Hank
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join:2002-05-21
Burlington, WV | reply to splix
Re: [VA] Cox Nova To Dramatically Boost Internet Speeds
Hmmm, I didn't know I was rich in others eyes. I guess I really shouldn't finance my new luxury Ford Fiesta.;) |
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Smokey
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Va Beach
clubs: | What about your van down by the river?
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Hank
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Burlington, WV
1 edit | Smoke, good thought but I don't qualify for that van until we move to West Virginia. Then not only do we get the van but also a well used mobile home that will be the home sweet home. Additionally the mobile home comes with high speed dial-up.  |
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Hampton, VA
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Re: [VA] Cox Nova To Dramatically Boost Internet S
said by SubTexel  :Well I'm in Southern Viginia, and they are building the FIOS center about 3 miles from me, and all the fiber is being put in... In fact they just put it up to the pole in front of my house, so is Cox going to do it here as well? It's about a mile from where I am, I'll be anxiously watching to see if there are any speed increases in the near future. |
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aaron12345
join:2002-12-17
Falls Church, VA
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verizon has built there infastructure so that there is 622/155 mbps per 32 users to support fios speeds. I'm not an expert on cox's infastructure, but from what I've gathered its not even close. Correct me if I'm wrong, but how is this going to work without crazy congested nodes causing high ping times and bizarre packet loss? |
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BMT22033
join:2002-07-03
Fairfax, VA
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Re: [VA] Cox Nova To Dramatically Boost Internet Speeds
said by splix :said by BMT22033 :\And to prove it, they're offering this deal to the poor areas of Fairfax County, too!! Poor and Fairfax county should not be in the same sentence together.  Anways...I'm ready for the speed increase. Bring it on. I guess my sarcasm was wasted here, eh? Reading this thread might put my smartass comment into context...
»[VA] The Gloves are off in Fairfax |
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jdd481
join:2002-07-29
Lafayette, LA
| Re: [VA] Cox Nova To Dramatically Boost Internet S
“We recognize that consumers in Northern Virginia have a choice in Internet providers, so it’s important for us to constantly look for ways to meet their needs,” said Clara Long, vice president of sales and marketing for Cox Northern Virginia.
In laymen's terms: "We know Verizon is about to kick our asses with FIOS, so we need to act quickly before we lose all of our business." |
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cableguy619
join:2003-06-24
Chula Vista, CA | reply to MarkyD
it will happen, probably not aas fast as FIOS areas but it is coming in due tiime, I say before the end of the year...
cross my fingers |
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aaron12345
join:2002-12-17
Falls Church, VA
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Like unless anyone can confirm cox has significantly upgraded there network if i were you cable guy id wish it wasnt coming because as soon as it hits there goes pings and packet loss without SERIOUS infastructure upgrades on cox's part. it'll be nice though until they finish the roll out to your node (maybe for the day before people get a new dhcp lease or reboot their modems) |
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Vipadawg18
join:2003-08-06
Centreville, VA | reply to nvaecare1
might be a bump up to docsis 2.0.
watch like thousands of incompatible modem owners yelling out. |
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Smokey
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Va Beach
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Don't forget, that fiber will also need to support video service as well.
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Vipadawg18
join:2003-08-06
Centreville, VA | reply to nvaecare1
oh, when is this going to take place? says June 2005. Beginning? End? any one got any idea? cuz right now Verizon is digging, and i am fond of 2ms Gateway pings, rather than the 20 i'm getting with Cox. |
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BillRoland
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Ocala, FL
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DOCSIS 2.0 systems are backwards compatible with 1.1 and 1.0 users. They won't notice a thing.
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Time
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join:2003-07-05 | What about the rest of us through out the nation? Is it going to be only NOVA who is getting this or are they planning on making this a natiowide upgrade. |
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Vipadawg18
join:2003-08-06
Centreville, VA
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said by BillRoland :DOCSIS 2.0 systems are backwards compatible with 1.1 and 1.0 users. They won't notice a thing. yeah, but if the new speeds are docsis 2.0, i'm pretty certain docsis 1.0 or 1.1 won't take em. so they may not go offline, but they may not get the 15mbps either. |
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TripmasterG
join:2004-01-01
Centreville, VA
| reply to nvaecare1
When Cox HSI first came to my area Micro Center was holding a promotion with a Cox rep suggesting the Surfboard 5100. Hopefully more people took the opportunity to provide themselves with an adequate modem and we won't hear too many complaints when the upgrade comes around. |
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digiblur
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join:2002-06-03
Louisiana
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Looks like I even got the speed upgrade down here in Louisiana! 
2005-05-24 23:31:35 EST: 52 / 438
Your download speed : 53391 bps, or 52 kbps.
A 6.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed is much faster than down.. have you tweaked?
Your upload speed : 449185 bps, or 438 kbps.
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jsimmons
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Falls Church, VA
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Re: [VA] Cox Nova To Dramatically Boost Internet Speeds
I just switched to Cox a couple of weeks ago at the current 4M/512K Tier after ditching my 1.5M DSL.
Needless to say I'm excited about getting yet another speed bump.. Compared to 1.5M, current speeds are awesome. I actually test out at about 4.6M/504K and have since day 1. So I'm curious if the new 5M service will really test out at something a bit higher. Can't wait to see.
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Rob850
join:2003-04-11
Mary Esther, FL | Let us know how they go. Hopefully the rest of us all get these speeds too
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stevensr
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join:2001-01-22
Amarillo, TX
| reply to nvaecare1
Too be honest, I'll be pretty upset if they don't make the effort to roll these speeds out everywhere. This goes to prove they CAN give the speed, it's just an option if they actually want to or not.
If they leave everyone except VA at the current speeds, they're just taking advantage of the consumer as long as they can "until they realise you have other options" and take the effort to upgrade.
I'm not sure who's running Cox's public relations, but someone missed something. |
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