lowdownshame
join:2002-12-16
Bronx, NY
2 edits | [OOL] Boost is getting a free boost
i recieved this memo on the job this week and figured id share the info.
still no word on whether this will resolve any of the periodic evening slow-down issues throughout the system.
definitely seems as though CV is going chest to chest with verizons fios by going 30/5 |
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jpr281
join:2006-01-12
Shirley, NY | GREAT news.
I think I might actually make the switch to Boost after hearing this. |
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Tradewind
CV Noi Ka Oi
Premium
join:2005-11-08
Marlboro, NJ
 ·Optimum Online
1 edit | reply to lowdownshame
Always nice to get something extra at no cost. Will this do anything for download speeds? I really don't upload many files.
This does suggest we have FIOS to thank.
btw... I have never experienced any evening slowdowns or any for that matter since I went to Boost about 4 months ago. Perhaps my node is underutilized or I am just lucky. |
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dbmaven
There's no shortage
Premium,Mod
join:1999-10-26
Sty in Sky
clubs: | reply to lowdownshame
I will almost certainly upgrade to BOOST when this happens.
Thanks for the info.
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nydennis30
join:2003-08-11
Port Jefferson Station, NY | This would be a nice change and hopefully fixes some problems at night for me as well. I can do a speedtest and get 22 down one time and then do it again and get 6 down. :-( Upload usually goes about 1.5 1.6ish |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs: | reply to lowdownshame
I don't have Boost, and I don't live in NY state anymore but just out of curiosity, that memo doesn't mention upstate NY, like Orange, Dutchess counties. Will they not be getting this upgrade? |
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JaM4150
Premium
join:2005-10-27
Matamoras, PA
clubs:
 ·DIRECTV
·Charter Pipeline
 ·Verizon Online DSL
 ·T-Mobile US
·Optimum Online
| Orange County is usually rolled into all of NJ. It'll probably be like when a new channel is added. The new channel or in this case service upgrade occurs on the last day. I live in Matamoras, PA which shares a system with Warwick, NY and Montague, NJ. |
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rhard49
join:2001-04-12
Merrick, NY | reply to lowdownshame
there timing would be right FIOS just turned on merrick and I was about to switch. |
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nydennis30
join:2003-08-11
Port Jefferson Station, NY | I don't think FIOS will ever be availble for me in my part of Port Jefferson Station. :-( I have only one option for High Speed internet :-( |
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Chris123NT
join:2001-11-24
Nesconset, NY | reply to lowdownshame
5mbit on a DOCSIS system? Oh this is gonna be interesting.
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TheWiseGuy
Dog And Butterfly
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-04
Yonkers, NY | DOCSIS 2.0 supports 30+mbps upstream. Boost runs on DOCSIS 2.0.
»www.commsdesign.com/design_corne···617S0011 |
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Chris123NT
join:2001-11-24
Nesconset, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Whenever I ran Docsdiag on my modem running boost it awlays said:
DOCSIS Operating Mode: 1.1
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Irish Shark
Play Like A Champion Today
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-29
Las Vegas, NV
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As long as folks behave themselves, it should be OK.
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Thinkdiff
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
1 edit | reply to Chris123NT
said by Chris123NT  :Whenever I ran Docsdiag on my modem running boost it awlays said: DOCSIS Operating Mode: 1.1 Indeed:
said by My SB5100 :
DOCSIS operating mode = DOCSIS 1.1
DOCSIS capability = DOCSIS 2.0
DOCSIS operating as = DOCSIS 1.1
See below 
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TheWiseGuy
Dog And Butterfly
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-04
Yonkers, NY
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Yes it boots that way but switches to a 2.0 channel. This was discussed a while back. Here is one post on it, though I think there were others.
»Re: DOCSIS 2.0??
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LiberalKing
Intocable
Premium
join:2005-09-12
Bronx, NY | reply to lowdownshame
OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!
5MB UPLOAD |
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ace41690
join:2003-01-24
Northfield, CT
1 edit | reply to lowdownshame
I never can understand why they offer 30mb downstream, when docsis 2 supports a 40mb downstream, but the only a 5mb upstream when docsis 2 supports a 30mb? Why not make it 30/10 or 30/15, then they would be able to say the have SOMETHING over fios. |
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TheWiseGuy
Dog And Butterfly
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-04
Yonkers, NY
| reply to TheWiseGuy
I looked back at some other posts, it may be that they have been running at 10mbps on the upstream channels. I would assume though since Boost requires a Docsis 2.0 modem that they will run at 2.0 and above 10mbps as part of the upgrade but I have been wrong before.
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Thinkdiff
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
| said by TheWiseGuy :I looked back at some other posts, it may be that they have been running at 10mbps on the upstream channels. I would assume though since Boost requires a Docsis 2.0 modem that they will run at 2.0 and above 10mbps as part of the upgrade but I have been wrong before. I guess we'll know by tomorrow, right? According to the release, all of L.I. should be live then.
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sunny8294
Shqipe
join:2001-03-15
Localhost ;)
| reply to lowdownshame
Well, it is good to have something free atleast they are not charging to boost up the boost service. Now, I'd rather have the 2mbps upload speed with no caps than having 5 mbps of upload with caps on ports. But, good to see that atleast they are trying to keep their (can I say valued?) customers.
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