[Other] Ripe Atlas Probe
Anyone out there still using them? I was looking at their page today and saw they have a new device, the Anchor. It has a few more test features. All these credits are just piling up..
View Article[Firmware] New Netgear CM1000 firmware
FYI - A new version of CM1000 firmware, V3.01.02, has been initially released by Netgear for a field soak before being made GA: https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31609929-
View Article[Other] Xfinity cablem modems just started calling home to google ?
Hi, newby to this forum. I like to think I'm a bit of a geek and I like my privacy. I also like to think my system is fairly well instrumented so a couple days ago when I saw part of the system...
View Article[Speed] New MB8600, speeds cut in half
I just upgraded from an MB7420 to an MB8600 and saw my speeds go from ~250/30 to ~70/30 instantly. Everything looks provisioned correctly (d11_m_mb8600_extreme250_c01.cm). Below are the relevant mac...
View Article[Price] Comcast Price Adjustments for Broward/Miami-Dade
Wasn't sure if this has already been posted, but in the most recent bill, Comcast is notifying Broward and Miami-Dade county customers of price adjustments effective January 2018. Of course there is an...
View Articlet3 timeouts
6183 modem,as of now I have 40 days uptime with no uncorrectables on any channel,today I look at the logs and I see this message 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel...
View Article[Plan] changing plans under contract
I'm in a two year contract and wan't to change my plan. I have a double play now with lots of channels that I don't watch and does not include HBO. I would prefer a lower double play plan that includes...
View ArticleAtlas probe messing up network
A few weeks ago I started having really odd issues on my network, couldn't figure out what was causing it... rebuilt my network from the ground up and everything seemed ok... but had my atlas probe...
View Articlerouting issue, high latency
I'm in Seattle, server is located in Bellevue, latency use to be 10-20ms. 1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms router.asus.com [192.168.50.1] 2 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 96.120.102.141 3 13 ms 11 ms 20 ms...
View Article[Other] Huge amount of upstream traffic
Recently I noticed that my internet usage is double what it has been. And whats really strange is that most of the usage is upstream, not downstream and occurring in the middle of the night! What could...
View ArticleMotorola MB8600 Speed loss
I've read many reports of significant spead loss below the paid speeds. However, renting a modem from Comcast on a BlastPro plan I've been receiving 245/12 on most speedtests. As soon as I switched to...
View Article[Other] Happy Holidays!!
[att=1] Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, happy holidays to those who observe one around this time of year. May your codewords be unerrored and your chipsets be non-laggy! :D :D :D (btw, that...
View Article[Firmware] comcast pushed an update to my TM822R just now
Thought the modem was going bonkers, then saw in the event log it was receiving a SW update file. Just finished updating to the following. Firmware Name: TS0901103M2Y_071817_MODEL_7_8_PC20_CT Firmware...
View Article[Connectivity] Connection drops two to three times per week
Happy Holiday! I'm hoping someone has time to grant a Christmas wish this year and finally solve our internet woes! 1.) Belvidere, IL 2.) Our connection has been inconsistent for years. Finally trying...
View Article[Activate] Comcast Xfinity Refusal to Activate SB6141
Comcast's modem activation system and several reps would not activate my perfectly good modem. They gave a nonsense story about it being active on another account. After several days and many calls to...
View Article[Other] Xfinity cablem modems just started calling home to google ?
Hi, newby to this forum. I like to think I'm a bit of a geek and I like my privacy. I also like to think my system is fairly well instrumented so a couple days ago when I saw part of the system...
View ArticleMotorola 8600 low snr on OFDM & too many corrected errors
Currently I have 60/5(down/up). I'm getting advertise speeds. But should I be concerned with high corrected errors and low SNR on OFDM channel.
View Article[Equip] MB8600 Incompatible ...
... with Blast out of Stuart, Florida. Lost sync every hour or so, logged hundreds of non-correctable packets per hour on all channels, and had excessive buffer bloat when directly connected to PC....
View Article[Connectivity] recently moved checking to see if connections look good
Hi there, I've recently moved over the last week to a new house and before setting anything up of my own. There is the coax cable leading from outside into our basement which leads into a 4 output...
View Article[Speed] Any body else seen this version of Comcast's speed claim?
With all the claims of doubling download speeds I've seen from Comcast this year, this is the closest to an honest one yet. They actually admit it only applies to "one of our popular plans" rather...
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