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Boynton Beach, FL | Re: "many of you" I'm near Fort Lauderdale and have had the 25/4 speed for about a month or so. | |
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| | | | Re: "many of you" said by jagged:I'm near Fort Lauderdale and have had the 25/4 speed for about a month or so.
The 25/4 speed has been the normal Performance/Normal with PowerBoost tier speed for a few years in South Florida, so I'm sad to say but you didn't get any speed increase. You'll see those actual speeds without PowerBoost after the update and if they keep PowerBoost you should see like 35/8.
I just got this notice in South Florida on my cable box messages:
"Exciting News: Increased speeds on the way! XFINITY will soon be increasing internet speeds on its most popular plan and doubling two of its fastest. That's right - The fastest internet and fastest in-home Wi-Fi is about to get even faster."
I just checked and no increase yet. I'm on the Ultra/Blast! tier and get about 36MB Down and 7MB Up. I think that is with PowerBoost enabled. I'm excited for the 50MB upgrade! Anyone get it yet or gotten a better time-frame or notice? I think we should see it on March 1st or soon after?
5th
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| Performance "• Comcast's Performance tier will be going from 12/2 Mbps to 25/4 Mbps (May 2013)"
^ Confuses me. Does this mean that the new speeds will be 25/4 without PB?
Only a couple of people got the Performance tier increase and it was 22/4 I believe without PB. | |
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| | | Re: Performance Same here on the confusion....if you're already on the Blast 50/10 plan where's the upgrade? I guess no upgrade. I'm not complaining just questioning. | |
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| Re: Performance said by YukonHawk:if you're already on the Blast 50/10 plan where's the upgrade? I guess no upgrade. I'm not complaining just questioning.
I think the point is that the rest of the areas will get speeds equalized to that of the northeast. Being that you are already in the northeast, yeah I guess no upgrade.
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Where i get my info : im a comcast employee | |
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|  LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5
3 edits | said by Darknessfall:"• Comcast's Performance tier will be going from 12/2 Mbps to 25/4 Mbps (May 2013)"
^ Confuses me. Does this mean that the new speeds will be 25/4 without PB?
Only a couple of people got the Performance tier increase and it was 22/4 I believe without PB.
I am getting consistent 22/4 without PB in NJ. And even though it says IPV4, this test was using IPV6.
»ipv6.speedtest.comcast.net/
An IPV4 run to same server:
»speedtest.comcast.net/
And a shaper probe run:
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DiffProbe release. January 2012. Build 1008.
Shaper Detection Module.
Connected to server 38.102.0.87.
Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 4526 Kbps.
Downstream: 22016 Kbps.
The measurement will take upto 3.0 minutes. Please wait.
Checking for traffic shapers:
Upstream: No shaper detected.
Median received rate: 4442 Kbps.
Downstream: No shaper detected.
Median received rate: 21952 Kbps.
For more information, visit: »www.cc.gatech.edu/~partha/diffprobe
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| | | | Re: Performance I wonder when the rest of the North East will receive the Performance upgrade or if we'll have to wait till May. We still have 25/4 PB in CT with 16/2 main. | |
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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | Re: Performance said by Darknessfall:I wonder when the rest of the North East will receive the Performance upgrade or if we'll have to wait till May. We still have 25/4 PB in CT with 16/2 main.
Have you powered off and on your cable modem? And is it docsis3. You have to do both to see if you have the new speeds and no powerboost.
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| | | | | | Re: Performance I tried to power it off and on but nothing  . Using a DPC3008. I also didn't get a email. | |
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| | | |  PeteC2Got Mouse?Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-20
Bristol, CT
kudos:6
·Comcast
| said by Linklist:said by Darknessfall:I wonder when the rest of the North East will receive the Performance upgrade or if we'll have to wait till May. We still have 25/4 PB in CT with 16/2 main.
Have you powered off and on your cable modem? And is it docsis3. You have to do both to see if you have the new speeds and no powerboost. Here in my part of CT it is still 16/2 with PB making it show 25/4 on a normal speedtest. I have re-booted within the last day.
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join:2005-11-23
EARTH | Re: Performance Yeah, I'm stuck at 25/4 with Blast! in Groton. I wish the would hurry it up and roll it out to all markets. | |
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| | | |  joetaxpayerI'M Here Till Thursday
join:2001-09-07
Sudbury, MA
·Comcast
| said by Linklist:Have you powered off and on your cable modem? And is it docsis3. You have to do both to see if you have the new speeds and no powerboost.
