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Bmw Power
join:2000-08-24
Berlin, CT
clubs: | reply to chia
Re: [Speed] Post here about the new 16/1 speeds
NO FIOS in Berlin, CT. |
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AndrewNewton
join:2003-09-12
Chestnut Hill, MA
1 edit | Blast! Upgrade Available in Newton, MA
Comcast Blast available in Newton, MA from 30 June. The new boot file is: d11_m_sb5120_speedtierextreme2_c01.cm with the '2' added now.
An email from Comcast arrived 12 July confirming the Blast-2Meg upload along with the already in place 16Meg download speeds. |
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macrospect
All The Little Stuff
Premium
join:2005-08-25
Doylestown, PA
 ·Comcast
2 edits | reply to Naediel
Blast Upgrade Available in Doylestown, PA
Hey Naediel thanks for the heads up! I just rebooted my modem here in Dowlestown, PA and got the upgrade. I have the Blast! tier here and was receiving 16/1. Looks like they changed it to 16/1.7 now. I cannot go above 1.7 on my upstream side. On a side note my downstream mas increased from 19Mb/s to 22Mb/s!
Pretty cool! I love FiOS competition!
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sortofageek
Premium,Mod
join:2001-08-19
Valhalla Dr
clubs: | Re: Blast Upgrade Available in Chalfont, PA
Are you paying for the Blast! tier? Does it show up as Blast! on your bill? |
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macrospect
All The Little Stuff
Premium
join:2005-08-25
Doylestown, PA | Yes it does sortofageek. I signed up for the Blast! tier two months ago and have been charged since for it. Personally, I love it over the silver tier. I love watching it pull a steady 2MB/s! |
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net_tech
@comcast.net | reply to sortofageek
Re: Is Blast! available in your area? - Not PowerBoost
the rest of the county will be done here in the next couple of weeks. Waiting on a config file from Motorola |
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EG
The wings of love
Premium
join:2006-11-18
Union, NJ | Do you mean "Firmware" ? |
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rob316
join:2005-10-17
Carteret, NJ | For all Iselin/Woodbridge area Comcast HSI users I just called Comcast and inquired about BLAST they said it should be available in our are in October of this year.
Rob |
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sortofageek
Premium,Mod
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Valhalla Dr
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| reply to macrospect
Re: Blast Upgrade Available in Chalfont, PA
said by macrospect  :Yes it does sortofageek. I signed up for the Blast! tier two months ago and have been charged since for it. Thank you. I just added you to the group reporting for Pennsylvania. See the links in the first post in this topic ---> »Is Blast! available in your area? - Not PowerBoost
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alfnoid
Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-18
| reply to net_tech
Re: Is Blast! available in your area? - Not PowerBoost
said by net_tech :
the rest of the county will be done here in the next couple of weeks. Waiting on a config file from Motorola
Since many here already have it that doesn't make a ton of sense.
Plus what about the other modem makers?
Was EG right when questioning about firmware? |
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Johkal
Cool Cat
Premium,MVM
join:2002-11-13
Happy Valley
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| It's less dependant on firmware versions to get 16/1 or 16/2. Firmware seems to be more of an issue with older modems where they could have a DOCSIS 1.0 version.
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zskyline
Premium
join:2007-01-20
Braintree, MA | reply to AndrewNewton
Re: Blast! Upgrade Available in Newton, MA
We also got it. Nice! ..... Got to love competition...  |
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DrCable
@comcast.net | Delaware County PA and New Castle Delaware
Delaware County, PA and New Castle, Delaware
are supposed to get Blast turned on July 18th
Both were pushed back from May 31st |
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net_tech
@comcast.net | reply to Matthewb
Re: Blast Upgrade Available in Crofton, MD
has nothing to do with cable modems, its the CMTS. We use 2 types if CMTS here in AA county, a BSR motorola and a Arris C4. the Arris has the config for the speed upgrade. Were waiting on a config file from Motorola for the BSR (CMTS) |
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EG
The wings of love
Premium
join:2006-11-18
Union, NJ | Thanks for the clarification.
