[Equip] Looking at getting service, what router would be supplied?
I have my 2 year promotion almost up with U-Verse and they don't seem very interested in keeping me as a customer. I was looking at Comcast and like their pricing on a 2 year promotion. My question is,...
View Articlearris tg862
Got the arris tg862. Installed and works fine. The xf preferred pkg. calls for performance tier speed, about 25Mbps. But when I tested the speed, I found that we now get 50Mbps. Looked at the bill and...
View Article[Signals] Are my signals ideal?
Hello everyone, im new to the site and have been searching ways of improving my connection. Im a gamer trying to get the edge on other gamers and connectivity is huge to me. Needless to say i feel like...
View Article[Connectivity] Slew of connection oddities - help, please
I have a wired connection: leased Arris WMB760a, Vonage adapter and desktop PC. My tier is Blast 50/10. Saturday was connection issues day from hades. Mid-morning walked by desktop to see a Windows...
View Article[Speed] hot signal due to being next to tap
I just moved and got my connection setup in my new place. The tech said that my line was too hot and put a 5 db two-way splitter on the line to fix the issue. Since my new place hasn't been connected...
View Article[CustSvc] Extra fees and taxes?
I'm currently a Comcast Customer with basic cable and internet blast plus service paying about $90 per month. I'm considering upgrading to get more channels and HD service however; I am concerned that...
View Article[Equip] More Approved Modems: Netgear CM500 / SMC D3CM1604 16x4 Channels
If anyone has any information about these modems, please post. They both seem to be modem only devices and I am assuming they're both 16x4. The SMC doesn't seem to be the V model which supports voice....
View Article[IPv6] Comcast approved device list
  I've been reading about the experiences of Comcast customers with devices on Comcast's approved device list (with the checkmark in the IPv6 column), and I've wondered.... what does the...
View Article[Firmware] TG862 New Firmware; Lost Status Pages
I rebooted TG862 this AM and got new firmware on TG862G HW ID 5 7.6.68H up from 7.6.59S Addition Seen on Gateway Pages (192.168.100.1): 1. A Bridge On/Off option on the Connection/Local IP Network Page...
View Article[Equip] Flakey DPC3939
I know I've heard others mention that bridge mode on the DPC3939 is unstable, but I can at least say mine stayed working fine for 12 days, then it took a dive last night. None of my network...
View Article[Connectivity] Wireless problem
I have a Zoom 5350 modem/router. I use this when in Florida with comcast. Last year all worked well, I had wired and wireless connectivity and decent speeds. This year when I arrived I called comcast...
View Article[Equip] Placing DPC3939 in bridged mode?
I recently moved to a town that doesn't have Verizon FioS so I switched providers to Comcast, and they gave me a Cisco DOCSIS 3.0 Voice Gateway Model "DPC3939". I have an Asus RT-N66U with Merlin's...
View Article[Bill] Internet Blast, Price Hike $48 more in two years 2014 and 2015
I was waiting for the famous speed increase note on my bill but nothing so far, instead what I found was another price hike for 2015. Blast will be $100 by 2020 My salary has not been increased in the...
View Article[Equip] Comcast automatically mailed me DOCSIS 3.0 modem I don't need
Got a letter from Comcast about 3 months back saying "you have DOCSIS 2.0, go to DOCSIS 3.0!" Picked up a Surfboard on Black Friday -- I installed it using the online "auto-activate" stuff last...
View Article[Speed] Speed issues after config update on SB6120
I currently have the 105Mbps package connected to my SB6120 and have always had speeds pretty close to that when using the variety of speed test sites available. On 12/1/14 around 2PM, the modem got an...
View Article[Connectivity] issues with upgrade
This will be long sorry; I upgraded to a TC8305C gateway when I upgraded to the 50Mps connection. Speed is good but I removed my old D-Link DIR-655 router and just used the comcast gateway. Problem my...
View Article[Connectivity] That Honeymoon Didn't Last Long - More Wifi Problems
The new modem worked somewhat ok - for a little while. Then it was back to mediocre or worse wifi on various devices around the house. So - instead of spending a lot of the rest of my life on the phone...
View Article[Caps] Data Caps in Illinois
I'm moving to Champaign-Urbana this week and I'm trying to pick a ISP. The first two choices are iTV3 which offers a gig for $80 and no caps but the problem it is not available everywhere; the second...
View ArticleContemplating making switch to Comcast HSI
Been a long time subscriber of Sonic DSL, but want more than the 6/1 they can offer. There has also been a lot of frustrating connectivity issues over the years and neither Sonic or AT&T can figure...
View ArticleHelp measure the global Internet!
Based in the U.S. and want to help measure the global Internet? There is a program called RIPE Atlas (see https://atlas.ripe.net/). It is run from the Netherlands at RIPE NCC, which is building the...
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