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Posted: 9/1/2015 4:31:31 PM EDT
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Comcast upgraded my modem for free this week. I went from 22 mbps download speed to 144 mbps.
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Posted: 9/1/2015 4:36:31 PM EDT
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Meanwhile myself and 50 neighboring households can't convince Comcast to run 2.5 more miles of cable to allow us to ditch shitty satellite internet I had that when I had a house built outside of Tucson. Builder said in May that the cable company was expected to lay their line by the end of September. When my house was complete the following March, no cable in sight... It was a year before I could get 1Mbit wireless (which sucked) and another year before I got DSL (which sucked less). 5 years and one move later, my property manager told me that the new tenant couldn't get DSL from the phone company... Mike |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 4:37:29 PM EDT
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wrong thread
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Posted: 9/1/2015 4:38:23 PM EDT
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Work internet. No cable on our street.
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Posted: 9/1/2015 4:43:14 PM EDT
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Swapped modems at the local Comcast store a few weeks ago
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:00:45 PM EDT
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ETA: jelly about that 5ms ping ^^^ Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Lol don't be...shit is locked down tighter than a virgin. Can't download ANYTHING... Need admin passwords even to get google chrome. Subnet...hook a brotha up with a workaround? 
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:31:58 PM EDT
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and at home
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:33:41 PM EDT
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The extra bandwidth is nice if you have teenagers who stream video instead of watching TV, but if you are dealing with a usage cap (Comcast at 300GB) it just means you can get to that cap a little quicker. The cable companies are actually doing a great job of improving speeds, but way behind the curve on metering. Those that do have metered service don't offer an unlimited residential tier, but have no metering on Commercial customers. You don't have to run a business to order commercial service, and the price isn't much more. That screws the company more than the customer, it puts them in a situation where there commercial techs are spending more of their time dealing with residential type issues that they aren't well prepared for. Comcast has admitted they only cap to make you pay more. It's not a throughput issue. Txl |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:48:42 PM EDT
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Thanks OP! I just tested my speed too! We must live close.
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Posted: 9/1/2015 9:13:43 PM EDT
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Lol don't be...shit is locked down tighter than a virgin. Can't download ANYTHING... Need admin passwords even to get google chrome. Subnet...hook a brotha up with a workaround? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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ETA: jelly about that 5ms ping ^^^ Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Lol don't be...shit is locked down tighter than a virgin. Can't download ANYTHING... Need admin passwords even to get google chrome. Subnet...hook a brotha up with a workaround? Unless the BIOS is locked down or something, put a Linux distro on a thumb drive.
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Posted: 9/2/2015 12:20:02 AM EDT
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I think it came to Austin, but I have not heard anything about it coming to Dallas. I wouldn't use it if it was free anyway. I'd sooner use AOL dialup over google-anything Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Google Fiber must be moving into your area. Nothing is free, they just want to keep you. I think it came to Austin, but I have not heard anything about it coming to Dallas. I wouldn't use it if it was free anyway. I'd sooner use AOL dialup over google-anything This was a grouchy response. Yes. I would use free Google Fiber over dialup, but I would do everything over a VPN.
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Posted: 9/2/2015 12:38:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Comcast has admitted they only cap to make you pay more. It's not a throughput issue. Txl Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The extra bandwidth is nice if you have teenagers who stream video instead of watching TV, but if you are dealing with a usage cap (Comcast at 300GB) it just means you can get to that cap a little quicker. The cable companies are actually doing a great job of improving speeds, but way behind the curve on metering. Those that do have metered service don't offer an unlimited residential tier, but have no metering on Commercial customers. You don't have to run a business to order commercial service, and the price isn't much more. That screws the company more than the customer, it puts them in a situation where there commercial techs are spending more of their time dealing with residential type issues that they aren't well prepared for. Comcast has admitted they only cap to make you pay more. It's not a throughput issue. Txl |
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