What's the speed limit if it's not a Docsis 3 modem? It would be great if they told us this. So I could have more than 2X my speed but need to upgrade the modem? | |
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join:2005-11-23
EARTH | Re: Performance Theoretically 38mbps, but they probably won't let you get anywhere near that on a D2 modem, as you'd be saturating a whole channel. | |
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| | Kamus
join:2011-01-27
El Paso, TX | said by Linklist:And a shaper probe run: ...
I've become very suspicious of those shape detectors... I'm 100% sure my ISP has traffic shaping, but I've never had it detected by any of the tests I've seen online.
Here's how my ISP does it:
It slows down all transfers to a crawl to other users of any other ISP.
It doesn't slow the traffic down within my same ISP or any server that isn't a client of a big ISP.
As if to trying to prevent users from setting up servers for the public. (after all, only those domains are bound to have many users)
I'm 100% sure it is in fact traffic shaping, because all it takes for me to get around that speed cap to other ISPs is to turn on my VPN. | |
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| | | | Sorry but I don't believe a Comcast speed test on a Comcast line for a min. Use a 3rd party speedtest and I'll believe it. | |
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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 |  Re: Performance
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| | | | | All speed tests are subject to server loads, no speed test is 100% accurate.
How i get my information?
Ive been a comcast employee for 5 years in tech support for residential and business class. | |
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| | | PeteC2Got Mouse?Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-20
Bristol, CT
kudos:6 Reviews:
·Comcast
| said by HotTorch :Sorry but I don't believe a Comcast speed test on a Comcast line for a min. Use a 3rd party speedtest and I'll believe it.
Why not? Yes, PB "fools" standard speed tests,but that is not at all limited to Comcast's speed test.
Speakeasy, Speedtest.net, and Comcast speed test all give me the same results within a very narrow range...not enough to quibble over.
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join:2005-11-23
EARTH | Re: Performance Exactly. I used to get 24/2.5 on an 8/1 D2 connection on Speedtest.net. | |
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| Re: Performance said by BiggA:Exactly. I used to get 24/2.5 on an 8/1 D2 connection on Speedtest.net.
Nice!!! Probably had you coded on a higher tier, and they didn't know about it...
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join:2005-11-23
EARTH | Re: Performance No, the 24/2.5 was PowerBoost, but it would kick in over and over again if you had multiple things using bandwidth, so it felt much more like a 24/2.5 connection than an 8/1 connection. | |
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join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA | There is no way a price increase doesn't follow | |
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join:2002-06-18
Cumming, GA | Re: There is no way a price increase We're already seeing price increases after the small bumps we've recently gotten with the exception of those locked into a contract. Though, when the Business class contracts autorenew, the price will probably increase. | |
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| | I can't believe this While other provides double their speeds cox communications still have their expensive service and there's no one else to turn. This my area they went up in their speed about 6mb! And they went up price increase about $3.00 for this some places more.
I can understand if cox would offer better services and speeds for this price increase but they don't,
Alot of people in my area we're getting sick of them. | |
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1 edit | Debunked Didn't we already come to the conclusion that this "picture" wasn't real ? Comcast does not offer a "300Mbps" package. Same for the "100Mbps" package, it's 105.
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| | | Re: Debunked No, they do offer the 300 Mbps service in some markets. The source tells me they just haven't been marketing much. Appears to primarily be a bragging rights and marketing play. | |
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| | Biz? Will business class see a boost in speeds as well? I'm paying a lot for the 50/10 right now and could use the additional speed. | |
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|  pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | Re: Biz? Not sure about 50/10, but they did bump the 22/5 people to 27/7 and the 12/2 people to 17/3. So perhaps a 50/10 bump is forthcoming?
Still have (limited now) powerboost on 27/7, but I think that's going away soon.
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@comcastbusiness.net | Re: Biz? I have the 16/2 tier on Business class and it was bumped up to the 22/4 speeds which I can confirm just south of Chicago. I'm not sure about the other speeds. | |
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| | | My 25/5 business service already got the bump to 27/7 (actually a bit better than that) here in NH.
BUT, I also noticed on the Comcast.com site, they also bumped the pricing up an additional $10/month for new customers. So far, my bill hasn't changed and I'm not under contract. Guess they decided the extra 15 cents/month that this costs them in bandwidth would justify the extra $10/month in income. | |
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join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA
·Comcast
·Verizon Broadban..
| I'm in the northeast I already have the upgrade 
50/10 works fine for me. I tried 105/20 but it did not make a big difference.
The 50/10 is handy for system updates and app downloads. Other than that, I usually watch YouTube videos, surf the web, use Facebook/Twitter, DSLR, and e-mail. Many webpages do warrant a fast connection, especially if they are loaded with flash or other animations.
