misery Posted July 6, 2005 CID Share Posted July 6, 2005 Standard tier to 6Mbps, addition of faster tiers Posted on 2005-07-05 11:36:14 When a provider is planning speed upgrades, our forums begin to rumble a month in advance; new Comcast speeds being no exception. Some users are being told by techs that higher speeds should appear within a month or two. From one Comcast insider: "Regular tier moves to 6Mbps/384Kbps, there will be a similar download with higher upload, then an 8Mbps/768Kbps tier, and one more higher tier." It's not clear if they'll match Cox and Adelphia's respective 15 & 16Mbps tiers (in competitive markets). http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/65233 I'm somewhat thrilled about reading this. and some of me isn't. being that it took Comcast a long while to even get their systems somewhat ready for their 6mb/768 upgrades.. and even till this day they still have yet to fully get that up in alot of areas.. including mine.. let us Comcast members hope they've got everything more than enough prepared for this next upgrade and hope it follows through with it's new speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbaker397 Posted July 6, 2005 CID Share Posted July 6, 2005 6/384? You have got to be joking, at least bump it to 512. and for the 8mb tier, at least put a 1mb upload on that.... sheesh, cheapskates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misery Posted July 6, 2005 Author CID Share Posted July 6, 2005 I'm more concerned with them even being able to promise 8mb when they do upgrade.. most if not more than don't even receive their 6mb. and if they do it's at 1am-8am.. but i do agree. they should have upgraded 1mb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 7, 2005 CID Share Posted July 7, 2005 comcast has gotten cheap. only 6mb and 384kb please, they need to take a lesson form adelphia's extream 16mb/2mb "bitchen" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misery Posted July 7, 2005 Author CID Share Posted July 7, 2005 yeah, they're definitely showing it.. I've read in other forums about how it should be upgraded to 1mb for upload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbaker397 Posted July 7, 2005 CID Share Posted July 7, 2005 After this upgrade Cable CO's should not upgrade any more while on the current Docsis Tech. They should ready their networks for Docsis 3.0 as quickly as possible, and i cannot wait until the adelphia extreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misery Posted July 7, 2005 Author CID Share Posted July 7, 2005 I agree.. I also am thinking of looking into adelphia's extreme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted July 7, 2005 CID Share Posted July 7, 2005 After this upgrade Cable CO's should not upgrade any more while on the current Docsis Tech. They should ready their networks for Docsis 3.0 as quickly as possible, and i cannot wait until the adelphia extreme. That might take a while, considering a lot (I'm not sure what %) would have to buy/rent new Docsis 3 compatible modems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbaker397 Posted July 7, 2005 CID Share Posted July 7, 2005 Let me change that around. Get the system upgrade ready, then upgrade, but NOT to the cap of what the current network could handle. So if the deployment of Docsis3.0 takes longer, they have room for another upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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