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If you have Comcast...
Reboot your modem June 3rd, your upload will go to 1mbps up on 6mbps speed, and 2mbps on the 8mbps service.
DOCSIS 3.0 crap is supposed to be out in the next year or two as well, much faster downloads and uploads. |
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Comcast sucks major balls
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I can't believe I'm saying this but I miss Adelphia. Comcast blows cock.
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when we signed the lease for our new aparment the other day our landlord said he would rather use DSL over comcast :S
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Sweet!!!!11 So some of 14 million customers have had problems with them?! Amazing!
Thanks for your reviews. I reported this to hear everyone's opinion. |
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thanks for the tip.
i havent had anything but good experiences with comcast. exceptional service (on site) and great customer service on the phone. i actually switched away from Qwests DSL service and got the comcast triple play. couldnt be happier. at least my bills are accurate now. |
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Originally Posted by jo_gobel
thanks for the tip.
i havent had anything but good experiences with comcast. exceptional service (on site) and great customer service on the phone. i actually switched away from Qwests DSL service and got the comcast triple play. couldnt be happier. at least my bills are accurate now. Personally I've never had their service. I've had knology which was fine the year I had it, although the speeds never seem to be what was advertised. I've also had mediacom which was frequently out. I've used DSL and the speed sucks (although I know it depends on how far you are from the station). If you don't restart on june 3rd, you'll still get it, but not for a week or two. When you restart the modems it checks the bootfile to make sure it's up to date. |
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o ---- is this for real?
I've had comcast forever now and no problems either. Great knowledgeable customer support, even when asking them about kinda random non related stuff they've been helpful. Always fixed all problems quickly. speed is pretty fast to me, don't have anything to compare it to though. |
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Originally Posted by jo_gobel
thanks for the tip.
i havent had anything but good experiences with comcast. exceptional service (on site) and great customer service on the phone. i actually switched away from Qwests DSL service and got the comcast triple play. couldnt be happier. at least my bills are accurate now. made the switch to Comcast Cable internet... omg, i NEVER have to call them to bitch about ----. always works, if there is an issue im having its aways been solved by just resetting the modem. infact when i moved into my current place i was just using shitty unsecure internet connections. i called Comcast at 10pm....was on hold for like 5seconds "hi, how can i help you?" they sent someone out 2 days later, of course from some big ass time frame of "8am-12pm". but thats cable company for ya. pretty sure it was a saturday too. i will stick with comcast |
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i have the verizon dsl..the fastest one they have. no issues at all.
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Comcast recently bought out our local cable provider so I didn't really have a choice. So far I've seen the reliability and speed on certain websites decline. I've never had so many retarded disconnects with cable before, it got so bad not long ago that I thought I missed the bill or they didn't get it or something and they decided to just ---- with me.
I dislike the company already, but I don't have another choice. |
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i owe comcast money, so now I have DSL and I can't be happier :P
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Originally Posted by AgentMurdoc
i owe comcast money, so now I have DSL and I can't be happier :P
i have comcast now and i really dont have any complaints, except that we have to check our bill to make sure its right, but they always remove the extra charges without any questions. and that problem has only been since i just recently moved. the 6 years of using them before that was flawless |
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Originally Posted by PhilStubbs
after a while, they will forget
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Originally Posted by kain
do they... um... just delete you from the database?
No companies are perfect, and some areas are worse than others. Just depends on the management in that area and who they hire. I personally don't use them but it's not in my area. |
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Originally Posted by AgentMurdoc
i owe comcast money, so now I have DSL and I can't be happier :P
I am sure Comcast would even take a long payment plan rather than selling to a collection agency for pennies on the dollar. |
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Originally Posted by Jorsher
No, you get charged off. They might stop sending collectors, but it'll be remembered on your credit report.
No companies are perfect, and some areas are worse than others. Just depends on the management in that area and who they hire. I personally don't use them but it's not in my area. |
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Originally Posted by PhilStubbs
you may be right about that, but he will still be able to use comcast again soon either way
It's easy enough just to get it opened in someone else's name that lives in the house. |
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I didin't get a boost. I checked and checked. Same thing i had before
http://www.speedtest.net/result/280610173.png |
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lol i think my download speed got slower and my upload speed got faster :l
http://www.speedtest.net/result/280611418.png |
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i got a full mb/s faster. although, i dont have the dyno sheet to prove it
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my ---- slowed down a lot...
last time i did this, i was a good deal higher than that on the upload and about 15000 on the down. wtf plus the upload cant be right. it was at 2400+kb/s during the entire test, and then when it hit 100% it dropped to 1000+kb/s and then recorded that score. https://www.speedtest.net/result/280701223.png |
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:3
http://www.speedtest.net/result/280705834.png ...and now without uTorrent running http://www.speedtest.net/result/280863080.png |
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The network swap will not change your download speeds what so ever.