Some of the Mac System updates can be well over a gigabyte so the fast connection is handy. And when Apple releases a new version of MacOS X, you are talking 4-5 GB per computer and I have three Macs that can run the newer versions of MacOS X. I have three Intel based Macs and the older iBook (from 2003) has a PowerPC processor. The iBook is handy for running OS 9 apps from the good old days since it can run both OS 9 and older OS X apps. Most of my computing is on the iDevices (iPads and iPhone). iOS updates can be time consuming on a slow connection as well and I generally do App updates on the Comcast connection as opposed to the VZW 4G connection due to caps.
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| | Good news indeed This is great. I get so spoiled at work with the fast connection and then at home 12/2 seems soo slooow. I can't wait till may. | |
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| | WOOT. Well I am on Performance but I get around 15~20 down and over 3 up so I am looking forward to see if I get more than 4 down.
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| | Chicago Already Seems To Be There? 
I'm have their "Performance" tier. | |
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| | West coast this time? I am on the "grandfathered" Ultra tier (30/8 with boost) and on the west coast. I wonder if I will be bumped to 50/10 with a price "decrease" since I am paying a $10 "fee" for being on the Ultra tier.
What happened to those of you on the east coast that had the "Ultra" tier? Did you get the speed bump and what happened to your bill?
Crossing fingers this come to California soon. | |
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| | Memphis, TN Performance Tier with 25/4 for nearly a year 
I've been at these speeds with my Performance subscription since last Spring. | |
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| CWO333
join:2005-02-24
Chicago, IL | Re: Memphis, TN Performance Tier with 25/4 for nearly a year Its likely powerboost doing that. Try downloading »ftp://ftp1.optonline.net/test512 for about a minute or two and see what your download speed is at. | |
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| | | | Re: Memphis, TN Performance Tier with 25/4 for nearly a year When I download Linux distros, I run at 25, then powerboost gives up and I have a solid 19 down. Upload runs up to 4.5 for before settling at constant 2.5. | |
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| | | | | Re: Memphis, TN Performance Tier with 25/4 for nearly a year Here's a screencap for the test file you linked.
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| | Will I get that? I live in the East Bay, California. I am already getting 36mb/6mb. Is that jumping to 50/10? I am on the HD XF preferred plus package. For some reason, no where on my comcast bill does it show what internet package i am subscribe to. Don't know if it is performance, blast, or extreme. I pay 194 flat for triple play. | |
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join:2011-07-28
Livermore, CA
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| Re: Will I get that? said by LegendaryATM :I live in the East Bay, California. I am already getting 36mb/6mb. Is that jumping to 50/10? I am on the HD XF preferred plus package. For some reason, no where on my comcast bill does it show what internet package i am subscribe to. Don't know if it is performance, blast, or extreme. I pay 194 flat for triple play.
i'm in the east bay as well (livermore) and I also have been getting 36mb/6mb. We are more than likely going to get the 50/10. I am on Triple Play Premiere so it's unlikely I will have to pay the extra couple dollars but even if I have to, I will. | |
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| | | That's what I am wondering. I live in Northern California and pull 36/5 on there blast tier. | |
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join:2002-05-02
Ann Arbor, MI | What is supposed to happen with business class? Is the 27/7 tier also going to 50/10? | |
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join:2001-04-25
Seattle, WA | Im waiting. 
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| | | Re: Im waiting. Those are basically the exact same speeds i'm getting here in Detroit. | |
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| | Time Warner Step your game up. | |
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join:2004-10-08
Rockford, IL
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| Speed Bumbs are nothing when compared to reliability I think my title sums it up pretty well. Reliability as in up time, consistent performance, no CMT communication issues, T3 time-out, no cycled periods of heavy packets losses and/or slow speeds, Decreased latency vs increased...
I would much rather see them fix what they have across the board than to play the placebo mind/marketing game.
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2 edits | . Weird. I pay for the Performance tier ($44.99) and consistently get ~31/6 speeds. Will mine be going up beyond that or what?
»www.speedtest.net/result/2510651584.png
Tested that it is not power boost as I get downloads form Steam/Origin that range from 3.4MB/s to 4MB/s | |
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join:2004-09-10
Boca Raton, FL | Comcast territory vs acquired territory Has anyone compared the upgrade schedules against the original Comcast and the acquired areas?
I'm in a section of Boca Raton FL that used to be Adelphia, and is usually the last to be upgraded due to the old infrastructure.
I'd have thought we'd have been upgraded first since there are some very big money neighborhoods here, but of course I don't know the cost to migrate the head end. | |
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| | | Re: Comcast territory vs acquired territory aw yiss
great news | |
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| | | Comcast territory's in south Florida always come first such as Comcast Miami Dade and Comcast Broward here in south Florida. | |
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