).

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OK ...

a phub is the Primary cable hub for your area. Ottawa has 3 phubs.

Neighbourhoods of up to about 300 subscribers are fed by "nodes". In an urban area, a node is where all the local cable signals and modem signals are separated into uplink and downlink signals and sent on separate cables or fibre cables to your phub. In a rural area, the node is similar but assembled a little differently because of the distances between homes etc.

All the nodes are fed into cards in a CMTS Cable Modem Terminal System ... essentially the CMTS is the modem at the other end. The CMTS lives in the phub. It multiplexes all the signals together and feeds them down an ethernet cable to your gateway router.

DOCSIS is one of several standards for transmitting ... Data Over Cable something or another. The Terayon TeraPro modems use a different standard called S-CDMA ... and it is not compatible with DOCSIS. Many of the other modems will work from a DOCSIS standard CMTS. TeraPro's will not work from a DOCSIS CMTS, nor will other modems work from a Terayon CMTS.

DOCSIS has several versions of its standards ... 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 ... There are not many modems operating to DOCSIS 2.0 standards.

Many old modems like the Motorola modems people talk about are partially DOCSIS compatible.

DOCSIS 1.1 modems are generally more reliable and quicker than the Terayons (note that Terayon also makes DOCSIS modems ... just to confuse things), because the speed of the TeraPro is so critical on the uplink line conditions and speed. It's newer technology.

DOCSIS 2.0 systems are not in widespread production yet and will require an upgrade to the phub CMTS's again, so they will be a while. They are capable of higher speeds still.

Again, the modem you are given will be up to Rogers. There is no guarantee as to what the tech will happen to have on his truck.

You can't change your node. That comes from living where you do! You may get a new IP address unless your old Motorola modem was running on a DOCSIS CMTS, in which case a new DOCSIS standard modem will make no difference. Nothing short of a node split will fix your problems then.

I had to laugh today, when the tech came by he spoke to someone on the phone who reckoned that he'd buy the tech a beer if the new modem went any faster ... the tech doesn't drink! But the guy owes him a beer!

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lol sbrook u explained this better then i could
tell the tech 2 gimme the beer

reply to hman1
i just got rogers, and what do i need to know bout them tweakin' things to speed it up

i see that skillton gets some mad speed and is in toronto, how?