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| Re: article "Customers won't be able to access Comcast's new speed boost if the network happens to be crammed, but the company says such occasions should be rare"
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So if you're on a loaded node and rarely get your lines rated speeds you pay extra for this but get nothing. NICE!
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| Re: No upgrade this year said by bpx  :I guess that means we wont be getting upgraded again this year like the previous years. Yeah, I was sooo looking forward to some more upload.. For what I do 768k would be a great combo with the 6Mb download.
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Blasterbator
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join:2001-02-20
Jackson, MS | Re: No upgrade this year Comcast here and I'm 8 down and .768 up.
I don't see a full 8 on downloads, but I do get 700+ kbps consistently on uploads.
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Brooklyn, NY | Priority Does it in anyway relates to that network neutrality thing.
I assume only partner services will be offered boost. I don't think gentoo iso I'm downloading from swedish ftp server will get anything.
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Scotch Plains, NJ | Capped by modem? I though that speeds were capped by the modem?
I guess that we'll all get higher caps and bandwidth will be managed somewhere else?
Managed QoS? | |
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| Re: Capped by modem? said by BloodRoses :Modern DOCSIS systems don't rely on a modem cap, so to answer your question... no. then what are the:
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| said by dvd536 :said by BloodRoses :Modern DOCSIS systems don't rely on a modem cap, so to answer your question... no. then what are the: MAXUPSTREAM= MAXDOWNSTREAM= in the modem config file for? Speed are as follow...
Since they are antipeers or antisharing upload will remain the same however.
12.0/384
16.0/768
This will boost your download speed @ 4.99 bucks for 24hrs period
if you need it for 10 days, 50 bucks is good money for Comcast revenues
FIOS will probably have to boost their cap after this! woohoo!
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| said by jjoshua :said by GhostDoggy :Bandwidth is not a QoS. Traffic shaping is different from packet labeling for prioritizing. Still, the hard cap set by the modem would be raised and traffic would be managed by the network, no? Yes, managed bandwidth on the network-side. Still, that is called traffic shaping, not QoS. QoS is Quality of Service, not Quantity of Service. | |
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USA | ? Why not just up your speeds Comcast instead of putting a half ass fix? FiOS in the long run will slowly start eating away at subs in all Comcast footprints, if FiOS is available.
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join:2003-12-20
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Yup, seems like nothing more than a gimmick. A side benefit is that speed test results will be nicely skewed giving those unaware of the bursting false hope that they've been upgraded. Advantage Comcast and not the end user. | |
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| They'll compete with FIOS on a market by market basis if it even gets rolled out on a large scale. This would be prudent considering the number of years that it is going to take the Telcos to get their "FIOS" offering rolled out in a meaningful way.
I would expect that this "speed burst" thing will better distribute the load during off-peak hours and keep the 24x7 heavy user / pr0n-types from sucking up everyone's bandwidth.
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| Bandwidth costs money, and I assume Comcast does not want to raise the price of their HSI offerings (especially considering all people do is bitch about it being too expensive already)
FiOS speeds are unnecessary to 95% of Customers at this point (see Verizon adding tens of thousands of DSL customers at $14.95 a month for 768k speeds)
Comcast looks to be competing speed wise with FiOS on a market by market basis, but continues to add bells and whistles to their HSI service (Comcast.net portal, Photo Show, McAfee Security Suite,Speed Boost, Games On Demand, Video Mail, The Fan, etc..) that appeal to the masses (especially those coming off of AOL and similar services)
Not everyone who uses the internet is as web savvy as the people who post on this board. We have to realize that we are in the minority and that these ISPs such as Comcast, are trying to appeal to the masses (thats where the real money is). Bandwidth and Speed hungry niche markets will find their services with FiOS for the time being. I believe that once it becomes strategically and financially necessary to compete with FiOS' speed offerings on a national level Comcast will do so and all these discussions will be moot. | |
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| Re: ? said by DarkSly :Bandwidth costs money, and I assume Comcast does not want to raise the price of their HSI offerings (especially considering all people do is bitch about it being too expensive already) Not everyone who uses the internet is as web savvy as the people who post on this board. We have to realize that we are in the minority and that these ISPs such as Comcast, are trying to appeal to the masses (thats where the real money is). Bandwidth and Speed hungry niche markets will find their services with FiOS for the time being. I believe that once it becomes strategically and financially necessary to compete with FiOS' speed offerings on a national level Comcast will do so and all these discussions will be moot. Good analysis. Not everybody understands that those on the bleeding edge are not the average customer.
