[Speed] Northeast speed changes coming. - Comcast HSI

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Morac Cat god join:2001-08-30 Riverside, NJ kudos:1 Reviews: ·Comcast	reply to aguiar0016 Re: [Speed] Northeast speed changes coming. Anyone know if the upload speeds will match the new tier speeds? For example if I check the Comcast Shopping web site for my location it lists Blast as 30/6 with PowerBoost® (it's really 25/4), Extreme 50 as 50/15 and 105 as 105/20. Apparently Extreme 50 and 105 don't bother with PowerBoost® since it isn't mentioned for those two tiers. Does this mean that Blast will now be 50/15 and Extreme will be 105/20? -- The Comcast Disney Avatar has been retired.
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Chris 313 Come get some Premium join:2004-07-18 Houma, LA Reviews: ·Comcast ·AT&T U-Verse ·Comcast Digital ..	I would think so. It'd be stupid to do otherwise when all you have to do is send a file to modem that is known to already work (It'll be interesting to see how they do this file wise. Do they send us the Extreme 50 file for Blasters or do they alter the Blast file to 50/15 speeds?) It would also explain how they'd do their speeds: Standard would be 25/5 Blast: 50/15 Extreme 50 would now be 105/20 And Extreme 105 would go away, leaving room for a future Extreme 300 package or an upgrade for those that already have 105 at the 200 a month price point.
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Morac Cat god join:2001-08-30 Riverside, NJ kudos:1 Reviews: ·Comcast	said by Chris 313: Standard would be 25/5 Blast: 50/15 Extreme 50 would now be 105/20 And Extreme 105 would go away, leaving room for a future Extreme 300 package or an upgrade for those that already have 105 at the 200 a month price point. Nothing's been mentioned that states that the standard tier speeds would be increased (either here or in the radio commercial). As such they'd end up staying 16/2 (or whatever they currently are). -- The Comcast Disney Avatar has been retired.
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Chris 313 Come get some Premium join:2004-07-18 Houma, LA	Huh. That would be disappointing. But I'm a Blast user, so I wouldn't have to worry about that at the moment. Guess we'll just have to sit back and wait and see what they do, eh?
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aguiar0016 join:2006-01-23 New Bedford, MA	reply to gate1975mlm sweet gate1975mlm.
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TriForce join:2008-05-27 Chico, CA 1 edit	reply to aguiar0016 Sounds like Comcast is also getting ready to reveal their new 250Mbps tier. »Comcast Exploring 250 Mbps Service So: Blast = 50 Extreme = 105 Extreme2 = 250
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eco Premium join:2001-11-28 Wilmington, DE	reply to aguiar0016 I'm assuming Delaware is included in the Northeast for Comcast's purposes. I would find it hard to believe they wouldn't update their home market. Plus we have FiOS competition.
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EG The wings of love Premium join:2006-11-18 Union, NJ kudos:9	reply to TriForce said by TriForce: Sounds like Comcast is also getting ready to reveal their new 250Mbps tier. »Comcast Exploring 250 Mbps Service So: Blast = 50 Extreme = 105 Extreme2 = 250 FWIW, that article is from 2010 so who knows.. Things change in two years. Just sayin'.
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gar187er I do this for a living join:2006-06-24 Dover, DE kudos:4	reply to eco the NE division stretched from Delmarva all the way up to New England..... -- I'm better than you!
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netuser2010 join:2010-07-06	The question is: why would Comcast only make speed tier changes in the Northeast and leave the rest of their footprint on the current speed tiers?
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TriForce join:2008-05-27 Chico, CA Reviews: ·Comcast	said by netuser2010: The question is: why would Comcast only make speed tier changes in the Northeast and leave the rest of their footprint on the current speed tiers? They wouldn't. This news first broke from someone working for CC in the NE then came the radio commercial from Philly. CC is based there so I guess they are phase 1. All D3 markets should be upgraded the same. Isn't Comcast pushing a national identity with a national channel lineup and speed tiers?
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Oedipus join:2005-05-09 kudos:1	reply to aguiar0016 If they plan on upgrading the 50/15 users to 105/20, then I guess the $250 fee to subscribe to the existing 105 tier was/is not actually necessary.
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netuser2010 join:2010-07-06	reply to TriForce said by TriForce: said by netuser2010: The question is: why would Comcast only make speed tier changes in the Northeast and leave the rest of their footprint on the current speed tiers? They wouldn't. This news first broke from someone working for CC in the NE then came the radio commercial from Philly. CC is based there so I guess they are phase 1. All D3 markets should be upgraded the same. Isn't Comcast pushing a national identity with a national channel lineup and speed tiers? That make sense. I guess those people in the other markets have something to look forward to, hopefully, the wait is not too long since we have Blast. 50 Mbps will be sweet!!!!
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eco Premium join:2001-11-28 Wilmington, DE	reply to gar187er said by gar187er: the NE division stretched from Delmarva all the way up to New England..... Good to hear. And I had been thinking about upgrading to the 105Mbps tier from my 50Mbps tier so this is perfect timing. Anyone know anything about when exactly we can expect it to happen? A week, two weeks, a month?
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whfsdude Premium join:2003-04-05 Washington, DC Reviews: ·T-Mobile US	reply to gar187er said by gar187er: the NE division stretched from Delmarva all the way up to New England..... "Kevin Casey serves as President of Comcast Cable’s Northeast Division. In this role, he is the senior executive responsible for the company’s operations from Maine to Virginia, serving nearly 8 million customers and employing more than 23,000 employees." »www.comcast.com/Corporate/About/···ect=true
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bball88 @comcast.net	reply to aguiar0016 Anyone have a D2 modem on Comcast 50 right now? What's the best sustained speed that you get? To me, that seems like the biggest hassle for Comcast.Not just updating a modem file, but having to physically replace all the D2 modems people are renting on Blast. I doubt they'll be kind enough to let people know they need to do it though (to fully utilize the 50 down).
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netuser2010 join:2010-07-06	reply to whfsdude said by whfsdude: said by gar187er: the NE division stretched from Delmarva all the way up to New England..... "Kevin Casey serves as President of Comcast Cable’s Northeast Division. In this role, he is the senior executive responsible for the company’s operations from Maine to Virginia, serving nearly 8 million customers and employing more than 23,000 employees." »www.comcast.com/Corporate/About/···ect=true It seems to be a stretch to consider Virginia in the Northeast, but I will be happy to get the speed tier upgrade sooner than later.
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iansltx join:2007-02-19 Golden, CO kudos:2 Reviews: ·Verizon Online DSL ·RoadRunner Cable ·Comcast	reply to bball88 Pretty sure Comcast has been handing out D3 modems for Blast for awhile now. My guess is that, these days, 25 mbps is about all you can get on the download side out of Blast, though on the upstream side a single channel has no problems hitting 20 Mbps (I've seen it before, pre-US-bonding).
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EG The wings of love Premium join:2006-11-18 Union, NJ kudos:9	reply to bball88 said by bball88 : Anyone have a D2 modem on Comcast 50 right now? What's the best sustained speed that you get? Technically, a single 256 QAM modulated, 6.4 MHz wide, 5.120 Msym/sec symbol rate downstream carrier can provide a real life throughput of 38.1 Mbps.
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whfsdude Premium join:2003-04-05 Washington, DC Reviews: ·T-Mobile US	reply to netuser2010 said by netuser2010: It seems to be a stretch to consider Virginia in the Northeast, but I will be happy to get the speed tier upgrade sooner than later. LOL! That was my thought too. I do think the Rappahannock River makes a much better Mason-Dixon line though.
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