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DragonLord

23:00

speedtest.net/my-result/4756805771

Hennes

I forgot all about it. It was from my tax-office time (2004-ish)

oldmud0

Wow time warner?

DragonLord

Yeah. This is their cheapest service.

Miles away from Verizon's crappy DSL nonetheless.

oldmud0

They actually did a big upgrade in my city, because it's one of the points that Google Fiber is going to roll out

DragonLord

We got the TWC Maxx upgrades here in New York.

What's the highest speed offered in your area?

oldmud0

23:02

did they do maxx in most cities?

DragonLord

It used to be 2 Mbps for the same rate.

Not yet. New York City was one of the first regions to get Maxx.

oldmud0

300/20

Don't ask how you get that over copper

DragonLord

That's the highest Maxx tier.

@oldmud0 Two words: Channel bonding.

DOCSIS

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS /ˈdɒksɪs/) is an international telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-bandwidth data transfer to an existing cable TV (CATV) system. It is employed by many cable television operators to provide Internet access (see cable Internet) over their existing hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) infrastructure. The various standards are sometimes abbreviated to Dx, as in a "D3 modem" (DOCSIS 3 modem). == HistoryEdit == DOCSIS was developed by CableLabs and contributing companies, including 3Com, ARRIS, BigBand Networks, Broadcom, Cisco...

Transfer data over multiple cable channels on the coax and you've got a lot more bandwidth than you think.

oldmud0

Without adding an extra cable?

DragonLord

Surprisingly enough, this house's old coax is providing very good signals on the cable modem.

oldmud0

23:06

Soooo how will Google Fiber set up lines without going underground?

DragonLord

I'm getting 39 dB SNR on all the downstream channels.

oldmud0

Just use utility poles?

DragonLord

Upstream is 43-44 dB.

oldmud0

I have a weak downstream 1

13572775 uncorrectables

But if the internet ain't broke why even bother fixing it

DragonLord

The modem we have (Arris SURFboard SB6141) can handle 8 downstream channels and 4 upstream channels.

The more advanced SB6183 can do 16 downstream channels for even higher speeds, although the SB6141 will suffice for speeds up to 100 Mbps on TWC service.