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| When networks upgraded their speeds but kept their monthly caps the same; many people here didn't seem to understand the point. (they argued that higher speeds only let them hit their cap faster and did nothing to increase how much they could download) Either they where too much of a power downloader to see the point or they just wanted to complain some more.
I bet that the most average internet users have habits of downloading bursts of data. And making burst transfers faster is a good thing even if it doesn't help the power downloader (OMG you aren't important to comcast?!)
Preferably, I don't care about download speed; i can wait a little; but I want good latency because i play some first person shooter on-line multiplayer games (game clients in general are low bandwidth but low latency applications) but are they going to make a super low latency service because on-line gamers care? NO! not unless the average user plays enough on-line games to notice latency problems. (So I like the success of things like halo and xbox even when I use a pc, because that just makes my preferences that much more important to the isp.)
Just like bandwidth increases (with the same cap). This helps the average customer, and it will also likely keep operating costs down.
This is also a concession to the fact that trying to offer cheap guaranteed high-speed upstream bandwidth is impossible. People always complain when they can not get their advertised speed, but a guaranteed speed is merely a fantasy. Now they can have a guaranteed speed (no upgrades this year because they just can't make it any higher without destroying the network) but also utilize extra bandwidth (lets say when much of their users aren't using their connection. gasp what a concept  ) to make people happy.
Capitalism once said that companies would compete with each other and improve produce quality to increase their competitiveness. Whoever believed that forgot two things. Companies only need to please their majority market to become competitive, and the majority market can easily be pleased by poor quality but super cheap. (and compared to high quality business and ISDN connections, the residential service of broadband is cheap) | |
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| said by DarkSly :Bandwidth costs money, and I assume Comcast does not want to raise the price of their HSI offerings (especially considering all people do is bitch about it being too expensive already) That knife cuts both ways: bandwidth costs money and so would offering lower tiers for less money. And that's why you won't see the latter paired with the former unless total demand were to plummet.
What will be fun to watch -- as more industry consolidation takes place -- (in which suppliers will essentially have the power to control, but not create, demand) is how price points will end up shaking out. Which providers are better poised to withstand inflationary markets and forces applied by diminishing returns?
But then there's more to control of the Internet than bandwidth, but that's another thread.
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join:2003-07-01
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| Re: ? Verizon is losing money, their investors aren't happy. Comcast is a healthy company that makes money (one of the only cable companies that can make that claim). Verizon is already begun to slow their deployment of FiOS services due to investor unhappiness, while Comcast continues to gradually upgrade speed and services as the mass majority of customers demand it. You may call me a "cable fan boy", and maybe I am, I just love Comcast and the services they provide in my area... I can see the forest for the trees.... | |
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join:2003-03-18
Beverly Hills, CA
| Re: ? said by DarkSly :Verizon is losing money, their investors aren't happy. Comcast is a healthy company that makes money (one of the only cable companies that can make that claim). Verizon is already begun to slow their deployment of FiOS services due to investor unhappiness, while Comcast continues to gradually upgrade speed and services as the mass majority of customers demand it. You may call me a "cable fan boy", and maybe I am, I just love Comcast and the services they provide in my area... I can see the forest for the trees.... More like you are married to CC?
I don't love att or sbc
if I can get broadband for free and even faster then dsl or cable, why not?
I hate being a dependent... heck we're all paying through a nose that should not cost a penny since we all pay taxes and usually a lot more then utility bills.
Free is good, like oxygen. The sun didn't cost anything so why should everything in life cost just to keep us in total control of another being who likes being worshipped like a god... who likes being love by you because without them you would not have bb?
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join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA
| How will the discern when it is needed? "... will kick in when users are downloading films and other bandwidth sucking content (of the non-pirated flavor) ..."
How will they be able to tell when it is needed, and when it is legal? Is anyone wondering if this is only with prearrange 3rd entities like MovieStink? 
BTW, this isn't priortizing of traffic. They simply are opening the amount of available best-effort transmission. If someone else on your network leg is doing something else, your packets are treated no different from their packets. | |
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join:2004-01-17
Denver, CO | Re: How will the discern when it is needed? I bet its just for approved websites that they have a on list. They might even be asking for money in order to get on this list. | |
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| Re: How will the discern when it is needed? Am I the only one that bothered to notice?
Speedboost is only for the first 10 megs of the file.
Just read the fine print on the stupid comcast commericals.
This thing is such a joke.
I wish FIOS service was available here. When I called they listed a couple towns in some dead ass corner of the state.
When I asked if they were going to be expanding into the Hartford area (Capitol area) the rep said "no".. wtf..
