Sweet. Higher upload speeds are always better. :]

I have Comcast. I wish some form of FiOS would be available in my area, but sadly Comcast is the fastest it gets. :[

Lstormy10

WOOT! a big plus for bi-directional usage like ONLINE GAMING...MGS4:MGO will be awesome...I can't wait.

Seiven

sweet, I actually benefit from this. free stuff is always nice.

GiantEnemyCrab

20/5 just became available in my area - GO FIOS!

DomZ

Verizon FiOS is still better!

Unknown2U

Too bad they won't let you seed on it? What's the increase in upload speeds for? Sending grandma your pictures in 2 seconds instead of 4? Oy.

dagamer34

I actually noticed a huge increase in upload speeds recently. I am often uploading 200+ mb files to my server (and other places) and it can do that very fast now. I think I went from around 40kbps upload to 150-250kbps upload! From unbearable speeds to hey, not so bad :)

fusiongt

Damn, wish it would go up for regular 4 Mbps users.

dead_red_eyes

Brighthouse here in Tampa does 20/2.. thank god for competition with Verizon!

rainmkr

Just ran a test for giggles at Speakeasy. 20085 down and 2624 up. I get 15600 down at work with Fios. I am almost, nearly, sort of impressed.
However in all fairness, Comcast still sucks.

BigDogues

I thought I was crazy when I was getting 100+ while seeding after I came back from a trip on 6/2. I used to get a paltry 42KB/s, now I see up to 140ish, with peaks of 300+ after undoing throttling of my upload. I'm glad they finally did something, I was getting tired of the crappy upload while gaming, or rather, other people were (allegedly). Seeing as how they blame dying on lag...

Pander

I noticed this increase in early May. (My usual cardboard home is under a Hwy 99 overpass in California, but I've relocated my blue tarp here in Japan for a while.)

Anyways, my Sling is pushing out that rate and it's great. I've been waiting for increased upload speed for some time. I have the "Gold Tier", which is the faster connection. While I don't get the theoretical 2Mbps upload throughput, it does usually average around 1.5Mbps and I'm happy about that. The picture really is better as one would expect and my old Slingbox Classic does the job beautifully.

As for the amount of bandwidth I use...well how much TV do you watch? Now multiply that by 1.5Mbps.

vagrant

@dagamer34:

I still seed and get pretty good speed most of the time.

MacBandit

@dead_red_eyes:

Even though the website lists 4Mbps I don't think they actually have it anymore. I know here last fall they bumped everyone up to 6Mbps where I live.

MacBandit

Been like this in a while since they pushed out DOCSIS 3 in Minneapolis

Ethan Allison

haha I love the graphic

oopl

30/5 here with Cablevision Boost, it's dreamy.

ShadowGod

I'm using thier basic 49 a month plan and im getting 28-32 down and 1-3 up. I think thats pretty decent.

BenjiClayton

Don't worry they'll up the cap to 10MB down and 10MB/s UP speed, and then they're gonna cap your bandwidth to 10GB per month, so in theory you can run out of your allowed bandwidth within ~8,000 seconds or ~133 minutes :))

Not a ultimately realistic scenario but could happen :P

StarControl

Faster comcast means lower DSL prices...

droopy1592

Ignoring gaming for a minute... Have you ever tried to upload a set of high res pictures to Flickr? I usually do it from work because Comcast is so f'n slow. I hope I see these increases soon.

Vagari

I was wondering why i'm clocking at 20mbs down speed. that explains it.

froggy

This is great! To bad it's only good for 5 GB before you have to start paying extra.

dallasmay2

Sweet! Now I can increase my torrent upload rate from the puny 25KB/s to maybe as much as 50KB/s without a chance of killing my connection. Should mean much faster downloads with much less time spent seeding.

Might have to think about bigger hard drives now.

crashmaxx

that's not really a "cap" in the a traditional sense, btw. those are just line speeds. a cap is when the ISP says you can only "upload/download Xgb/month" or something. in fact by upping the speeds it's probably the users will hit those caps that much faster.

putch

don't much care about the upload rates - wish they'd increase the download rates to match Time Warner and Cox - seeing as how Comcast is the largest cable provider in the US - you'd think they'd be ahead of the curve or something_

Oh wait - well Microsoft is the largest software company in the world - but they are never ahead of the curve - nevermind_

uberfu

it's not official - 'cause it does not say that "It's Comcastic!" on it anywhere_

uberfu

I tested it, no cap increase today.

FrankenPC

@ShadowGod: If you don't mind my asking, where do you live?

Tacos

Increasing speeds for free? Very nice.

@Road Runner: Even COMCAST bumped upload rates. Come on throw me a bone. I'll beg.
*sigh* local monopolies stink.

Tacos

This has actually been available since 6/3 in my area (Nashville). All you have to do is reset your modem or EMTA to get the new bootfile and off you go...

DigitalNoise

and what happens to the people that pay $10 extra for 16/2 now? I dont care if i have 16 or 8 mbit download... I just pay extra for the upload.

xrmb

I have mine. I'm in central CT. I just did a hard reset and tested it to 115 megs with a friend. Started at 311 KB/sec then after 40 megs went to 244 KB/sec upload. Still hate Comcast but thanks!

hottnikkz

now all my skype calls will be clear, woot!

toyotaboy

@MacBandit:

It's still 4 Mbps here in Portland. That would be freaking sweet to see it bumped up to 6 Mbps tho.

dead_red_eyes

This is just a PR move on their part, to insulate against the backlash when they move the 250GB/mo cap nationwide in a month or two. Goodbye "Unlimited Service". Screw Comcast, they could have done this a year or more ago.

Enochrewt

@Vagari: How large is your image? If it's a 12mb it will take a bit but it shouldn't be that long unless flickr is holding you back. I imagine it shouldn't take longer than 20 seconds if you're getting the high speeds most people have been talking about (150kb/s)

fusiongt

If that guy is taking a dump, wouldn't it be more accurate of him to say that he's uploading?

hitoshima

Can confirm that I get 6/1mbps through Comcast already. They pushed it to most markets since last Thursday.

brianhn1

haha, wonder what that guy is downloading, being in the situation he is in...

mrm3x1can

I have Comcast with 16/2

charliebronson

@dead_red_eyes:

That's weird because I'm in Springfield and I've been getting 6Mbps for over 6 months and no I don't pay extra for it.

MacBandit

@Enochrewt:
Because EVERYTHING preceded by the word "rumor" is true, amirite? Buddy at Comcast confirms that the monthly cap is a crock. Why would they intentionally gimp their paying customers? I'll let you know when I get a "over quota" letter. In the meantime, I'll keep on seeding torrents to you.

ZandraBurlington

@fusiongt: Usually they're full res jpegs. So about 3MB each. Doing some testing I used to get about 40kb/s. I haven't tested to see if I'm getting the increase in speed. But when uploading 150 photos even 150kb/s would be nice. :-)

Vagari

Still noticing the "old" upload speed in the North-of-Boston area.. Maybe a modem hard reset will do some good. I'll report back if anyone is wondering.

ZX3Junglist