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Originally posted by Kaimana
I hope this is true. But on their site it says Extreme is going to be 50/5. Unless there is more upgrades happening afterwards?
The new Extreme tier is going to be 50/5Mbps,
but existing Extreme tier subscribers will be bumped to 200Mbps/20Mbps, as long as your cable modem can support those speeds. For example, I'm also on the existing Extreme tier, but my modem can support only up to 100Mbps. If your modem supports only up to 100Mbps, then that's what you'll end up with.
There is only four authorized cable modems that can do over 100Mbps. Only one of them (Arris SB6183) is sold at Target.
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Originally posted by Kaimana
I hope this is true. But on their site it says Extreme is going to be 50/5. Unless there is more upgrades happening afterwards?
The new Extreme tier is going to be 50/5Mbps, but existing Extreme tier subscribers will be bumped to 200Mbps/20Mbps, as long as your cable modem can support those speeds. For example, I'm also on the existing Extreme tier, but my modem can support only up to 100Mbps. If your modem supports only up to 100Mbps, then that's what you'll end up with.
There is only four authorized cable modems that can do over 100Mbps. Only one of them (Arris SB6183) is sold at Target.
Not trying to be defensive or offensive, but how do you know this? I mean is there any where I can look to confirm this?
I only ask because you are getting my hopes way up. lol. I upload and stream videos all the time and this would really help me out.
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Originally posted by Kaimana
Not trying to be defensive or offensive, but how do you know this? I mean is there any where I can look to confirm this?
I only ask because you are getting my hopes way up. lol. I upload and stream videos all the time and this would really help me out.
The lighter shades on the diagrams on this web site show the current speed tiers.
The darker blue shades show that tier will convert over to when this upgrade is completed. Take note the current 30Mbps Extreme tier gets upgraded to 200Mbps, as long as your cable modem supports that speed.
If your modem supports up to 100Mbps, then that's what you'll end up with.
http://www.timewarnercable.com/en/enjoy/...ernet.html
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Originally posted by Kaimana
Not trying to be defensive or offensive, but how do you know this? I mean is there any where I can look to confirm this?
I only ask because you are getting my hopes way up. lol. I upload and stream videos all the time and this would really help me out.
The lighter shades on the diagrams on this web site show the current speed tiers.
The darker blue shades show that tier will convert over to when this upgrade is completed. Take note the current 30Mbps Extreme tier gets upgraded to 200Mbps, as long as your cable modem supports that speed.
If your modem supports up to 100Mbps, then that's what you'll end up with.
http://www.timewarnercable.com/en/enjoy/...ernet.html
Thanks for the info. You are the man.
It's weird on Time Warners website it says my modem is only up to 100Mbps but when I look up the modem on other sites they all say "With the CM820A, cable operators can offer data services at speeds greater than 300Mbps to their subscribers"
I wonder who's right?
Also why do they have this page up?
http://www.oceanic.com/internet/compare-plans/
Sorry for all this but I really love me some high speed internet.
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Originally posted by Kaimana
It's weird on Time Warners website it says my modem is only up to 100Mbps but when I look up the modem on other sites they all say "With the CM820A, cable operators can offer data services at speeds greater than 300Mbps to their subscribers"
I wonder who's right?
Also why do they have this page up? http://www.oceanic.com/internet/compare-plans/
This is a deal about the modem speed discrepancy. DOCSIS 3.0 modem use channel bonding to aggregate your overall upload and download speeds.
Each downstream channel has about 38Mbps (Upstream has 27Mbps). The theoretical max download for a 8 downstream channel cable modem is roughly about 320Mbps. However, each downstream and upstream channel is shared among the subscribers on your node, hence why the cable modems are rated a much lower downstream speed or upstream speed.
I checked Oceanic's website that you cited and that is new MAXX speed tiers. If you saw the older webpage, you'd see the difference that made evident on the TWC webpage I linked to.
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Originally posted by Kaimana
It's weird on Time Warners website it says my modem is only up to 100Mbps but when I look up the modem on other sites they all say "With the CM820A, cable operators can offer data services at speeds greater than 300Mbps to their subscribers"
I wonder who's right?
Also why do they have this page up? http://www.oceanic.com/internet/compare-plans/
This is a deal about the modem speed discrepancy. DOCSIS 3.0 modem use channel bonding to aggregate your overall upload and download speeds.
Each downstream channel has about 38Mbps (Upstream has 27Mbps). The theoretical max download for a 8 downstream channel cable modem is roughly about 320Mbps. However, each downstream and upstream channel is shared among the subscribers on your node, hence why the cable modems are rated a much lower downstream speed or upstream speed.
I checked Oceanic's website that you cited and that is new MAXX speed tiers. If you saw the older webpage, you'd see the difference that made evident on the TWC webpage I linked to.
Thanks a million man. You actually have explained all this better than the representatives in twc's chat.
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Thanks a million man. You actually have explained all this better than the representatives in twc's chat.
No problem. I'm happy that I was able to help you out with the intricacies of the upcoming upgrade. By the way, I checked your modem is on the authorized list and is rated up to 100Mbps.
I didn't realize Arris made a standalone cable modem of this model. Arris also makes a TG862 model, which has built in eMTA (Telephone), cable modem, WiFi, which I have for the eMTA portion.
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Aaron,
Thanks for the links. I wasn't aware an update was going to take place. I specifically purchased an Arris SB6141 from Target earlier this year because it was 3.0 compliant - the box and written materials state download speeds over 340 Mbps and uploads over 130. Yet, TW indicates only up to 100. I'm currently on an older 50 Mbps tier now so I'm not sure what it will upgrade to... A Speedtest.net test the other night was 62 down and over 6 up. So I won't know until the upgrade makes its way to Hamakua.
Regardless, to get the higher speeds your PC needs a 1-gig Ethernet adapter (wired) -- and if you use a router like I do, it will have to be a gig too. No one is likely to see these speeds on wifi.
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Originally posted by dan_c
Thanks for the links. I wasn't aware an update was going to take place. I specifically purchased an Arris SB6141 from Target earlier this year because it was 3.0 compliant - the box and written materials state download speeds over 340 Mbps and uploads over 130. Yet, TW indicates only up to 100. I'm currently on an older 50 Mbps tier now so I'm not sure what it will upgrade to... A Speedtest.net test the other night was 62 down and over 6 up. So I won't know until the upgrade makes its way to Hamakua.
The reason why there is a discrepancy in the speeds is for this reason. Each downstream channel is allocated about 40Mbps. For a eight bonded channel modem that is about 320Mbps. Each of those channels are shared among the subscribers on your node, hence why the SB6141 is limited to 100Mbps.
Your speed will likely double to 100Mbps/10Mbps based upon the speed tier changes and the modem that you have.
The Hamakua area is serviced by the Hilo CMTS, so you'll probably see this upgrade during the week of August 25th.
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I wonder if this will mean Aloha Broadband will be increasing speeds. They really need to to compete with Exceed. Seems everyone down my way is switching and new customers are going with Exceed too.
