Is Comcast going to upgrade the upload ?

[swodie]

Just wondering if anyone has heard if Comcast is going to increse upload speeds in the near future.

[tbaker397]

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I assume they eventually will, heres my prediction on the upload upgrades using the current DOCSIS technology and infrastructure:

the 6/384 plan will be upped to 6/512 or 6/768, but i dont think any higher than 768 and i doubt it will get that high in the near future

the 8/768 plan will go to 8/1 at the highest im guessing, but I wouldnt be surprised if it was 8/896.

None of that is official but giving on how stingy Cable Co's are with the upload, I would assume that those would be fairly decent guesses.

[resopalrabotnick]

the biggest factor in limiting the upstream is the fact that the cable co's and telcos for that matter don't want you hosting on a connection that has no payperbyte.

if you get a connection with a high ul, you will get a contract with a volume plan.

[Thisismyname]

Official Comcast representative has said we should be looking at a speed of upgrades in the next round which should be maybe next spring? I don't know. No date was specified but he said on the next round the upload was going to be increased. Don't expect something like 3Mbps on upload but maybe 768Kbps-1Mbps on the lower tier and something a little higher on the gold tier.