wfgarnett3
join:2002-05-22
Feasterville Trevose, PA | article
Can also read it here (no registration required)
»news.com.com/2061-12572_3-607849···ubj=news |
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bpx
join:2003-01-25
Saint Augustine, FL | No upgrade this year
I guess that means we wont be getting upgraded again this year like the previous years. |
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Tomek
Premium
join:2002-01-30
Brooklyn, NY | Priority
Does it in anyway relates to that network neutrality thing.
I assume only partner services will be offered boost. I don't think gentoo iso I'm downloading from swedish ftp server will get anything.
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jjoshua
Premium
join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ | Capped by modem?
I though that speeds were capped by the modem?
I guess that we'll all get higher caps and bandwidth will be managed somewhere else?
Managed QoS? |
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99664227
Heavily MODerated
Premium
join:2002-11-21
USA | ?
Why not just up your speeds Comcast instead of putting a half ass fix? FiOS in the long run will slowly start eating away at subs in all Comcast footprints, if FiOS is available.
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bpx
join:2003-01-25
Saint Augustine, FL | reply to 99664227
Re: ?
Exactly, that was what I was thinking, half assed. |
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ropeguru
Premium
join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
clubs:
 ·VOIPo
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Re: No upgrade this year
said by bpx  :I guess that means we wont be getting upgraded again this year like the previous years. Yeah, I was sooo looking forward to some more upload.. For what I do 768k would be a great combo with the 6Mb download.
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GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA
| How will the discern when it is needed?
"... will kick in when users are downloading films and other bandwidth sucking content (of the non-pirated flavor) ..."
How will they be able to tell when it is needed, and when it is legal? Is anyone wondering if this is only with prearrange 3rd entities like MovieStink? 
BTW, this isn't priortizing of traffic. They simply are opening the amount of available best-effort transmission. If someone else on your network leg is doing something else, your packets are treated no different from their packets. |
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GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA | reply to jjoshua
Re: Capped by modem?
Bandwidth is not a QoS. Traffic shaping is different from packet labeling for prioritizing. |
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jdjbuffalo
join:2004-01-17
Denver, CO | reply to GhostDoggy
Re: How will the discern when it is needed?
I bet its just for approved websites that they have a on list. They might even be asking for money in order to get on this list. |
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LeftOfSanity
join:2005-11-06
Felton, DE | reply to bpx
Re: No upgrade this year
Thats funny, I remember getting upgraded from 6 to 8 last year or so. Did you miss it? |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
 ·T-Mobile US
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: How will the discern when it is needed?
said by GhostDoggy :"... will kick in when users are downloading films and other bandwidth sucking content (of the non-pirated flavor) ..." How will they be able to tell when it is needed, and when it is legal? Is anyone wondering if this is only with prearrange 3rd entities like MovieStink? BTW, this isn't priortizing of traffic. They simply are opening the amount of available best-effort transmission. If someone else on your network leg is doing something else, your packets are treated no different from their packets. It is prioritization. They prioritize packets from certain providers, so that those packets will not only be ensured to get to you, but ensured to go faster also. A regular HTTP download from download.com may be capped at 6mbps still, but Comcast's preferred partner for downloads will get prioritized traffic that will get more throughput on comcast's network.
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chia
join:2003-12-20
Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to 99664227
Re: ?
Yup, seems like nothing more than a gimmick. A side benefit is that speed test results will be nicely skewed giving those unaware of the bursting false hope that they've been upgraded. Advantage Comcast and not the end user. |
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openmike
@208.17.x.x
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Re: How will the discern when it is needed?
Its not "preferred partners". it will be available for downloads in general. Alot of people have already been seeing this in the Comcast forums for months.
""and will kick in when users are downloading films and other bandwidth sucking content (of the non-pirated flavor). ""
The mod wrote that in general. It doesnt say anything like that in the article. |
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Chodite
join:2003-08-21 | Up to 20MB/sec bursts
I've heard bursts will be as high as 20MB/sec... and in some rare cases - even 30MB/sec. |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | How?
Are they setting the modem speed to 16mbit, then using some kind of prioritization system to limit all traffic to 8mbit unless your a paying partner? |
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Topmounter
Sent By Grocery Clerks
join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO | reply to LeftOfSanity
Re: No upgrade this year
Comcast here and I'm 8 down and .768 up.
I don't see a full 8 on downloads, but I do get 700+ kbps consistently on uploads.
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R4M0N
Brazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
join:2000-10-04
Glen Allen, VA | Cows fly too
"Customers won't be able to access Comcast's new speed boost if the network happens to be crammed, but the company says such occasions should be rare," says the article.
Riiiight.... |
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jjoshua
Premium
join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
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Re: Capped by modem?
said by GhostDoggy :Bandwidth is not a QoS. Traffic shaping is different from packet labeling for prioritizing. Still, the hard cap set by the modem would be raised and traffic would be managed by the network, no? |
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