Comcast to raise download to 3Mbps

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: markgg
Niles, Chicago area 12/15/03 6 AM.
Nothing yet.

Warrenville, Chicago area.
12/15/03 10:15am.

My ip address drastically changed yesterday (from 12.206.x.x to 24.15.x.x, dns changed from *.attbi.com to *.comcast.net).
As far as i can tell, speeds are the same (though i didn't reset my modem, will do that tonight after work).

ebaycj

 

[PoPPeR]

Originally posted by: weepul
just 2 more days for me (bay area!) i resetted the modem earlier today. speed hasnt increased yet.

//krunk (^_^x)

weird, i'm in Walnut Creek, not too far from Berkeley, and my speed increased on the 10th

 

[crazydave]

Yeah, seems like some people (in the Bay Area, at least) got their upgrade several days before the "official" date of the 16th...yay

 

[Hork]

Does anyone know when the Central Valley of CA is having the Comcast upgrade? (Fresno Area?)

I'm still getting 1.5mbps here.

 

[tonysee]

Be careful with the new "faster" caps, folks. Comcast is starting to suspend the accounts of people who use up too much bandwidth. Nevermind that THEY'RE the ones increasing the caps, or that there's no specific amount of bandwith they have in mind... They're just doing it to whoever they want, whenever they decide you've used too much.

More info over at the DSLReports Comcast forum, including this thread.

 

[THUGSROOK]

comcast is now filtering usenet :|

the bandwidth is now useless. i think im gonna dump comcast very soon.

 

['BARtMAN']

Filtered the port or just their NNTP server? As far as I could tell their server has always been filtered. That's why I picked up usenetserver.com...

 

[dr wily]

great. nice to see the good ol NW is dead last..

 

[MetroRider]

my cable modem got boosted to 3000/256 speeds before Thanksgiving. I was running at 1700/256 before, so the new download boost is very much welcomed. I realized it when I lost my connection for a few minutes, and my ip address of 2 months changed.

By the way, for those wanting speed-test websites that also checks your upload speed other than DSLREPORTS, please try out these following sites:

http://miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/
http://cemp1.switch.ch/network/performance/web100/tcpbw100.html
http://speedtest.umflint.edu/
http://nitro.ucsc.edu/
http://netspeed.stanford.edu/
http://jlab4.jlab.org:7123/
http://web100.rit.edu:7123/

these pages run an upload and download test for 10 seconds each way. please try a test site out a few times to make sure you are getting an even rating.

good luck and enjoy!

 

Do I need to do anything to get a new speed? Or I am just waiting?

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: ebaycj

Originally posted by: markgg
Niles, Chicago area 12/15/03 6 AM.
Nothing yet.

Warrenville, Chicago area.
12/15/03 10:15am.

My ip address drastically changed yesterday (from 12.206.x.x to 24.15.x.x, dns changed from *.attbi.com to *.comcast.net).
As far as i can tell, speeds are the same (though i didn't reset my modem, will do that tonight after work).

ebaycj

Bridgeview, IL (SW suburbs) still at 1800/256
EDIT: same IP address as before (12.250.x.x)

 

[weepul]

i just resetted my modem:

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.0f
click START to begin
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 252.68Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.69Mb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

seems like i'm still stuck on the old speeds... grrrr
and it's the 16th already!

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[Sparty]

Originally posted by: MetroRider
my cable modem got boosted to 3000/256 speeds before Thanksgiving. I was running at 1700/256 before, so the new download boost is very much welcomed. I realized it when I lost my connection for a few minutes, and my ip address of 2 months changed.

By the way, for those wanting speed-test websites that also checks your upload speed other than DSLREPORTS, please try out these following sites:

http://miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/
http://cemp1.switch.ch/network/performance/web100/tcpbw100.html
http://speedtest.umflint.edu/
http://nitro.ucsc.edu/
http://netspeed.stanford.edu/
http://jlab4.jlab.org:7123/
http://web100.rit.edu:7123/

these pages run an upload and download test for 10 seconds each way. please try a test site out a few times to make sure you are getting an even rating.

good luck and enjoy!

And if those aren't enough then go here

 

[unknown]

For people in the Boston area I got the news at work on Friday that the downstream speed in the formerly AT&T Broadband part of New England would double (from 1500 to 3000) on Wednesday the 17th.

 

[Wag]

They just upped it here in the Boston area. I cycled my modem and I downloaded the 15meg testfile in 40 secs.

 

What do you mean by 'cycled'?

 

[dude8604]

2003-12-17 18:37:13 EST: 3374 / 239
Your download speed : 3374704 bps, or 3374 kbps.
A 411.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 239449 bps, or 239 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

 

[goucberkeley]

So I called Comcast today, and apparently the 94014 zip code is the only area in the Bay Area that hasn't been upgraded yet...

:disgust::|
:brokenheart:

 

[TedKord]

Woohoo! The finally caught up with us in the South Jersey area!

Tested at 3089 down at DSLReports. 3164 at another, can't remember which,
but it was more local.


08085 zip code.

 

[weepul]

Originally posted by: goucberkeley
So I called Comcast today, and apparently the 94014 zip code is the only area in the Bay Area that hasn't been upgraded yet...

:disgust::|
:brokenheart:

are u sure about that? 94709 (berkeley) doesnt seem to be upgraded yet either.

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[Subzero]

They are also upping the price again......

$60 / mo. for internet service is a joke and going to get even more funny ...heard this from an employee today...

:disgust:

 

I got my IP changed but speed is still same.

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: Bbc84
2003-12-13 03:25:30 EST: 1568 / 247
Your download speed : 1568885 bps, or 1568 kbps.
A 191.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 247096 bps, or 247 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!



Hmmm guess i havent been upgraded yet. It says 12/15/03 for Chicago. I wonder if that includes chicagoland suburbs?

I live 60 miles directly west of the city in a suburb. I hope i get the upgrade on monday.

Its 12/17 and im not up'd either.

 

[RVN]

I've been getting an average of 3.2 megabytes with RR for a year and a half now ...sometimes peak as high as 5!
I use speakeasy, pc pitstop, mcafee and bp for testing purposes.

Where's the deal? What does comcast cost?

 

[deci8]

What part of Boston area? I'm on the North Shore (Lynn) and it doesn't look like I got it yet. I've powercycled the modem...

Update: Called comcast who told me that I've been upgraded to 3mps. He reset my modem remotely. Still getting 1.5 mps ratings. Any clues?