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comcast on dope...
50/5 ? 50 & 5?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 ,49, 50.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Could it be any more lopsided for $150?
You'd think they'd want to try out the bonded upstream channels which SHOULD be on the network for TRUE docsis 3.0 spec for your $150 a month, but no.. it's the DSL of docsis 3.0 for a steep $150. |
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  espaeth Misanthrope Premium join:2001-04-21 Minneapolis, MN | Don't like it? Engineer your own standard to compete with CableLabs!
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  a333 A hot cup of integrals please
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| sure.... it's spelled F-I-B-E-R and a big evil telco by the name of V-E-R-I-Z-O-N is doing it(and has been since 2004) Happy? Edit: Just kidding, I just am trying to make the point that, whatever the shortcomings of DOCSIS are, they are starting to show, given the awful 10:1 dl:up ratio, especially, since the 50 Meg subs are going to be paying $150/month, when FiOS subs in competitive markets get it for about $90, and with 20 Mbit uploads to boot. |
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| reply to espaeth DOCSIS3 is supposed to include upstream channel bonding in its final incarnation, but that part of the standard has been delayed.
I think Comcast's current deployments are a non-standard pre-DOCSIS3 version that doesn't feature upstream channel bonding, and so can't provide anything faster- but the standard does include it. |
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  ztmike Premium join:2001-08-02 | reply to a333 Actually I think Verizon Fios for the 20/20 tier costs around $65/month with other markets only getting 15/15 for the same price. -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdYueIC1pjM |
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  knightmb
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| reply to EPS said by EPS :DOCSIS3 is supposed to include upstream channel bonding in its final incarnation, but that part of the standard has been delayed. I think Comcast's current deployments are a non-standard pre-DOCSIS3 version that doesn't feature upstream channel bonding, and so can't provide anything faster- but the standard does include it. My connection will do 50 Mpbs D / 40 Mbps U on speed test (during non-peak hours of course), but I'm only suppose to be on the "16D/2U" tier. So in fairness to my neighborhood, I have my connection traffic shaped to what they say I'm suppose to have. The only thing is, the modem is only a DOCSIS2 setup (as far as they told me), so unless I have my versions mixed up, I don't think DOCSIS2 is suppose to be able to do 50 Mbps, but I can on speed test sites and my router bandwidth counter matches what I see in the speed during the test. I wonder if my modem is one of those "pre-DOCSIS3" types or not since the speed is well beyond what DOCSIS2 is suppose to be able to achieve?
Looking at the modem channel and frequency page, this shouldn't be able to hit these kind of speeds at these modulations right?
quote: Downstream Frequency 693000000 Hz Lock Status Locked Modulation 256 QAM Symbol Rate 5.360537 Msym/sec Downstream Power 2.3 dBmV SNR 41.118 dB
Upstream Channel Upstream Frequency 34000000 Hz Lock Status Locked Modulation 16QAM Symbol Rate 2560000 sym/sec Upstream Power 47.2 dBmV Channel ID 11
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  tater_gunz Shoot to kill Premium join:2003-08-22 Toledo, OH
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| said by knightmb :Looking at the modem channel and frequency page, this shouldn't be able to hit these kind of speeds at these modulations right? Nope. In my experience, the most you can push through DOCSIS 2.0 running 256 QAM forward and a 64 QAM return is 35 Mbps down and around 28 Mbps up. I believe the spec is 38 Mbps down and 32 Mbps up, though I'm feeling too lazy to look it up.
To the best of my knowledge, no one is bonding upstreams outside of a lab yet. The good news is that this feature is software upgradeable (at least it's supposed to be with the Cisco gear we're using anyway). Once the final 3.0 spec is ratified and debugged, it should be fairly easy to deploy fast symmetric speeds... assuming your cable plant is clean enough to support it.
- Tate
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  dvd536 as Mr. Pink as they come Premium join:2001-04-27 Phoenix, AZ
| reply to EPS said by EPS :DOCSIS3 is supposed to include upstream channel bonding in its final incarnation, but that part of the standard has been delayed. I think Comcast's current deployments are a non-standard pre-DOCSIS3 version that doesn't feature upstream channel bonding, and so can't provide anything faster- but the standard does include it. Well probably comcast has no plans to offer more than 5 up anyway so they don't need final D3 gear. -- When I gez aju zavateh na nalechoo more new yonooz tonigh molinigh - Ken Lee |
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| reply to knightmb said by knightmb :said by EPS :DOCSIS3 is supposed to include upstream channel bonding in its final incarnation, but that part of the standard has been delayed. I think Comcast's current deployments are a non-standard pre-DOCSIS3 version that doesn't feature upstream channel bonding, and so can't provide anything faster- but the standard does include it. My connection will do 50 Mpbs D / 40 Mbps U on speed test (during non-peak hours of course), but I'm only suppose to be on the "16D/2U" tier. So in fairness to my neighborhood, I have my connection traffic shaped to what they say I'm suppose to have. The only thing is, the modem is only a DOCSIS2 setup (as far as they told me), so unless I have my versions mixed up, I don't think DOCSIS2 is suppose to be able to do 50 Mbps, but I can on speed test sites and my router bandwidth counter matches what I see in the speed during the test. I wonder if my modem is one of those "pre-DOCSIS3" types or not since the speed is well beyond what DOCSIS2 is suppose to be able to achieve? Looking at the modem channel and frequency page, this shouldn't be able to hit these kind of speeds at these modulations right? Dude... Speed tests are never to be trusted. Particularly with the boost techniques being used. Only way to be sure is to find a good fast torrent with lots of seeds, or a nice fast, close webserver on a non-peak.
just my opinion..
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 tmc8080
join:2004-04-24 Floral Park, NY
| reply to EPS said by EPS :DOCSIS3 is supposed to include upstream channel bonding in its final incarnation, but that part of the standard has been delayed. I think Comcast's current deployments are a non-standard pre-DOCSIS3 version that doesn't feature upstream channel bonding, and so can't provide anything faster- but the standard does include it. So docsis 3 & windows vista have something in common... |
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| reply to ztmike said by ztmike :Actually I think Verizon Fios for the 20/20 tier costs around $65/month with other markets only getting 15/15 for the same price. Fast 5 Mbps/2 Mbps $42.99/mo. Faster 15 Mbps/2 Mbps $52.99/mo. Faster Plus 15 Mbps/15 Mbps $64.99/mo. Includes FREE services Fastest 30 Mbps/15 Mbps $139.95/mo. Includes FREE services |
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  a333 A hot cup of integrals please
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| reply to tmc8080 That's better than we have now:
kbps upload: 128 256 384
kbps download: 128 256 384 512 640 768 896 1024 1152 1280 1408 1536 1664 1792 1920 2048 2176 2304 2432 2560 2688 2816 2944 3072 3200 3328 3456 3584 3712 3840 3968 4096 4224 4352 4480 4608 4736 4864 4992 5120 5248 5376 5504 5632 5760 5888 6000
Ratio: < 1/15th
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