Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ | reply to dadkins
Re: Comcast Summer 2005 Speed Upgrade Discussion
Will they remotely reboot our modems or do we have to do so manually? |
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SuperNet33
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join:2002-10-08
Harwood Heights, IL
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said by mbernste  :We're not supposed to get it until tomorrow, but nothing new in New Jersey yet. I'm on the 6mbit tier and this speed is about average for this time of the day (I get 6mbit early in the morning). I also did it off of the Washington DC server instead of NY since it gets less utilized. Where is the roll outs dates?
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thisismyname1
join:2004-07-26
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said by imrf :Do you have a router in the mix? There is an issue with the 4100s and 4200s and routers with 10Mbps WAN ports, and the combo not topping 5.5Mbps. I know plenty of people that have 4100s and 4200s with Comcast's 6Mbps package and get the advertised speeds all the time. I have no router. I don't know what to say. Maybe luck of the modem?
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mooseboy9
join:2005-07-10
Corvallis, OR
| reply to SuperNet33
Rumor has it (a few pages back) that things will happen tommorrow at midnight. I've seen some sick speed reports from west coast metro areas already (25 mbps around SF, 10mbps in PDX). All you have to do is see the recent speed results from comcast.net and sort by speed.
In my own area, I can easily burst 12 mbps from speakeasy's site, but I get throttled like crazy after a second or two. The infrastructure is clearly already there, the switch just needs to be flipped. |
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mooseboy9
join:2005-07-10
Corvallis, OR
| reply to Morac
When I upgraded to gold from silver, they did while I was on the phone. I know this because I was talking to tech support over VoIP and the modem rebooted (killing the call in the process, obviously)  .
when they upgrade, they push the config to the modem and it automatically reboots. At least, that's what happened with the SB5100, YMMV. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to Morac
Most modems should take the new speed automatically, some will require you to powercycle. They haven't said which modems just said "some".  |
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mbernste
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
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| reply to SuperNet33
said by SuperNet33 : Where is the roll outs dates?
The upgrades begin this month in Eastern Pennsylvania, New England, New Jersey, Maryland, Michigan and Washington, D.C. Comcast expects nearly every market in its footprint to be upgraded by the end of summer.
»www.internetnews.com/infra/artic···/3519501
Other articles state the first rollouts start tomorrow, July 20th for the above locations.
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dadkins
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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| reply to mooseboy9
said by mooseboy9 :Rumor has it (a few pages back) that things will happen tommorrow at midnight. I've seen some sick speed reports from west coast metro areas already (25 mbps around SF, 10mbps in PDX). All you have to do is see the recent speed results from comcast.net and sort by speed. In my own area, I can easily burst 12 mbps from speakeasy's site, but I get throttled like crazy after a second or two. The infrastructure is clearly already there, the switch just needs to be flipped. Nope, it's not being throttled, Speakeasy was not designed for speeds in excess of 6mbps. I think you are pulling harder than they can push. I could be wrong... |
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comcastfan11
join:2003-08-04
Brick, NJ | Well since Speakeasy only has speeds up to 6/768k according to the website so that is why you are probably seeing outlandish type speed results. |
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sharkeeper
join:2002-01-08
Chesapeake, VA | Yes the speakeasy sites have plenty of bandwidth!
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Loker
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join:2004-07-11
Fargo, ND
clubs: | I will take that connection |
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Debaser
join:2000-11-02
Beaverton, OR
| reply to dadkins
I can barely get 2.5 Meg and this is with the "new" 4 Meg upgrade.
The funny thing is, I got more speed at 1800/256 than I do now. At the time I got comcast 2 years ago, they were testing the area for 3mb down and I pulled around 2600 - 2800 for a few weeks then back down to 1800. When the rollout came for 3 megs down, I got fine speeds and hit the caps.
Then all of a sudden I can't get any higher than 2.5, sometimes I hit 3.1 but rarely.
So, I am not expecting much from this new rollout at all. We'll see. |
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digitel
join:2002-10-02
Aurora, CO | reply to Morac
So only part of Denver got the upgrade?
this guy is telling me end of summer for me
Aurora co 80017 .... |
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jfwjxn
join:2002-03-26
Portage, MI | reply to dadkins
Because I know everyone else wants to................
T MINUS 10 MINUTES
At 12:00 a.m. every upgrade junky is going to reboot their modems, myself included!  |
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djdanska
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| reply to imrf
said by imrf :You do realize that both satellite companies raised the rates once each year for the last two years, right? Regulating the cable companies won't help as much as you think it will. Look at the rip off prices people pay for regulated phone service. Yah, but even with the rate hikes, i only pay $50.00 for tv + tivo. Closest comcast package in my area is $71.97 ($61.98 for tv, 9.99 for dvr).
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mrweirdo
join:2004-09-12
Roseville, CA
2 edits | reply to J D McDorce
said by J D McDorce :said by BostonUser :I have digital cable as well. Will the current 4Mb service go up to 8 Mb with no price increase, or is this tier increasing to just 6 Mb? For standard or digital CATV customers, 4 is going to 6 without a price increase or to 8 for $10 more per month. drat somehow I was under the impression that having a digital package would give you an upgrade. I'm on digital silver with two boxes(one hdtv dvr) + analog basic and expanded. On the hsi side the silver 4meg/384k plan. I was looking forward to the 768k up :/ |
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IT_Nerd
join:2004-06-15
Loveland, CO
·Vonage
| reply to dadkins
said by dadkins :Traffic shaping does need to be enabled, but this is still flying!  Testmy.net never gives me over 5mbps, just as OOL test64 rarely tops 2mbps.  :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 2571 Kbps about 2.6 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 314 kB/s Tested From:: » testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:26:26 GMT-0700 Bottom Line:: 46X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.26 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 70.77 % of your hosts average (comcast.net) Validation Link:: » testmy.net/stats/id-8CYQU4L39Nope, not very accurate here. True it's hard to find a good speed test site. I never trust java tests though.
I was just very skeptical that Comcast would be giving out 10 megabit config files to anyone! No offense. I wish we all had 10 or better yet 100 megabit switched ethernet, but like we'll see that anytime soon.
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tried it
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i rebooted my modem at 12:00 AM thursday the 20th and no upgrade. :\ |
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jfwjxn
join:2002-03-26
Portage, MI | reply to jfwjxn
No upgrade here. Darn. |
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Loker
Premium
join:2004-07-11
Fargo, ND
clubs: | reply to dadkins
I think it is more along the midnight in 23 and a half hours you got another one coming around |
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