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| said by GhostDoggy :"... will kick in when users are downloading films and other bandwidth sucking content (of the non-pirated flavor) ..." How will they be able to tell when it is needed, and when it is legal? Is anyone wondering if this is only with prearrange 3rd entities like MovieStink? BTW, this isn't priortizing of traffic. They simply are opening the amount of available best-effort transmission. If someone else on your network leg is doing something else, your packets are treated no different from their packets. It is prioritization. They prioritize packets from certain providers, so that those packets will not only be ensured to get to you, but ensured to go faster also. A regular HTTP download from download.com may be capped at 6mbps still, but Comcast's preferred partner for downloads will get prioritized traffic that will get more throughput on comcast's network.
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| Re: How will the discern when it is needed? Its not "preferred partners". it will be available for downloads in general. Alot of people have already been seeing this in the Comcast forums for months.
""and will kick in when users are downloading films and other bandwidth sucking content (of the non-pirated flavor). ""
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| Re: How will the discern when it is needed? I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, since you are posting from a Comcast Corporate IP address......
I don't know if you're an engineer or not, but can you explain how they are able to surpass the 6 or 8 meg cap without having to reset the modem?
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| Re: How will the discern when it is needed? said by JPuppy :I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, since you are posting from a Comcast Corporate IP address...... I don't know if you're an engineer or not, but can you explain how they are able to surpass the 6 or 8 meg cap without having to reset the modem? Every network has the ability to burst. Cable is no different. On the new docsis system the modem and the head end talk together to allow the system to burst. The head end will tell the modem to ignore the speed on the modem for xx seconds then have it kick in. also certain packets can be tagged as a let it flow type packet to over ride the modems config.
Try snooping the cable network some time there is so much info going back and forth over it that it would make your head spin.
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| said by tiger72 :said by GhostDoggy :"... will kick in when users are downloading films and other bandwidth sucking content (of the non-pirated flavor) ..." How will they be able to tell when it is needed, and when it is legal? Is anyone wondering if this is only with prearrange 3rd entities like MovieStink? BTW, this isn't priortizing of traffic. They simply are opening the amount of available best-effort transmission. If someone else on your network leg is doing something else, your packets are treated no different from their packets. It is prioritization. They prioritize packets from certain providers, so that those packets will not only be ensured to get to you, but ensured to go faster also. A regular HTTP download from download.com may be capped at 6mbps still, but Comcast's preferred partner for downloads will get prioritized traffic that will get more throughput on comcast's network. I thought Darth Whitacre said they are not prioritizing packets. | |
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TechieZero
Tools Are Using Me
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join:2002-01-25
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| Re: Up to 20MB/sec bursts said by Chodite :I've heard bursts will be as high as 20MB/sec... and in some rare cases - even 30MB/sec. MB or Mb? | |
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join:2003-03-18
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | How? Are they setting the modem speed to 16mbit, then using some kind of prioritization system to limit all traffic to 8mbit unless your a paying partner? | |
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R4M0N
Brazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
join:2000-10-04
Glen Allen, VA | Cows fly too "Customers won't be able to access Comcast's new speed boost if the network happens to be crammed, but the company says such occasions should be rare," says the article.
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join:2000-12-23
Greenwood, IN
| It's a good thing. Wish everybody did it. It's probably as simple as upping the cable modem caps, and managing bandwidth caps in the Network or CMTS allowing a max burst of 16-20Mbps. This in theory would speed up web browsing, downloads of small files..., and with the added benefit of making speed tests look AWESOME!!!. Large downloads would be minimally affected. I doubt they are doing any kind of traffic prioritizing. | |
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
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Margate City, NJ
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| Re: It's a good thing. Wish everybody did it. said by dwhayden :It's probably as simple as upping the cable modem caps, and managing bandwidth caps in the Network or CMTS allowing a max burst of 16-20Mbps. This in theory would speed up web browsing, downloads of small files..., and with the added benefit of making speed tests look AWESOME!!!. Large downloads would be minimally affected. I doubt they are doing any kind of traffic prioritizing. I think you have the right idea. Modem caps are raised but mgt will be done at more capable and functional CMTS.
