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Nufy · 02-16-2009, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Ironhorse

I think I'm right in the zone:

And if I stay local, I get:

Thats about the same as I am getting in Deer Ridge....

What do we need to request again ????

Old Yeller · 02-16-2009, 10:38 AM

Does having the old modem matter? I've still got the old Cybersurfer.

Actually would having this ancient modem affect me in any negative way?

Nehkara · 02-16-2009, 11:14 AM

I have extreme and I am getting between 18 and 23 Mbps on repeated tests. Good job Shaw!!!

RW99 · 02-16-2009, 11:41 AM

Good old Shaw. My 'Extreme' in Banff doesn't have much on the DL.

Raekwon · 02-16-2009, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Nufy

Thats about the same as I am getting in Deer Ridge....

What do we need to request again ????

First try reseting the modem by unpluging it for 5 min and see if that does the trick for you

ken0042 · 02-16-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Nufy

Thats about the same as I am getting in Deer Ridge....

What do we need to request again ????

I think so. I did a temporary suspension of my Shaw account (lets me keep my email addresses while I move over to Telus.) However they somehow forgot to switch my modem off. I'm not using it, but I would think that they also wouldn't be sending upgrades to it either.

I'm getting about those same speeds just now when I connected to it again for a speed test. So I would say that you guys didn't get upgraded.

BlAcKNoVa · 02-16-2009, 12:15 PM

Sweet!

Vulcan · 02-16-2009, 02:31 PM

I've got regular high speed. Is this any good.

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You Need a Thneed · 02-16-2009, 02:55 PM

I unplugged the modem for 10 seconds, plugged it back in, and this is what I got:

Nufy · 02-16-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Raekwon

First try reseting the modem by unpluging it for 5 min and see if that does the trick for you

A little slower now actually...........

ikaris · 02-16-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Old Yeller

Does having the old modem matter? I've still got the old Cybersurfer.

Actually would having this ancient modem affect me in any negative way?

The new speed upgrade will not apply to the older network. In theory though I believe those modems are provisioned at 8Mbit downstream and 256k upstream.

If you are on a particular node with no (or very few) other cybersurfer users you could have probably acheived those speeds.

Anyways with the new speed upgrade on the DOCSIS technology (SB510x modems), you should probably switch over, and I think Shaw will let you do that for free.

DISCLAIMER: I do not work for Shaw.

Hack&Lube · 02-16-2009, 04:35 PM

on DSL reports, people say Calgary is a mess and much of the city isn't upgraded yet so don't worry about it. They don't even have much of the city switched over to DOCSIS 3. Shaw is scrambling to do too much at once and it's not going to happen for alot of people. It'll take another month maybe...

I would have liked to keep the old Cybersurfr but it just stopped working one day. With that thing in the early days where there were almost no other cable customers, I used to pull 1.8 megabytes (not bits) per second. That's about 14-15000 kbps so what extreme customers are now getting except it was something like $19.99 a month then instead of the $40-$50 it is now.

Thor · 02-16-2009, 04:40 PM

Bah I have extreme and still getting the old speeds:

Azure · 02-16-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Vulcan

I've got regular high speed. Is this any good.

Good speed, except for your ping.

ikaris · 02-16-2009, 05:01 PM

I just called into Shaw an hour ago, and they "repushed" my modem and I have the new speeds.

If you're not experiencing them, just give them a call.

browna · 02-16-2009, 05:29 PM

megatron · 02-16-2009, 05:39 PM

is what I'm getting (after unplugging and plugging my cable modem back in) and I'm on just regular high speed.

Does that look right?

Azure · 02-16-2009, 05:45 PM

So how long until rural providers like Platinum are going to increase their speeds for people on wireless internet?

Fire · 02-16-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by megatron

is what I'm getting (after unplugging and plugging my cable modem back in) and I'm on just regular high speed.

Does that look right?

This is what I'm getting as well. Not noticing any speed increases.

photon · 02-16-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I would have liked to keep the old Cybersurfr but it just stopped working one day. With that thing in the early days where there were almost no other cable customers, I used to pull 1.8 megabytes (not bits) per second. That's about 14-15000 kbps so what extreme customers are now getting except it was something like $19.99 a month then instead of the $40-$50 it is now.

Yeah back when they first rolled out DOCSIS I had a Cypersurfr, and I was getting those kinds of speeds too, it was awesome. Then I moved and in the new area I was getting maybe 2Mbit lol.. so I had to get a new modem.