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anon name
@comcast.net
| reply to DrCable
Re: Delaware County PA and New Castle Delaware
said by DrCable :
Delaware County, PA and New Castle, Delaware
are supposed to get Blast turned on July 18th
Both were pushed back from May 31st
This is consistant with the information I was given a few weeks back. We shall soon see. |
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
2 edits | reply to net_tech
Re: Blast Upgrade Available in Crofton, MD
said by net_tech :
has nothing to do with cable modems, its the CMTS. We use 2 types if CMTS here in AA county, a BSR motorola and a Arris C4. the Arris has the config for the speed upgrade. Were waiting on a config file from Motorola for the BSR (CMTS)
I'm located in Reston, Virginia, and we have been seeing 16/1 for over a year. Back in October of 2006 we were bumped up to 16/2.
Here is the post with info from my leased Terayon modem showing the configuration:
»Re: [Speed] Post here about the new 16/1 or 16/2 speeds
It was because of this post, and the following replies, that I decided to turn in my used, scratched, and dented Comcast modem for a brand-new Motorola SB5120. I brought the new modem home, provisioned it with no problems, and have consequently been stuck at 16/1 ever since.
The good news is that I now hit 90% of my upload speeds rather than 75%-80%, so there probably was an issue with my leased modem that was choking some of my upload potential. The bad news is that there seems to be a disconnect between what Comcast thinks is going on, and what is actually going on where I live.
I still have the color pamphlet mailer that Comcast sent me on March of this year outlining the various speed options available to me, including the costs.
Online service with another Comcast service:
$42.95 6/768
$52.95 16/2
Online services only:
$57.95 6/768
$67.95 16/2
Additional IP Addresses (per IP address): $6.95
The ad flier is "cm328.reston", with the heading stating "Important Price Information Enclosed!", and it can be found by a savvy support supervisor; however, I've given up attempting to get my speeds back to 16/2 and have just accepted whatever they give me. Right now my speeds have been solid at 16/1. Not bad, but it hurts a bit knowing I had 16/2 for almost half a year.
The only thing that changed was my modem, and the configuration file, which included the modem type in the name. |
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sortofageek
Premium,Mod
join:2001-08-19
Valhalla Dr
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| reply to sortofageek
Re: Is Blast! available in your area? - Not PowerBoost
This is a service announcement and only a service announcement.
For those who have not noticed, an attempt is being made to gather reports from specific areas and add links to them by state in the first post in this thread. HERE
End of service announcement. We return you to your regularly scheduled reporting. 
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urbroadband
join:2007-05-22
Englewood, CO | reply to net_tech
Re: Blast Upgrade Available in Crofton, MD
The Arris C4 is an amazing work horse, it delivers DOCSIS 3.0-based functionality in both the I-CMTS & M-CMTS. It will be a great transferable machine when cable moves to the DOCSIS 3.0 standard. |
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citizensin
The Deacon of the Bipartisan Party
Premium
join:2001-06-19
Fayette City, PA
2 edits | reply to sortofageek
Blast Upgrade Available in Fayette City, PA
Speedtest 07-17-2007 |
I just received a letter from Comcast stating that 16/1 Blast is now an available solution. The mailing states that the "upgrade" is free and my current subscription rate of $55.95 per month will not change.
Fayette City Pa 15438 (Southwest Pa)
This is the first publication(conventional mail or electronic mail)that I have received concerning this, but a previous post from 12-22-2006 showed what I thought was PowerBoost
»Re: [Connectivity] Super Comcast Speeds
Speedtest from today
my bad for not adding this....current billing period 07/13 - 8/12 shows only the line item detail of "Comcast Internet" on both my paper and electronic statement. Perhaps the next billing cycle will add more detail. |
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