Speedjunkie
@cox.net
| [NV] Cox HSI Las Vegas NOW w/Docsis 3
Well came home tonight to see the blue light on my Motorola SB6120. Ran a speed test with Cox's internal testing site and I'm getting a reported 88Mbps available bandwidth and able to run the speed test at over 70Mbps.  |
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madden2k5
join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA | Well it must be nice to come home to bonded channels, and super fast speeds  . |
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Speedjunkie
@cox.net
| My girlfriend had been complaining of intermittent outages all day so I came home fully expecting to do the customer service tango but instead I saw this |
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eric89074
join:2004-08-13
Henderson, NV | Have you tried downloading a large file to see if real world speeds improved? I may just have to go buy a Docsis 3 modem. |
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Speedjunkie
@cox.net
| Yep, the speed increase is real. I wandered over to microsoft.com and grabbed some stuff. IE8, 16.1 MB came down in a second or two, showed 16.1 MB per second for the instant the download meter flashed on the screen.
I also grabbed the 316 MB download of XP SP3; that only took about a minute to download  |
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coxuserlv
join:2009-05-11
Las Vegas, NV
| reply to Speedjunkie
That's the reason why we had a network outage last night. A cox technician had to come in our house move the modem to another room were there's no cable tv connection. The he installed my modem and router on that room. Which sucks because right now I'm using wireless connection. I have linksys cm100 can i get the same speed results that you guys got? |
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lvhsiuser
@cox.net | reply to Speedjunkie
OP...What tier do you have here in las vegas?
If I go with a sb6120 on the premier tier will I finally get over 15mbs? |
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Speedjunkie
@cox.net
| I'm on the Premier tier. We're located in Green Valley; no idea if the rollout is valley wide or how soon it will be at this point. There's no other news available anywhere regarding this, at least as of last night. I'm guessing it's just in the testing phase and it won't be long before they offer the increased speed at an equivalent increase in price. |
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eric89074
join:2004-08-13
Henderson, NV | reply to Speedjunkie
Just got an sb6120 and I'm still at the regular premier speeds. Oh well  |
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Speedjunkie
@cox.net | I'm sure they're upgrading the nodes a few at a time. They probably don't have the ability to reconfigure the entire network at once. |
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eric89074
join:2004-08-13
Henderson, NV | reply to Speedjunkie
I'm on green valley pkwy and horizon ridge. I hope we're upgraded soon; those speeds are surreal. |
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eric89074
join:2004-08-13
Henderson, NV | Also forgot to mention, the receive light on the modem is blue indicating channel bonding. |
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ZoSo925
join:2009-11-05
Las Vegas, NV
| reply to Speedjunkie
Yea Im getting these insane speeds too, noticed it just this week, living in 89102 - Desert Inn / Decatur area.
I got the new Motorola Surfboard Extreme picked up from Fry's about 2 months ago. Cost about $99
The other day I almost broke 100 during the test 
»www.speedtest.net/result/609080508.png
My whole network is Gigabit Router/Switch and all using 550MHz CAT6 cables from Fry's. Even the Motorola Modem has Gigabit connection. |
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Speedjunkie
@cox.net
| Nice! I think I'm getting bound up by my router. Everything here is GB switched with the exception of the LAN port on the router which is still 100 mbit. Who ever though that would be an issue
I bought the same modem at Frys around the same time when my Webstar POS died. I figured I might as well spring for the extra money since D3 would get here sooner or later  |
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almex
Premium
join:2001-09-18
Henderson, NV
clubs:
 ·Cox HSI
| reply to ZoSo925
said by ZoSo925  :I got the new Motorola Surfboard Extreme picked up from Fry's about 2 months ago. Cost about $99 What about those of us with Cox telephone service? They have me running everything through a big clunky SBV5222. Are there any DOCSIS 3 versions with voice capabilities?
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"Careful, we don't want to learn from this!" --Calvin & Hobbes |
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ZoSo925
join:2009-11-05
Las Vegas, NV
1 edit | The Telephone Modem is only DOCSIS 1.5 or 2.0...etc. You'll have to purchase a seperate DOCSIS 3.0 modem and just use that for your internet.
There arent any VIOP Telephone modems that I know of that are 3.0 and would be very expensive or not supported by Cox.
You are basically getting that VOIP modem for free because of your phone service. Just get the Motorola modem, then call up Cox and tell them you want to provision the new Modem for Internet and you are all set. Keep the existing VOIP modem for just your telephone.
Edit: To save headaches and double trip back to Fry's, NEVER EVER purchase any modems form Fry's with an Orange sticker on it.
Basically, that modem was once used and returned and the serial number is registered with Cox. There is no way in hell Cox will add that modem to your account. You'll be forced to go back to Fry's and exchange it for new Modem. |
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namida12
join:2004-10-30
Las Vegas, NV
·Cox HSI
| reply to Speedjunkie
Today is the 8th are these amazing reported Internet speeds holding in the Vegas Valley?
Looking in DSLreports speed testing archives I do not find anyone has posted or recorded these type of results... Could someone run a flash and java test? Remember the archives let others see your three fastest speed test archive. The archives tests are valuable research for people inside and outside the area...
»/archive/?zip=···t=Search
or
»/archive/?zip=···t=Search
JR |
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almex
Premium
join:2001-09-18
Henderson, NV
clubs:
·Cox HSI
| reply to ZoSo925
said by ZoSo925 :You are basically getting that VOIP modem for free because of your phone service. Just get the Motorola modem, then call up Cox and tell them you want to provision the new Modem for Internet and you are all set. Keep the existing VOIP modem for just your telephone. To clarify: I would need to run both modems if I choose to go with the 6120? Is that even possible? If that's the case, my other problem is that since I don't have Cox Digital Cable, I would need a tech to come out to wire up another coax outlet for me.
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madden2k5
join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA
·Cox HSI
| Yes you would need two modems for both phone and internet, they will just use there modem for VOIP only, and your 6120 just for internet. All you need if your in the same room with both phone and internet, is a splitter, and two short pieces of cable to run to both modems. |
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Ikyuao
Pro. debian Linux
join:2007-02-26
Wichita, KS
·Cox HSI
| two cable modem is unnecessary, if one cable modem has voice port been embedded included then it is unnecessary to have two cable modem to run at the same time, unless you would wanted to run two cable modems to run a two the internet connections...
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