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« on: February 14, 2006, 10:10:24 PM » |
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I heard road runner is increasing its standard package to 10MB dl 1MB UL at no additional charge to compete with fios they are soon to advertise they are doubling the speed. I think its about time b/c when I increased my speed to the premium package they just changed the settings in the modem and thats it I felt I was already paying for that service being they cannot regulate the signal to my residence only change the locked settings on the modem and was wondering if I bought my own modem could I make these changes and increase my speed being the cost of my digital package jumped from 75.00mo to 160.00mo and need the increase to host games on xbox..............Thanks, Da Wrench
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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2006, 10:24:30 PM » |
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Usually your isp will cap your modem at their end not yours
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« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2006, 06:36:32 AM » |
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Did you read an article about this? Who did you hear this from?
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dawrench
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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2006, 01:18:24 PM » |
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Usually your isp will cap your modem at their end not yours - The brighthouse tech recently advised there was no way to regulate the signal except by changing the configuration in the modem and thats why the modem is locked. He advised the signal is split at the ped close to my residence which also supplies 7 of my neighbors and the isp does not have a straight line in which they could increase the signal.
Did you read an article about this? Who did you hear this from? - their parent news company baynews 9 is advertising the speed will double at no additonal charge
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« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2006, 01:55:23 PM » |
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this is great news for me and alot of others, im dying for higher upload speed, dl is not bad now but ill take the dl of course, can anyone prove this is true, source  if it is ill live till it comes, hopefully soon  |
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dawrench
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« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2006, 02:21:27 PM » |
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okay i called time warner / brighthouse and they confirmed the speeds will increase for regular service to 7mb dl and 1mb ul.... i forgot to ask the date this would change but its good news to me because i am already running 6mb dl but my upload is poor 30 kb 1/2 mb or less.......... so its has been confirmed
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« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2006, 02:49:58 PM » |
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Where are you located? Or is the going to be a nationwide upgrade?
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dawrench
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« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2006, 03:03:53 PM » |
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i think its nationwide b/c they advised it would be all parent companys of brighthouse
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« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2006, 03:05:42 PM » |
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where you live at dawrench
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« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2006, 03:06:13 PM » |
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Well I just called up my local office and there are no plans to upgrade  . |
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dawrench
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« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2006, 03:30:49 PM » |
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brock o1 private message where you live at
it first says 10mb, now your saying 7mb? what one do ya mean
why dont you call the time warner office in your area and they would be glad to give you all the details right now i have standard service and get 6mb dl and 1/2 mb ul if you look at my post when i called they advised the regular service would increase to 7mb dl and 512Kbps = 1mb ul ..........i just spoke with a tech who was working on my neighbors service and he advised there were alot of changes coming and he was not sure exactly what changes were being made but he was going to a meeting today that would advise their staff exactly what was going to change and when.....but im sure the increase will be different according to where u live b/c some areas do not have fiber optics in which my area does thats why i have 6mb dl where most people do not get over 5mb with their standard service but the post was to advise time warner was increasing speeds at no additional charge but u need tocall your local office for specs in your area.............da wrench
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« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2006, 03:34:32 PM » |
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umm why dont you just answer where you live..?
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dawrench
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« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2006, 03:45:49 PM » |
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i live in tampa florida
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« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2006, 04:06:11 PM » |
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as i live in indiana, i hope this is true, that would make me very happy as with the slow uploads, 384Kbps are very SLOW
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« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2006, 04:48:23 PM » |
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Hey, I live in central florida, and can testify to the fact that Road runner is upgrading, in my area, its standard package, at no extra charge. From 5 Mbps down, and 384 Kbps, to 7 Mbps, and 512 Kbps.... They also lowered the price of the premium service of 10 Mbps (upgraded from 8Mbps) to 59.95.....
NOTE: These are prices and changes for the central florida area... through bright house networks.
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« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2006, 04:52:15 PM » |
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Maybe it's just a brighthoust thing then, too bad.
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« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2006, 04:55:54 PM » |
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I forgot to mention, that the change in my area takes place as of March 1st
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« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2006, 04:56:39 PM » |
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good posts tomokatsu , welcome to the site
im calling brighthouse right to see whats up
Indiana
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« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2006, 04:59:45 PM » |
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Yeah, i've been around the site for a while, just haven't gotten around to posting.