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Brazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
join:2000-10-04
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join:2006-05-23
New York, NY |  Verdict
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"Comcast already has rolled out the free, speed enhancer to some markets, including parts of New England. It will start marketing PowerBoost June 12 in select markets. The tech will continue to launch market by market. PowerBoost doesn't require additional file downloads. It will work with cable modems, as well as home networking gateways and voice eMTAs." | |
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rob_in_chatt
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join:2004-09-17
Chattanooga, TN
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| speeds i just wish they would fix the horrible intermittent outages that seem to plague myself here in chattanooga. i did have tech support out here last week and the line to my modem was leaking alot of signal.
from what the tech told me, rg59 is the coax used in this house. he claims that rg59 is not as stable as the rg6 that they use now. i dont know, i just want my problem fixed.
he said if the problem continues, the line to the modem will have to be replaced at no cost to me. i guess thats not bad, but anyone have any information on the 56 vs the 6? i know its all about resistance and impedance but i am not up on all that kind of information. | |
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join:2001-04-21
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| edge routers doing speed control I think that this is basically that they open the whole DOCSIS channel to each cable modem, for example, if its 2 am and barly anyone is online, your line can burst upto the max of the channel (30mbs qam64, 38 qam256) if nobody else is using it at the moment. I guess the cable modems have no download caps, and the download speeds are channel speed/users (ethernet style) or controlled by routers at headend rather than Cable modem config files. I dont know the capabilities of cable modem config files, so it may be possible that this is all implimented in config files and headend routers QOS mark the packets to use "spare" bandwidth. | |
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join:2003-06-09
Accokeek, MD
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| Re: edge routers doing speed control Its irrelavent what bandwidth is going to the node. At 2AM my 8/512 (RR prem) and 15/2 (OOL) is the same speed as at 4pm and 8pm in the afternoon. The cable modem caps are enforeced regardless of load on the node, I think comcast wants to basically set it so that caps are enforced only when the node is 100% used and other times let the people use the node to its limit, remmeber if bandwidth isnt utilized that particular second, its lost. | |
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JoeyDee
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join:2004-07-23
Las Vegas, NV
·Comcast
| Must have been testing in Fremont I've been seeing this for about a month now... I think.
Good stuff! For large files, even only 6 or 7 megs like a high quality photo, I've been seeing 2.5 Mbps that tapers off to about 1.25 Mbps by the time the file transfer is 2/3 finished.
See next week, I guess.
You know, it occurs to me, and I'm one of the bigtime more upload speed whiners, that most of the time I see the downloads 'cause I'm waiting for 'em. Uploads tend to be "send 'em on their way and forget them."
The exception is colaboration from home. The current upload speeds cause me to be a disruption to the folks at the office.
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Taranis
join:2001-12-06
Mount Vernon, WA | Bah More gimmick, no cost for them.
If they don't increase the upload to 768 by end of this year, I'm going back to DSL.
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Bytezboy
join:2001-05-17
New York, NY | Time Warner Hope Time Warner will have something similar in the future. | |
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@comcast.net | comcast's new speeds consistently getting 20 meg down on speakeasy.net from ct to ny route, however upload still sucks at 256k. the good thing is the 20 meg download speeds at 42.95 a month, but the bad is the 256k upload speeds. | |
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join:2000-12-24
Seattle, WA
| Re: comcast's new speeds this new boost is free. also what it does is if it sees you are downloading a file of a certain size or bigger then it will raise the speed a bit and so on. i have been told it'll raise it to 10mb not double, but the guy also said this was in testing on the east coast. he did not say anything else. | |
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First off, as has been said, Comcast is just using up the available bandwidth on the network that isn't being used. It doesn't cost them anything more, creates happier customers, and creates a better broadband experience. Its not going to be based on the site you're downloading from, its overall.
Comcast has the technology in place (here in Denver at least) to be able to provide up to 60Mbps to every 5 users in some places with 40Mbps being the average. Instead of allowing one user to suck up all that bandwidth constantly, what they're doing is lessening the caps based on bandwidth demand on the node. If the node is at 100% usage, there will be no speed boost whatsoever. If you're the only person on the node (which is quite often the case where I live - lucky for me living in a neighborhood that tends to not view broadband internet as a necessity of life), you may get speeds up to the max that the node can handle - but they'll be throttled when another user comes online to accomodate that user's access. This throttling happens immediately and will continue to throttle more and more as more of the node gets utilized until its back down to your initial base speed.
Also, those of you complaining about upload speed - try calling Comcast and asking for their "Pro" tier. Its 10 bucks more a month but here in Denver, its 8Mbps/768 as opposed to 6Mbps/384, and they run specials on it from time to time (like the current 29.99/mo for 6 months).
Comcast is doing a lot right now. According to a Comcast customer service rep in their high speed department, they'll be experimenting with bumping the 8Mbps/768 users to 16Mbps/1Mbps shortly and the 6Mbps/384 users to 8Mbps/768. | |
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