Mediacom To Offer New Speeds In September8Mbps tier to be nudged to 12Mbps... 02:15PM Friday Aug 07 2009 by Karl Bodetags: business · bandwidth · cable · MediacomTipped by IowaStudent  Cable operator Mediacom today issued their second quarter earnings, which note the company made $34.4 million, up from $20.9 million one year earlier, while revenue grew 4 percent to $364.5 million from $349.5 million. While the company lost 15,000 basic video subscribers on the quarter, Mediacom added 8,000 digital cable subscribers, 6,000 broadband subscribers and 8,000 VoIP subscribers. Of particular interest to Mediacom customers was the announcement that starting in September, users will see speed hikes. The company's 8Mbps tier will be bumped to 12Mbps downstream with 1Mbps upstream. The company's 10Mbps tier will be boosted to 15Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream.
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elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | Re: Not bad! so what about MAX?
were at 20/2 how about giving some more up? | |
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Anonymous
Premium
join:2004-06-01
IA | Re: Not bad! I'm sure that will go up, otherwise most MAX users will downgrade to 15/2. | |
| | | | jbond026
join:2008-03-31
Ames, IA
| Re: Not bad! maybe completely remove downstream modem caps for MAX customers like Cablevision Boost did. »Cablevision Boost: Completely Uncapped?
either way I think MAX speeds needs to go up some in order to make it worth the extra money. | |
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elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | Re: Not bad! id love to see MAX moved to DOCSIS3 but no idea when we would see that here im MO | |
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BAINCH
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2003-04-02
Middletown, NY
| said by Anonymous :I'm sure that will go up, otherwise most MAX users will downgrade to 15/2. Mediacom Online will be 12/1. VIP will be 15/1. Max will be 20/2 for now. | |
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Anonymous
Premium
join:2004-06-01
IA | Re: Not bad! I see, it's 15/1 not 15/2. Makes sense I guess. | |
| | | | | kirbyj2
join:2008-02-21
Fort Dodge, IA
| At first I was disappointed to see that VIP up speed isn't increasing. But then I realized I'd just be even more disappointed if it was increasing to 2 because I most likely wouldn't ever get it. I downgraded to VIP from Max last spring to save some money. When I was on Max I never got close to 2 up. Just barely over 1. Never had a problem with the down speed however. Always had right at 20, even during peak times (the benefit of living in the boonies). I sure miss the 20 down sometimes. Can't wait for the increase from 10 to 15. | |
| | | rick89
join:2003-12-10
Franklin, NC
| Node Splits with speed upgrade? All this speed is great, but are we going to see some node splits? Cause there's over half a dozen people who are already on overloaded cards. To really improve speeds they need channel bonding or node splits. Remember max (shared) bandwidth per cmts card is ~38mbps down by ~9mbps up. While downstream can be utilized with minor issues to most users, upstream utilization will cause havoc with pings, speeds up and down. | |
| | cyclone_z
join:2006-06-19
Ames, IA
 ·Qwest.net
| Re: Node Splits with speed upgrade? said by rick89 :All this speed is great, but are we going to see some node splits? Cause there's over half a dozen people who are already on overloaded cards. Yes, here in Ames there are often problems with overloaded nodes. Increasing maximum speeds without a bunch of node splits seems like it would just exacerbate the problem. | |
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BAINCH
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2003-04-02
Middletown, NY
| Re: Node Splits with speed upgrade? said by cyclone_z :said by rick89 :All this speed is great, but are we going to see some node splits? Cause there's over half a dozen people who are already on overloaded cards. Yes, here in Ames there are often problems with overloaded nodes. Increasing maximum speeds without a bunch of node splits seems like it would just exacerbate the problem. We have actually done quite a few port splits in Ames and other areas. If there is anyone with a specific issue please IM me your MacID. | |
| | | | jbond026
join:2008-03-31
Ames, IA | Re: Node Splits with speed upgrade? My speed was really bad in Ames during peak hours for the longest time but since about January Ive seen no problems and have been really happy with the service so I guess those port splits worked. | |
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BAINCH
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2003-04-02
Middletown, NY
| said by rick89 :All this speed is great, but are we going to see some node splits? Cause there's over half a dozen people who are already on overloaded cards. To really improve speeds they need channel bonding or node splits. Remember max (shared) bandwidth per cmts card is ~38mbps down by ~9mbps up. While downstream can be utilized with minor issues to most users, upstream utilization will cause havoc with pings, speeds up and down. Franklin, NC is not a Mediacom system. | |
| | | rick89
join:2003-12-10
Franklin, NC | Re: Node Splits with speed upgrade? Nope not anymore...well mediacom still provides the backend here til morris is ready. Im just putting my input in cause i enjoy helping people out | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | Token increases Because the provider knows for the mostpart it will go unused as to where with upload CAN be used.