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« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2006, 05:20:57 PM » |
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sorry just talked to some indian, which means he knows nothing and cant talk english = he doesnt know of any upgrade except one a month ago. LoL what one was that
sorry nothing i got was news. or at least relevant or amercain
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« Reply #20 on: February 15, 2006, 08:12:16 PM » |
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they said the upgrade would affect all time warner companys including brighthouse on the news.... but the brighthouse website does not advise of any changes yet......but im sure some areas will not offer due to the type of signal they provide.....
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« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2006, 03:01:04 PM » |
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dawrench - to put your earlier question to rest, the bandwidth allocated to your modem is conrolled by a bin file that is running on your modem as part of its firmware. the type of bin you have is controlled by the billing system in their office. so essentially if you want to use more bandwidth than most other people, youll have to pay more than most other people.
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« Reply #22 on: May 15, 2006, 12:10:34 PM » |
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any more news about this i am going to switch back to rr from Earthlink and i want to know if they have done any upgrades
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« Reply #23 on: May 15, 2006, 01:24:24 PM » |
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yes they have done upgrades, in different areas
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« Reply #24 on: May 15, 2006, 03:43:00 PM » |
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like what areas ? indiana  |
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« Reply #25 on: May 15, 2006, 03:53:51 PM » |
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look like any upgrades are comming twards SC?? I could use some more ul this 384 crap is just that; CRAP
an RR gets' enough of my $$ so the whole premium garbage is not an option lol
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« Reply #26 on: May 15, 2006, 08:30:32 PM » |
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i live in indiana, and i no upgrades anywhere in indiana as of now
supposedly upgrades are supposed to come to sc yes i read some where,not sure when
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« Reply #27 on: August 02, 2006, 10:14:22 PM » |
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Last Result: Download Speed: 8832 Kbps (1104 kB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 345 Kbps (43.1 kB/sec transfer rate) umm whats going on here 5000-384 normal umm edit that Last Result: Download Speed: 14246 Kbps (1780.8 kB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 350 Kbps (43.8 kB/sec transfer rate) lawl and another, must be an upgrade or something with the network, costant fast ones Last Result: Download Speed: 14246 Kbps (1780.8 kB/sec transfer rate)--- dang i copied the wrong result, it was 16something Upload Speed: 350 Kbps (43.8 kB/sec transfer rate) |
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« Reply #28 on: August 02, 2006, 10:23:59 PM » |
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Last Result: Download Speed: 8832 Kbps (1104 kB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 345 Kbps (43.1 kB/sec transfer rate) umm whats going on here 5000-384 normal umm edit that Last Result: Download Speed: 14246 Kbps (1780.8 kB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 350 Kbps (43.8 kB/sec transfer rate) lawl and another, must be an upgrade or something with the network, costant fast ones Last Result: Download Speed: 14246 Kbps (1780.8 kB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 350 Kbps (43.8 kB/sec transfer rate) try and download a large file from microsoft and see wat u get. Otherwise those are awesome speeds |
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« Reply #29 on: August 02, 2006, 10:28:46 PM » |
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wasnt to hot on the other dls
those results were with a 5000-384 setting on cablenut
i think imma go reset the modem.... hmmm
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« Reply #30 on: August 02, 2006, 10:35:08 PM » |
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i know you guys are gonna think this is cached but its not
something definitely going on with the network atm
Download Speed: 57275 Kbps (7159.4 kB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 226 Kbps (28.3 kB/sec transfer rate)
no google, no nothin
i goes from way higher than normal then back to normal
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« Reply #31 on: August 25, 2006, 02:58:10 PM » |
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Still doesn't seem like it can compete with verizon fios or optimum online, even if it does get faster. Currently paying $60 for very bad connection in the nyc area!
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« Reply #32 on: August 25, 2006, 02:59:57 PM » |
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like someone mentioned download a large file from microsoft.....
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Modulation:G.992.5 Annex M US 56
Sync Speed - Bandwidth (Up/Down) [Kbps/Kbps]: 2,589 / 24,514
True Speed - Download Speed: 24500 Kbps (3062.5 kB/sec ) Upload Speed: 2580 Kbps (322.5 kB/sec )
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« Reply #33 on: August 25, 2006, 03:00:19 PM » |
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and then post a screenshot
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Modulation:G.992.5 Annex M US 56
Sync Speed - Bandwidth (Up/Down) [Kbps/Kbps]: 2,589 / 24,514
True Speed - Download Speed: 24500 Kbps (3062.5 kB/sec ) Upload Speed: 2580 Kbps (322.5 kB/sec )
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« Reply #34 on: August 25, 2006, 03:14:06 PM » |
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like someone mentioned download a large file from microsoft.....
what large file? If you're referring to service pack 2, I have that. |
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