Comcast just doubled my speed... Update!

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Quixfire

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at no addition costs. :)

Current speed > 2974 kbps down, 248 kbps up

New Updated Speed > Speedtest

Doesn't look like much of a gain or I already received the upgrade before today. Either way I take 3 mbps over 1.5mbps anyday.
 
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nodoubts2k

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Verizon would double my speed, but noo i have to live outside the enhanced speed area office thingy
 
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Anubis

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thats sweet comcast here is 1.5 still for 40$/mo

when i had it installed at my friends house they said the 3.0 line was 100$ a month. that woudl be sweet if they got a free upgrade

luckily my RR line in NY has always been 2.5 and now its 3
 
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WW

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yeah, if you read some of the conversation at broadbandreports, the list is only a rough guide...comcast is late in a lot of markets (no surprise there), early in some, some markets left off the memo, etc...

still I'm surprised they are increasing the speed without raising the price...I guess they are fighting the cheaper dsl offers with higher speeds.

 
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Electric Amish

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Originally posted by: WW
yeah, if you read some of the conversation at broadbandreports, the list is only a rough guide...comcast is late in a lot of markets (no surprise there), early in some, some markets left off the memo, etc...

still I'm surprised they are increasing the speed without raising the price...I guess they are fighting the cheaper dsl offers with higher speeds.
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They did raise the price $5. They just didn't specify that is was for increased speed.
 
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dxkj

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Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: WW
yeah, if you read some of the conversation at broadbandreports, the list is only a rough guide...comcast is late in a lot of markets (no surprise there), early in some, some markets left off the memo, etc...

still I'm surprised they are increasing the speed without raising the price...I guess they are fighting the cheaper dsl offers with higher speeds.
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They did raise the price $5. They just didn't specify that is was for increased speed.
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really? Im still getting it for 19.99 a month
 
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Parrotheader

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Charter's doing the same thing where I live. Our free upgrade lasts until March I think. What's funny is that I hadn't even really noticed until they sent me a snail mail notification (I never check my Charter e-mail.) I was paying for their basic service 384/128 and am quite happy with it since I usually get a good bit more than that anyway (around ~550/128.) But I hadn't even noticed that my speed is now 2000/128 until they told me. :D For webbrowsing and even gaming I hadn't noticed a difference.
 
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WW

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Originally posted by: Rallispec
WTF!

i'm only getting 638kbps down here with comcast in northern va. :|
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have you tried some of the cable modem tweaks? at broadbandreports and elsewhere? what operating system?

when I was first hooked up a few years, I had similar speeds 600-700kbps, then applied the tweaks and was right up to 1.5Mbps....(then 1.8Mbps when comcast upped the limit)..

or maybe your node is too heavily loaded, and you can't do much about that....or maybe it's a line thing, I'd have them take a look.

Check the speed test archives (also on broadbandreports) for your zip code, does anyone have 1.5Mbps?
 
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Electric Amish

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Originally posted by: dxkj
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: WW
yeah, if you read some of the conversation at broadbandreports, the list is only a rough guide...comcast is late in a lot of markets (no surprise there), early in some, some markets left off the memo, etc...

still I'm surprised they are increasing the speed without raising the price...I guess they are fighting the cheaper dsl offers with higher speeds.
Click to expand...

They did raise the price $5. They just didn't specify that is was for increased speed.
Click to expand...

really? Im still getting it for 19.99 a month
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Mine's $55/mo...
 
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Muadib

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Originally posted by: Electric Amish
I rebooted my modem and am still stuck at 1.5mb in SLC, even though that site says 11/01/03... :(
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Same for me in north NJ.:disgust:
 
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Quixfire

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Originally posted by: dxkj
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: WW
yeah, if you read some of the conversation at broadbandreports, the list is only a rough guide...comcast is late in a lot of markets (no surprise there), early in some, some markets left off the memo, etc...

still I'm surprised they are increasing the speed without raising the price...I guess they are fighting the cheaper dsl offers with higher speeds.
Click to expand...

They did raise the price $5. They just didn't specify that is was for increased speed.
Click to expand...

really? Im still getting it for 19.99 a month
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Same here, only $19.99 a month.
 
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brtspears2

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Charter upgraded everyone in my area. Bad idea, not enough bandwidth for all. All I get now is packet loss.
 
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CraigRT

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my cable more than doubled in speed (the way it used to be a few years ago) recently... thankfully i got the speed back i WAS paying for. :)
 
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Vic

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Comcast... oh yeah... let's see. I did a speed test last night... 800kbps
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And I got my latest bill from them yesterday too. I recently ordered the Speed channel (along with some others), which normally costs $5.99 extra per month. The CSR told me (on her own) when I ordered that I would get the first 4 months of that service for free. Unfortunately my bill did not reflect that, they were charging me full price. So I called their customer service last night and found out the original CSR lied to me. :disgust::|

I'm seriously thinking right now that it's time to get the dish and DSL...
 
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MDE

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Originally posted by: Rubicante
December 15... One more reason winter break can't come soon enough...
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I'm stuck between 150-200 Kbs downloads. Anyone else around Chicago having trouble with their speed? I was getting 1.5 Mbps+ last week.
 
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