On cable when your modem initalizes it contacts it's host. The host looks up it's MAC address and sends an MD5 encrypted file to your cable modem. Said file contains your upload & download caps. If your modem is allowed to also be used as a basc router, and what priority your modem is on th line. Back in the day you could spoof the host mac address, upload your own encrypted file and run whatever your line could actually handle. If the modem lost power, was re-set or attempted t re-connect youd loose it. DSL works very similar, except all the programming is contained at the local server. Comcast is very good. If you want ---- try Charter. And DSL blows. It has short range, is far more affected alot more by interfferance, and is less reliable. It has a 30-40% latency advantage (80ms VS 110ms), but is not capible of more than 1/3 the actual bandwidth cable can run. |
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Originally Posted by Toysrme
The network swap will not change your download speeds what so ever.
On cable when your modem initalizes it contacts it's host. The host looks up it's MAC address and sends an MD5 encrypted file to your cable modem. Said file contains your upload & download caps. If your modem is allowed to also be used as a basc router, and what priority your modem is on th line. Back in the day you could spoof the host mac address, upload your own encrypted file and run whatever your line could actually handle. If the modem lost power, was re-set or attempted t re-connect youd loose it. DSL works very similar, except all the programming is contained at the local server. Comcast is very good. If you want ---- try Charter. And DSL blows. It has short range, is far more affected alot more by interfferance, and is less reliable. It has a 30-40% latency advantage (80ms VS 110ms), but is not capible of more than 1/3 the actual bandwidth cable can run. DSL does suck. My mother has it and it's max upload is 10-15kbps, down is 70-80kbps. Not to mention she's paying $70 a month. It's great to live in the sticks... I've had Comcast, Knology, and Mediacom. Mediacom was the only one that gave me trouble. |
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dsl upload is ALOT faster than cable..
so dsl is good for anyone who does web design or ---- like that |
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Originally Posted by buk9tp
dsl upload is ALOT faster than cable..
so dsl is good for anyone who does web design or ---- like that |
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Originally Posted by Toysrme
The network swap will not change your download speeds what so ever.
On cable when your modem initalizes it contacts it's host. The host looks up it's MAC address and sends an MD5 encrypted file to your cable modem. Said file contains your upload & download caps. If your modem is allowed to also be used as a basc router, and what priority your modem is on th line. Back in the day you could spoof the host mac address, upload your own encrypted file and run whatever your line could actually handle. If the modem lost power, was re-set or attempted t re-connect youd loose it. DSL works very similar, except all the programming is contained at the local server. Comcast is very good. If you want ---- try Charter. And DSL blows. It has short range, is far more affected alot more by interfferance, and is less reliable. It has a 30-40% latency advantage (80ms VS 110ms), but is not capible of more than 1/3 the actual bandwidth cable can run. You can still uncap today. You just have to have a 5100 and hardwire in a couple wires and you can reflash it. |
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Originally Posted by Random Hero
I remember doing that back in the day.
You can still uncap today. You just have to have a 5100 and hardwire in a couple wires and you can reflash it. I wish I was electronically inclined enough to have it flash just the speed caps after it's on, kinda like how the ram-editing cheat stuff (gameshark, etc) works. Just not sure if it's possible to flash while it's on. Usually, not. |
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Never had any problems a router/modem reset couldn't solve but i'm not impressed w/these #'s
http://www.speedtest.net/result/280858937.png |
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Originally Posted by Jorsher
Just not sure if it's possible to flash while it's on. Usually, not.
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ok, here is mine. its up a full mb/s from before i reset the modem
http://www.speedtest.net/result/280896834.png |
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Wireless through wrt54g i think before modem reset
https://www.speedtest.net/result/280899284.png After modem reset still on wireless, i should plug in ethernet and see how fast it really is, why does wireless make it so much slower! https://www.speedtest.net/result/280900188.png |
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Originally Posted by hatchboy
Wireless through wrt54g i think before modem reset
http://www.speedtest.net/result/280899284.png After modem reset still on wireless, i should plug in ethernet and see how fast it really is, why does wireless make it so much slower! Wireless shouldn't make it much slower. Latency might increase and if encryption is enabled the speed might be slower, but niether will cause a noticeable difference. If your network isn't encrypted, you probably have others using it. If you have other computers, see if they have programs running that use the connection, or if they have any malware. If the network is encrypted, computers are "clean" and not running p2p programs, wireless shouldn't make much of a difference. Also, linksys (and maybe some others) have the "keep connections alive" default at a pretty high amount of time. So every now and then you'll need to reset the modem to close them out. Or, get a custom firmware (like DD-WRT) or edit the settings...not sure if you can on oem firmware. http://www.speedtest.net/result/280900188.png |
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yea both laptops are clean, no malware or p2p.
it is encrypted so noone is on it, but there is a big difference when i connect through LAN, its weird. I also set my laptops to only connect through wireless-G instead of the other modes so it would force it to connect with wireless g |
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If its only wireless then I'd try a different channel, maybe something is causing interference.
Being on wireless alone shouldn't slow the connection noticeably though. |
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I guess I'm lucky, both my sons work for comcast and they are always upgrading my entertainment with new ----.
right now we are trying new phones. |
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