| COMCAST USERS: Read this [message #225786] |
Mon, 09 October 2006 17:34  |
icedog90
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I believe I just received a scam that explains how Comcast upgraded to 12mbps. I was wondering if anyone here has also received this nonsense. Notice how it says that you have to restart your modem to get the new "operating software" (WHICH IS TOTALLY NONSENSE, being that modems don't use "operating software"). And there are a whole lot of other flaws in the letter, such as the email address being @cable.comcast.com instead of @comcast.com, and how there is no phone number provided. This is really confusing, because there isn't really any point in this letter except to make you restart your modem. Any ideas anyone?
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| Re: COMCAST USERS: Read this [message #225804 is a reply to message #225786] |
Mon, 09 October 2006 22:24  |
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Your cable modem downloads a configuration file when it syncs up with the network which contains, among other things, the cap on your bandwidth. My ISP just upgraded us to 12 mbits on the Premier plan, too.
I'm the bawss.
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| Re: COMCAST USERS: Read this [message #225839 is a reply to message #225786] |
Tue, 10 October 2006 02:45 |
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I had to replace our Cisco806 router with a Cisco2600. The 806 only had a 10Mb inteface (which was now a bottleneck for the 12Mb upgrade). Now the bits are really flying!
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File Size = 40706K
Total bytes received = 35569.1K (87.38%)
Current speed = 1879.29Kb/s, Average D/L speed = 1756.78Kb/s
Time remaining 3 seconds
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I'm quite happy with the speed. We are actually getting a bit better than 12Mb down and 1Mb up. Not as good as FIOS but it will do, especially since it's free (my employer pays for it).
You do have to reboot your cable modem, as your modem TFTP's its boot image which contains among other things, the provision rate aka speed cap.
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| Re: COMCAST USERS: Read this [message #225916 is a reply to message #225786] |
Tue, 10 October 2006 13:00 |
icedog90
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Weird. I guess the letter is just very oddly written, because it just seems really strange to me. I did restart my modem and router though and tried many different speed tests, and they all say I'm at 2.5mbps right now... which makes no sense, because I should be going at 4mbps at the very least. Maybe the servers for the speed tests I tried are just stupid. Anybody know a very good speed test?
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| Re: COMCAST USERS: Read this [message #225936 is a reply to message #225925] |
Tue, 10 October 2006 15:07 |
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| Nightma12 wrote on Tue, 10 October 2006 16:45 |
| light wrote on Tue, 10 October 2006 02:56 |
As above, when it turns on your router requests its maximum speed, which it then limits itself to. There's no real easy way to push new speeds out.
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so in theory you could edit your modem to remove the cap?
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There's software to do that.
Use at your own risk.
FUCK
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| Re: COMCAST USERS: Read this [message #225960 is a reply to message #225938] |
Tue, 10 October 2006 16:29 |
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| j_ball430 wrote on Wed, 11 October 2006 11:13 |
| Comrade wrote on Tue, 10 October 2006 18:07 |
| Nightma12 wrote on Tue, 10 October 2006 16:45 |
| light wrote on Tue, 10 October 2006 02:56 |
As above, when it turns on your router requests its maximum speed, which it then limits itself to. There's no real easy way to push new speeds out.
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so in theory you could edit your modem to remove the cap?
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There's software to do that.
Use at your own risk.
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Yeah, for some reason ISPs frown upon that.
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Yes it can be done, yes it breaks ToS, yes your ISP will find out, no you shouldn't do it.
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