sharke
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Got a new modem...holy crap
I got sick of all my intermittent internet problems so finally managed to get it together to wait in for a Time Warner Cable technician. I'm supposed to get some kind of super-fast-nuclear-turbo speeds that TWC said everyone in NYC was upgraded to last year, but I'll be damned if I've seen them. And my connection keeps going down.
So the guy came this afternoon and immediately swapped out my 4 year old modem, which he said was outdated, and gave me a new one. He also told me that my habit of turning everything off at night had probably caused problems in my old box.
Anyway I just did the speed test, and I went from having around 20mbps download speeds to a whopping 120mbps. By my complex calculations that's a handsome SIX FOLD increase. Whoop de freakin' do!
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bapu
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/07/31 15:02:25
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Yup I went from 6 to 75 with Verizon. I can upgrade from 75 to 150 for like $15/mo.
Last night I download 17.5G in less than 30 minutes (did not time it but I know it was less than 30).
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BobF
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/07/31 15:19:18
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Make my 4Mbps seem ... like I'm in the boonies
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/07/31 16:53:25
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☄ Helpfulby gswitz 2015/08/02 10:55:50
I'm getting about 95 Mbps down and 12.6 Mbps up right now. I'm pretty happy with that. 
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/01 20:14:37
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Hi, http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4550167734 Not bad, compared to the Portland area that is much sturdier than the area across the river here in Vancouver. Over here, most of the wiring is not on the ground, and is a serious maze on the poles, and that tends to slow things down some.
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/01 20:24:58
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You think Vancouver, WA has a wiring problem? 
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/02 10:32:20
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gswitz
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/02 10:57:39
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I get 95 down and 5 up in Richmond, VA.
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/02 11:00:26
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gswitz
I get 95 down and 5 up in Richmond, VA.
95+5=100. Perfect score.
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jbow
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/02 11:14:06
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I know, right?
I upgraded to a new Netgear modem, I decided to just buy a TOTL instead of lease whatever they offer and I got a new router too, a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900. Things improved a LOT. I can stream outside on the rear deck. The front porch is iffy but the router is upstairs. Soon it will be moved downstairs and I'm getting an extra router just for my DAW (when I hook go online) to use an Ethernet cable. Now, wireless is almost instant with this router but Ethernet, heck.... things load almost before I hit the button, it's that fast. Comcast has the fastest and most reliable internet around here by far.
I'm glad you got fixed up!
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sharke
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/02 11:24:19
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The improvement I've noticed most of all is when streaming video on Amazon (or Netflix). For starters, I'm getting a much better, consistent picture quality. I think it was automatically downgrading me to 480p at times due to my dicey connection. Now everything is pin sharp and the audio sounds much better as well. Also, when I skip ahead or rewind, the change happens almost instantly whereas before we'd have to stare at this stupid spinning circle for about 15 seconds before it got the new location buffered. Sometimes I would reach for the mouse to skip the opening titles and my girlfriend would literally slap my hand because she knew that watching the titles was actually quicker than waiting for it to buffer when I skipped ahead. Now I can reach for that mouse without getting slapped so the new modem was worth it just for that.
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/02 11:28:14
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That's great... but you're in NYC. Shouldn't you be able to use a neighbor's internet? LOL...
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sharke
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/02 15:46:29
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I remember back when wifi was a new thing, nobody passworded their signal...a time of bandwidth freebies. Not any more.
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/03 10:33:54
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gswitz
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/03 13:54:58
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bapu
gswitz
I get 95 down and 5 up in Richmond, VA.
95+5=100. Perfect score.
It's a first ever for me! I'm going too print out out and scotch tape it to the mantel.
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bapu
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/03 14:19:24
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sharke,
I suspect this is better than getting a new crap that is a holy modem?
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craigb
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/03 15:13:21
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But how can you be sure that it's really modulating and demodulating? 
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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sharke
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/03 18:10:29
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They certainly don't modem like that any more!
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/03 19:07:36
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I'm getting 50ish download and 6-7 upload. I just bought a modem, router, Ooma device, antennae and a media pc. I've had it with paying Comcast $200+ a month. My phone number should be ported over to Ooma tomorrow and I'll give Comcast back their over priced rented gear. I'm blown away with the media pc solution, I'm loading music and pictures now. It's pretty intuitive, the picture quality is better with the antennae than it was with cable for local channels.
It was expensive getting started but the pay back will be less than a year and I'll have the above equipment to show for it. All said and done I should be paying under $60 a month for everything. The only thing I'll miss is ESPN but I can pay a lot of tabs at a sports bar for $140 a month.
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Re: Got a new modem...holy crap
2015/08/03 19:31:48
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Yeah - my system is CRAZY fast - all I have to do is START to type an email to my ex-wife, and BAM before I even finish the subject line, she is on the phone to me yelling about something I hadn't even THOUGHT of yet.
Technology - WOW! :)
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