[TriLUG] New TimeWarner speed increase?

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

...probably TW's "powerboost" crap. Increase of download speed for the first 30-ish seconds, then you're back at your cap.

Called TW the other day to inquire about supportability for the SB6120 (Motorola SURFboard eXtreme Broadband Cable Modem). 

◦Blazing-fast 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet connectivity
◦Supports IPv4 and IPv6
◦Data speeds of more than 100 Mbps
For both upstream and downstream channels, with speeds up to 150 Mbps (as supported by your cable service provider).
Integrated DOCSIS 3.0 technology
Backwards compatible with existing DOCSIS 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 systems.

I have TW for my voice (currently trying to find a good alternative that's easy enough to maintain my non-technical .wife is able to handle maintenance on it). Unfortunately, if you have a TW voice cable modem, then you're SOL ...the voice equivalent of this is not supported yet (at least that's what they told me).

Eric

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From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Ronald Kelley
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:09 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] New TimeWarner speed increase?

Funny you say that.  I switched out a 3yr old Linksys home router for an ASA5505 and immediately saw the increase.  Not sure if the increase was from the new firewall or power cycling the cable modem...

-Ron



On Dec 30, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Michael Kimsal wrote:

> I hit 'send' too early.  I was able to get much higher (20mb)
> sustained until my wireless router went kaputz.  I switched back to
> the old one, and I'm back to being able to get around 5ish.
> 
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Ronald Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Reggie,
>> 
>> It appears this is just a burst rate for a few seconds.  Using "curl", I was able to get 2150Kbps for about 5-8secs then a sustained rate of 821KBps for the remainder of the download.  If I start multiple download instances, I get a combined max 821Kbps - so it appears the line is really capped at 821Kbps.
>> 
>> 2150Kbps for 10secs is excellent compared to 7Mbps I used to get.
>> 
>> 
>> -Ron
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 30, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Reginald Reed wrote:
>> 
>>> Ron,
>>> 
>>> One of my friends that lives in Fuquay has been getting that level of speed
>>> for a few months now.  Can you get a sustained 20+Mbps with a large download
>>> (e.g. Linux DVD ISO or similar)?
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Ronald Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Has anyone else noticed a significant increase in TimeWarner speeds lately?
>>>> I replaced my aging firewall the other day and had to power off my cable
>>>> modem for a short time while.  After getting the new unit installed
>>>> (ASA5505), I ran a quick speed test (www.speedtest.net) and found I was
>>>> getting a whopping 21.25Mbps down and .36Mb/sec up.  I live in Apex.<http://www.trilug.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions>
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>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -Ron
>> rkelleyrtp at gmail.com
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Thanks,

-Ron
rkelleyrtp at gmail.com

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