28-07-2003, 14:14
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Wow
Holy ****. I don't mean to brag, but I was reading http://www.broadbandreports.com/ and noticed that they have a forum dedicated to my cable company. To my surprise it there was a number of active discussions, and one senior network administrator from Cogeco was hanging out there as well! He was talking to people (customers), asking for feedback on speeds and uptime, and in general letting the people know what Cogeco is up to. Anyways, before I tell you what he has been grinning about, here is a little history:
Cogeco's standard package used to be 2000/128, then 2000/384, then 2500/384, and then (at this time) 4000/320. The pro package, which is quite new, is 4000/640.
Back to the story, the guy wasn't about to give out details, but he said "something was up," in a sort of annoying way with a smirk on his face, obviously having fun with us because it is a surprise. People have been testing out the connection speeds, and reported a variety of different things. I myself was startled last week that I managed to break 500 kb/s on one modem and get 560 kb/s.
Well, it is now pretty "unofficial" that the cable company is raising the speed limit again, from 4 Mbps to 6 Mbps. It is unknown whether the upload speed will be changed. So in the next few weeks they will be doing test runs by putting people on 5 and 6 Mb lines.
What is their reason? Well, he says that they want to be 4X faster than DSL. Bell, the biggest DSL provider, instituted a 5 GB cap 6 months ago and is about 1 Mbps. After loosing probably half their customers (which switched to cable or other DSL), they realized they seriously messed up and as of August 1 the cap has been removed and the speed has been upped to 1.5 Mbps. Since the cable company wants to stay 4X faster than the DSL company, they have to raise their limits 4X from 4 to 6 Mbps.
eh.
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28-07-2003, 14:15
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28-07-2003, 14:38
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I'd like Kronass to move to Canada too  TAKE HIM! 
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28-07-2003, 14:40
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28-07-2003, 15:28
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*consumed by jealousy* 
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28-07-2003, 15:35
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But your posting times would mean 5 hours of peace in the morning LOL! 
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28-07-2003, 15:36
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28-07-2003, 19:37
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Originally posted by SMHarman
But your posting times would mean 5 hours of peace in the morning LOL!
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No they wouldn't. have you seen some of Kronas' posting times?
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28-07-2003, 20:04
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jerrek
Holy ****. I don't mean to brag, but I was reading http://www.broadbandreports.com/ and noticed that they have a forum dedicated to my cable company. To my surprise it there was a number of active discussions, and one senior network administrator from Cogeco was hanging out there as well! He was talking to people (customers), asking for feedback on speeds and uptime, and in general letting the people know what Cogeco is up to. Anyways, before I tell you what he has been grinning about, here is a little history:
Cogeco's standard package used to be 2000/128, then 2000/384, then 2500/384, and then (at this time) 4000/320. The pro package, which is quite new, is 4000/640.
Back to the story, the guy wasn't about to give out details, but he said "something was up," in a sort of annoying way with a smirk on his face, obviously having fun with us because it is a surprise. People have been testing out the connection speeds, and reported a variety of different things. I myself was startled last week that I managed to break 500 kb/s on one modem and get 560 kb/s.
Well, it is now pretty "unofficial" that the cable company is raising the speed limit again, from 4 Mbps to 6 Mbps. It is unknown whether the upload speed will be changed. So in the next few weeks they will be doing test runs by putting people on 5 and 6 Mb lines.
What is their reason? Well, he says that they want to be 4X faster than DSL. Bell, the biggest DSL provider, instituted a 5 GB cap 6 months ago and is about 1 Mbps. After loosing probably half their customers (which switched to cable or other DSL), they realized they seriously messed up and as of August 1 the cap has been removed and the speed has been upped to 1.5 Mbps. Since the cable company wants to stay 4X faster than the DSL company, they have to raise their limits 4X from 4 to 6 Mbps.
eh.
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29-07-2003, 08:38
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How is an individual thread entitled WOW off topic in Knapps Office.
The moving Kronas to Canada Fund, now thats off topic.
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29-07-2003, 08:48
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Well, its the first time I have seen the opening post in a thread described as off topic....
Especially since it is the post that DEFINES the topic lol...
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29-07-2003, 09:23
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Off Topic ? HTFlamin' hell is it off topic. The very first post defined it's topic. 
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01-08-2003, 17:48
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Well, look at this...
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/.../?query=cogeco
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Subscribers of Montreal-based Cogeco Cable Inc.'s broadband Internet service are being upgraded from 2 megabits per second to 3 Mbps, the company announced today.
The change affects those who subscribe to Cogeco's Standard High Speed Internet service.
The company said that it wants to continue providing its subscribers with a high-speed Internet service twice as fast as the digital subscriber line (DSL) high speed Internet service offered by Bell Canada's Sympatico, which uses phone lines.
Sympatico is currently wrapping up its own upgrade, which is moving most of its customers on High-Speed Internet service from 1 Mbps to 1.5 Mbps. The changeover is due to be finished by today, July 31.
Cogeco's new download speed will be operational in all areas served by Cogeco Cable by today as well. The company said it is not planning to alter the present cable structure.
"We believe this is the ideal way to continue providing our customers with high-quality service and pursue future development on a solid footing," Cogeco vice-president Ron Perrotta said.
Cogeco Cable is the second-largest cable system operator in both Ontario and QuÃÃâ€*’©bec, after Rogers Cable, and the fourth largest in Canada, with almost 1.4 million cabled households.
Its two-way broadband network provides mostly residential customers with analogue and digital video service and high-speed Internet services.
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Unfortunately this will not affect me, since I have the Professional package which is 4 Mbps / 640 Kbps. However, rumors have it that in a few weeks it will be officially upped to either 6, 7, or 8 Mbps. At this time, they're trying various configurations since I've managed to hit anything from 500 to 615 kb/s on some downloads.
/me makes love to Cogeco... [img]Download Failed (1)[/img]
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01-08-2003, 17:51
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jerrek
Well, look at this...
Unfortunately this will not affect me, since I have the Professional package which is 4 Mbps / 640 Kbps. However, rumors have it that in a few weeks it will be officially upped to either 6, 7, or 8 Mbps. At this time, they're trying various configurations since I've managed to hit anything from 500 to 615 kb/s on some downloads.
/me makes love to Cogeco... [img]Download Failed (1)[/img]
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damn now your just rubbing it in............
*really wants to move there now
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01-08-2003, 18:40
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Originally posted by kronas
damn now your just rubbing it in............
*really wants to move there now
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Please do.....
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