meh
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| Ulmo
join:2005-09-22
San Jose, CA
 ·Comcast
·SONIC.NET
| Great compared to years ago, but lacking today. I'm at the tail end of being an early adopter of Comcast's Extreme, 50mbits/s inbound, 10 mbits/s outbound. I like it. It makes operating system and program and computer upgrades painless ... "Click", "Click", "Click", rather than download scheduling like before. The only slowdowns are when there's a bug somewhere, not in the Internet any more.
Sometimes I see gigabyte files come in at >5 megabytes a second. It's nice. Those I have to wait for, though --- definately more than a few seconds. Like in the three to four minute range! So not everything is instant.
But it all goes MUCH smoother than with the bottlenecked network the way it was before. Even the "long", "big" files are only seconds and minutes away.
Even the slow servers with big big big files like Directv On Demand (which we use constantly -- to those who don't know, Directv On Demand uses an Internet connection, e.g., in our case, Comcast) come in reasonably, and since that platform has mid-transfer playback capability, it basically means within a few dozen seconds of ordering, you're watching it, no interruptions or stutters. Full high def content in perfect end-end digital clarity MPEG4 AVC. Only 720p, but that's our set, so it matches perfectly. As good as any video I've seen on my computer.
Anyway, my point is that 50mbit/s download and 10mbit/s upload is a nice fit. Emails out, files in -- it all works great.
I live in California. California is having lots of government problems -- overturning fiscal and social responsibility measures in courts (like not funding illegal aliens and the like), out-of-control spending by government for things like daycare for lower-class children and adults (aka schools and prisons) fueled greatly by the same thing those overturned measures would have corrected for, super-high taxes for successful people and businesses (over 75%), etc.., so they're trying to shove us out of the state pretty hard. But looking at that "greater better" place, the rest of the country, you find deadly high-frozen-day-count places with services like Mediacom that can't even offer more than a 20mbit/s inbound service at present. Yes, it's only one step behind Comcast, but that's behind California, not ahead of it, that we're talking here. Not much of an incentive! Is life really that good in the frozen floodplains that we can eschew modern life? Is that because they in the slower areas sit at the table together for dinner, whereas the status quo in California is trying to push family members away from structured responsibility to each other? Perhaps I'm not seeing the full picture here.
In our mired mess, we have nothing better to do but use the I'net, so it damned well better work nice. Is that it? Or is it just that Mediacom sucks? Does it really matter?
In no way do I mean all of Mediacom; I am referring to its administrative motivations, of course.
BTW, I've been pretty quiet about Comcast lately. I haven't had much time to come to DSL Reports to be mad about bad Internet, because that's not a problem I currently have. So I'll mention it -- Comcast has been doing OK lately, and that means a lot coming from me. | |
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bp23
@myvzw.com
| Re: Great compared to years ago, but lacking today. They deinitely need to worry more about overloads instead of speed. In Indianapolis we get the speeds most of the time but afternoon/early evening is a nitemare. It is obviously an overload situation but they choose to ignore it. I am about to head to AT&T or Comcast business is available here. | |
| | | iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | Re: Great compared to years ago, but lacking today. Comcast business won't improve speeds over residential. You're still connected to the same node with the same cable. Have a friend in the Chicago area with Comcast biz class DOCSIS 3 and his node is overloaded. | |
| | | Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | New deployments? In the Mobile area Mediacom refuses to grow their plant. Many new neighborhoods are left with DSL as the only choice. Here is to hoping that they lose their franchise here sometime in the future. | |
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